U.S. News & World Report will change how its rankings of law schools are calculated in response to a boycott by a number of top programs.
The magazine’s changes in methodology, announced Monday in a letter to law school deans, include an increased weight on outcomes for students such as bar exam passage and employment, and a reduced weight on assessment surveys from academics, lawyers and judges. The rankings will also give increased weight to school-funded fellowships, many of which steer students toward careers in public service.
In the fall, a majority of the top 14 law schools announced they would no longer submit data for the rankings. The magazine, which has published the rankings since the 1980s, will continue to rank schools that choose not to participate, relying on publicly available metrics to construct its list., said the ranking system was biased against programs meant to boost socioeconomic diversity and support the pursuit of public service careers.
Following Yale's decision to withdraw in November, other law schools followed, including Harvard, the University of California, Berkeley, Stanford, and the University of Michigan. The changes will be reflected in the 2023-2024 rankings, which are expected to be published this spring.
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