The Stanford and University of Pennsylvania law schools say they are mulling their own plans.
The Sather Tower at the University of California, Berkeley, is seen from Oakland, California, U.S., October 5, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen Lam/File PhotoNov 17 - The University of California, Berkeley, School of Law on Thursday joined the law schools at Yale and Harvard in withdrawing from U.S. News & World Report's influential law school rankings.
"Now is a moment when law schools need to express to U.S. News that they have created undesirable incentives for legal education," Chemerinsky wrote. The rankings measure law schools based on reputational surveys, student grades and Law School Admission Test scores, and bar pass and employment rates, among other factors. Graduating from a top-ranked school opens doors to highly-paid associate jobs at large law firms, judicial clerkships and other sought-after positions.
"I think every school is at minimum looking at it," law school admission consultant Mike Spivey said of the growing boycott.
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