Yale Dethroned: Stanford Claims Law School Crown After 36 Years of Ivy League Dominance
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Who Cares About The US News Law School Rankings Anyway?
Not Law Students, It Seems Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing editor These are not happy days for the US News Law School rankings. First the debacle over the way they are assembled. Second, the law school pulling out of the rankings and now – third – law students who seem to think they’re all so yesterday.
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US News Law School Rankings: Conclusions and Controversies
Examining 2024’s Top Law Schools The US News Law School rankings always play a key role in perceptions of law school excellence – or otherwise – and the latest US News law school rankings for 2023-2024 continue their tradition of both observation and controversy. The rankings were delayed through law schools’ refusing to provide US
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Which Are The 14 Best Pre-Law Schools? . . And Why?
Checking how to get to the best pre-law schools means doing some research but these are the leading schools – together with some examples of other top, small schools
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LSAT or Not? ABA Council Faces Tough Decisions on Law School Admissions
The American Bar Association’s Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar will reconsider the elimination of the longstanding rule requiring schools to use the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) or other standardized tests when admitting students. The decision raises the question: should law schools continue to require standardized tests like the LSAT as part of their admissions process?
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. . And The ‘Most Fun’ Law School Winner Is . .
Law School rankings tend to focus on prestige rankings, graduate employment opportunities and the like, but now the ‘most fun’ law school has been identified according to a new survey. The Online Paralegal Program looked at 30 of the top law schools in the US and their methodology meant looking at the key ‘fun factors’
Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University Law School LawFuel Says – Victoria University Law School has long been one of the pre-eminent New Zealand law schools with a long and significant history. Operating from its historic wooden buildings on Lambton Quay in Wellington’s political centre and immediately beside the major Courts, the School provides a complete immersion in law,
More Law Schools – But Why?
Are there really too many law schools? Well, yes, actually and this month the ABA accredited another at Concordia University, taking the number beyond 200 in the US. But even the ABA are questioning whether this list should be expanded given that 10 US law schools were unable to place more than 30 per cent
US News & World Report Law School Rankings – It’s That Time Again!
Its US News Law School rankings time . . again. The Law School rankings are out to inform – and doubtless rankle – the thousands seeking to determine the best of the law schools in the 2015 rankings. So what were the top 10 law schools according to the US News & World Report? Below
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Law School Rankings – Above the Law’s Take
AbovetheLaw is not used to towing the line when it comes to conventional law reportage, which is not a bad thing. Nor are the blog’s law school rankings, which looks at prioritizing outcomes in terms of the prestige (and pay packet) of any law job before deciding which law school to attend or – indeed