The Great Law School Rankings Debate

Reader Comments
Back to blog

Bob Morse can be proud to know that he is the Dick Cheney of rankings. His lack of creativity and ethics is a disservice to students everywhere. Bob - you really need to rethink your rankings. Incorporate diversity into the aggregate rankings. And if you are surveying school quality, make sure the person filling out the survey has actually been to the school he is describing. Especially if you claim this is helpful in assessing "intangibles." I don't say this lightly, but you, sir, are a low-life.

Student of NY 6:58PM March 06, 2009

The law school rankings aren't that helpful to me...A quick look at how a school's ranking is compiled reveals this pretty quickly. How is only .02 placed on a school's bar passage rate? The fact that a larger ranking is placed on student to faculty ratio (.03) is mind boggling and quite ironic considering it is most likely to the goal of any potential law student to pass the bar (as it is only essential to practice law). I can't understand why this doesn't receive a higher ranking compared to some of the other criteria.
Whether or not law schools/lsac are to blame for this mess, US news could at least be more honorable in the compilation of the rankings. More emphasis on many of the factors that are critical to becoming a lawyer and have a career in law should be taken when considering any law school and this should be evaluated in the rankings.

Mike of NJ 12:26AM February 09, 2009