After an uproar over law schools trying to game the ranking system, U.S. News & World Report changed how it calculated and presented its annual law school rankings. But, at least in Missouri, the trends in the rankings of recent years continued. The University of Missouri continued a dramatic three-year slide, and The University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law remained steady in the top 20, according to the rankings released last week.
Let the boasting and the criticism begin. The U.S. News & World Report annual law school ranking of the nation's 190 American Bar Association approved law schools was released on Tuesday by U.S. News Media Group, a month earlier than last year's report. The rankings typically receive criticism from school officials disappointed with their school's numerical assessment and from members of the academic and legal community who think the methodology used to produce the rankings is flawed.
The newest law school rankings are in and there are cheers from Columbia, wringing of hands at Washington University and a drop for University of Missouri-Kansas City. S. News & World Report released its highly touted rankings of graduate programs around the country. The rankings take a look at a dozen weighted aspects of the overall school experience for 195 American Bar Association accredited law schools.
The University at Buffalo Law School has bounced back in the latest rankings by U.S. News & World Report. UB Law School tied for No. 84 among 190 accredited law schools in the nation, after falling out of the top 100 programs altogether last year.
Placed in Top 10 in Key Categories: 5th for Trial Advocacy, 9th for Diversity, 10th for Tax Law LOS ANGELES, March 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Loyola Law School, Los Angeles was ranked No. 54 out of 190 law schools in U.S. News & World Report's 2012 edition of "America's Best Graduate Schools," rising two spots from its 2011 rank of No. 56 and achieving its highest mark since a 2003 change in ranking format. Over the last two years, Loyola has improved 17 spots in this national ranking. Loyola also ranked among the best in the nation in specialty areas: fifth for trial advocacy and 10th for tax law. Additionally, Loyola ranked ninth in the nation for the diversity of its student body.
Life has gotten a little better at the University of Memphis' law school, which last week celebrated its rise in The Princeton Review's rankings from No. 8 in national "quality of life" to No. 7. A detailed look at the new annual Princeton rankings also revealed that, of special news in this troubled economy, the U of M's law school graduates are the most likely to enter private practice when compared with counterparts at the law schools of the University of Mississippi, the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and Vanderbilt University.
Water coolers nationwide are abuzz with talk of rankings versus college performance -- and some of it isn't about basketball. US News & World Report has released its much-discussed annual rankings of law schools, and Missouri's four programs have made moves big and small. The biggest leap of any of the 195 ranked schools in the nation came from the University of Missouri School of Law, which moved from 107th last year to 79th this year, almost reversing the effects of a two-year slide. Among the farthest falls was University of Missouri- Kansas City School of Law, moving from 113th to 135th.
In April 2006, the law school deans of America raised a hue and cry against U.S. News & World Report's annual rankings of their institutions. In an open letter, they cautioned against relying upon numerical rankings and implored applicants to evaluate law schools holistically. It was an appealing message: Deans don't agonize over law school rank, so neither should you. But today, the group most in need of that pep talk seems to be the law school administrators.
A recent federal report on the rising cost of law school placed part of the blame on the glossy magazine rankings that appear on newsstands each April. S. News & World Report, which publishes the rankings, claimed the October report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office relied on week methodology. But at least one Missouri law school dean agrees with the findings.
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