Will U.S. News Refuse To Count Votes From Deans, Faculty, Lawyers, And Judges From Boycotting Law Schools In Reputation Metric In 2024 Rankings?
Following up on yesterday’s post, U.S. News Releases Preview Of 2024 Law School Rankings: Top 14 And New Methodology: Every year, U.S. News sends reputation ballots to three groups of recipients provided by law schools:
- Peer Assessment Score (25% of last year’s overall ranking): Law schools provide names of deans, deans of academic affairs, chairs of faculty appointments, and the most recently tenured faculty member.
- Lawyers and Judges Assessment Score (15% of last year’s overall ranking): Law schools provide names of ten law firm hiring partners, lawyers, and judges.
- 13 Legal Specialties (100% of each specialty ranking): Law schools provide names of faculty in each specialty area.
From my earlier post, U.S. News Provides Additional Information On Forthcoming Law School Rankings:
