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Which Law School Grads Get the Most Judicial Clerkships?
Tweet Share on Facebook April 28, 2011 Comment (2)Judges at both the federal and state level say that their clerks play a very important role in their chambers. Judicial clerkships are highly coveted since they have such important career implications. Federal clerkships are the hardest to get, but can be very rewarding for one's legal career. Some law schools have a culture that greatly encourages students to get a clerkship at either the federal or state level.
With that in mind, U.S. News has just published its third annual ranking of law schools that send the largest proportions of their graduates on to judicial clerkships for federal judges. The ranking is sorted by the percentage of the 2009 J.D. graduating class that was employed as clerks by federal judges. Yale Law School, not surprisingly, came out No. 1, Stanford University finished No. 2, Harvard University No. 3, and the University of Washington came in very close behind at No. 4. The following table highlights the top 10 schools:
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High School Counselors Give Input on Best Colleges
Tweet Share on Facebook April 21, 2011 Comment (2)For the third year, U.S. News is asking high school counselors for their views on undergraduate programs at U.S. colleges and universities.
Counselors across the country have told us countless times that their views should be included in our Best Colleges rankings—and we're listening. Counselors say that they have a considerable amount of knowledge about the college admissions process and that they have highly informed opinions on many colleges in their region and nationwide.
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Best Colleges Reputation Survey Launches
Tweet Share on Facebook April 14, 2011 Comment (1)U.S. News is moving ahead with the 2012 edition of the Best Colleges rankings, scheduled to be published later this year.
This week, we're in the process of mailing the annual peer assessment reputation surveys of undergraduate academic quality that will be a key part of the rankings. These reputation surveys account for 15 percent of a college's ranking in the National Universities and National Liberal Arts Colleges categories and 25 percent in the Regional Universities and Regional Colleges categories.
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Should Diversity Be Added to Best Law Schools Rankings?
Tweet Share on Facebook April 7, 2011 Comment (9)U.S. News recently received a letter from The State Bar of California asserting that our main Best Law Schools rankings would be improved by including numerous diversity-related measures.
This new diversity category would include indicators measuring the degree to which a law school's student body is ethnically diverse, possibly relative to state-wide demographic data. One indicator would be a determination of whether law schools had taken "concrete actions," via programs and activities committed to diversity that are aligned with the "ABA Accreditation Standards on Diversity" (Standard 212).
