Yale, Harvard and the University of California, Berkeley, this week withdrew from U.S. News & World Report's rankings of the country's best law schools, with all three institutions citing conflicts between the annual list and their 'values.'
November 17, 2022, 5:11 PMIn this Oct. 15, 2014, file photo, students are shown on the campus of Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Mass.Yale and Harvard universities and the University of California, Berkeley, this week withdrew from U.S. News
The schools also took issue with what they said was the rankings' devaluation of fellowships in public service which weren't measured comparably to private-sector jobs. The schools said in their statements that the rankings contradicted the aim of their institutions despite repeated efforts by the schools to get U.S. News to change its approach.
The goal, Gertler said in a statement, was to help students seeking to make "the best decision for their law education" and the recent announcements would not change his company's mission.
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