We have been tracking the law schools that are pulling out of cooperation with the US News and World Report ratings system.* As we have noted, UCLA seems reluctant to pull out. But more schools that are pulling out have been reported since our last posting: Michigan and Duke are the latest. So the full listing so far is Harvard, Yale, UC-Berkeley, Stanford, Michigan, and Duke. From Higher Ed Dive:
...Michigan Law Dean Mark West credited Yale University’s dean, Heather Gerken, for being first among a string of top law schools’ leaders by saying Wednesday the institution will not participate in the rankings amid concerns their methodology discourages support for public-interest careers and low-income students. “Although we have had sustained discussion for years within the Quad about parting ways with the rankings, it would have been difficult for us to take this step alone,” West wrote in a public letter...
As others pull out, UCLA might well feel pressure to reconsider staying in.
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*http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2022/11/sometimes-no-us-news-is-good-news-part-3.html; https://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2022/11/sometimes-no-us-news-is-good-news-part-2.html; https://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2022/11/sometimes-no-us-news-is-good-news.html.
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https://ia601402.us.archive.org/25/items/big-ten/more%20law%20schools.mp3
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UPDATE/Correction: Columbia and Georgetown should have been included in the list of law schools pulling out of the ratings.
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