(Reuters) - U.S. News & World Report said on Monday it will modify its law school rankings amid a growing revolt among schools that say the closely watched list hampers their diversity and affordability.
The upcoming edition of the rankings, which are typically released in March, will rely solely on publicly available data collected by the American Bar Association and reputational surveys completed by academics, judges and lawyers — meaning all schools will be ranked on the same factors regardless of whether they participate or not, according to a letter U.S. News sent to law deans Monday. The publication said it will give more weight to schools’ employment and bar pass rate, while decreasing the weight of reputational surveys.
“Based on [discussions with more than 100 law deans], our own research and our iterative rankings review process, we are making a series of modifications in this year’s rankings that reflect those inputs and allow us to publish the best available data,” the letter said.
At least 21 law schools have now said they will not submit internal data for the rankings — following the lead of Yale Law School, which started the boycott in November. The rankings exodus gained traction among the nation’s elite law schools, with all but two of the top 14-ranked schools dropping out. Legal academics have long complained that the U.S. News rankings methodology incentivizes schools to drive up tuition and direct more financial aid to applicants with high test...
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