TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Nov 16, 2022

Yale Law School says it will no longer participate in the U.S. News & World Report law school rankings, despite its history of always taking the top spot, the ABA Journal reports. Yale Law dean Heather K. Gerken said the school won’t be supplying its data to U.S. News & World Report, but it will provide information to would-be students “in a public, transparent and useful form.” Gerken said she thinks U.S. News has good intentions, but that its rankings are “profoundly flawed” because they disincentivize programs that support public-interest careers, provide need-based aid and help working-class students. “Granting exclusive access to a flawed commercial rankings system is counterproductive to the mission of this profession and the core values of Yale Law School,” Gerken said.