USNWR Rankings Released...Seriously Forum

[HooCavalier]

GW back in to Top 20 ... just shows last year's drop was simply wrong.

Indeed. It's back to where it should be.

Correct ... or more correctly, where it always was!

[caleng]

GW back in to Top 20 ... just shows last year's drop was simply wrong.

+180
Order has definitely been restored.

[Mr. Matlock]

What the heck did Arizona State do?

Something to do with a 4yr old boy, I heard.

[The Pen Is Mightier]

I'm sorry, but I have to do this.

T12, the new T14.

T12, the new T14.

T12, the new T14.

T12, the new T14.

T12, the new T14.

T12, the new T14.

T12, the new T14.

T12, the new T14.

T12, the new T14.

T12, the new T14.

(This thread's really busy so I need to stand out.)

Ok, but then wouldn't it be T11? Or "The Mighty Top 12 Schools of the Top 11"?

T14 will never die.

[09042014]

Guys, its important to have a loser school as a gatekeeper for the top schools. That was Gtown until it stunk it up too bad. Now its Cornell's time to be the caboose.

[jmhendri]

What is going on with W&L?? It's got to be some sort of diabolical sabotage.

[Mr. Matlock]

T3 a meaningful tier? look at the assessment scores and it seems that within the legal community doesn't see things that way.

Agreed. It is, as it always was, and will always be, Y/H, then S, then C, then a cluster of very good schools.

FTFY

[quickquestionthanks]

WOW...it is this for real...if it is a flame..it wont be funny...i drove all the way home because facebook is blocked at work.

All this trouble over Facebook... haven't TLSers heard of a proxy server?

http://www.hidemyass.com/

[Rock Chalk]

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[uwb09]

I know it's T2 and it doesn't really matter much, but damn it Seattle, why must you tank on me

[StoneontaState]

All I'm sayin' is where the heeellllllllll is Cooley in these rankings? THEY GOT GYPPED!

[jcl2]

T3 a meaningful tier? look at the assessment scores and it seems that within the legal community doesn't see things that way.

Agreed. It is, as it always was, Y/H, then S, then C, then a cluster of very good schools.

S and H have flipped in the 2 and 3 spots several times. I think Stanford was ranked #2 just two or three years ago.

[jrobby6]

I attribute GW's rise (again) to the removal of their PT program. There. I said it.

See Fordham.

[thickfreakness]

All I'm sayin' is where the heeellllllllll is Cooley in these rankings? THEY GOT GYPPED!

Economy really hit their placement so they fell out of the T10.

[itsmytime10]

WOW...it is this for real...if it is a flame..it wont be funny...i drove all the way home because facebook is blocked at work.

All this trouble over Facebook... haven't TLSers heard of a proxy server?

http://www.hidemyass.com/

yeah that is blocked too.

[Mr. Matlock]

xoxo giving H2O some love:

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[The Pen Is Mightier]

Ok, but then wouldn't it be T11? Or "The Mighty Top 12 Schools of the Top 11"?

Nope. Because there are 12 of them.

But there isn't a #12! It's too complicated for me to understand! I need the familiarity of the T14 and the unwavering bastion of fourteenness that is Georgetown!

[Doritos]

What is going on with W&L?? It's got to be some sort of diabolical sabotage.

W&L historically was ahead of Will and Mary but the gap between them is growing according to US News. I think thats more a flaw with US news than with the school itself which is very solid. That new 3L curriculum may have scared the rankings people for whatever reason.

[danquayle]

Wow, I almost go to a T20.

I find your emblem offensive.

[PitchO20]

Also, anyone surprised UC-Irvine is not ranked? I remember seeing an interview with Chemerinsky where he predicted placement in the top 25.

Also, I expected to see Drexel in the T2.

[quickquestionthanks]

WOW...it is this for real...if it is a flame..it wont be funny...i drove all the way home because facebook is blocked at work.

All this trouble over Facebook... haven't TLSers heard of a proxy server?

http://www.hidemyass.com/

yeah that is blocked too.

Sneaky, fyi, there are hundreds of sites like that. If your work blocks them all, kudos.

[Albatross]

University of Alabama student: The recently leaked 2011 law school rankings by the popular news source USNews seems to be in error, especially in the midst of the first tier. One such school, the University of Alabama, is reported as being ranked at 38. Seeing as this ranking is not reflective of the school's actual potential, many Alabama students argue that the rankings are due to a "hectic football season" as well as "winning a national title," while other student's simply stated "fuck Florida." Clearly, the rankings are skewed, as these students would know best.

Which one of the following conclusions is best supported by the passage?

(A) "Really, fuck you Florida."

(B) USNews purposefully randomly decides all tier 1 rankings past T14 by drawing numbers from a hat.

(C) Nick Saban could change the rankings with a single phone call to USNews.

(D) Some factors have played into the rankings of some schools, namely Alabama, that have caused a temporary drop in rank.

(E) This is the greatest, though dickheadish flame post TLS has ever seen.

[Always Credited]

I attribute GW's rise (again) to the removal of their PT program. There. I said it.

See Fordham.

So does that mean Fordham dropped because it lowered PT, or maybe even FT, admission standards in order to admit a larger class to make more money in order to solve its increasingly atrocious budgetary issues?



ahhhhhmaybe!

[itsmytime10]

WOW...it is this for real...if it is a flame..it wont be funny...i drove all the way home because facebook is blocked at work.

All this trouble over Facebook... haven't TLSers heard of a proxy server?

http://www.hidemyass.com/

yeah that is blocked too.

try
vvd1.net

They got that too: Here is what i get

Reason:
The Websense category "Proxy Avoidance" is filtered.

[jmhendri]

What is going on with W&L?? It's got to be some sort of diabolical sabotage.

W&L historically was ahead of Will and Mary but the gap between them is growing according to US News. I think thats more a flaw with US news than with the school itself which is very solid. That new 3L curriculum may have scared the rankings people for whatever reason.

Exactly... outright sabotage by the timid, obstinate, bourgeois legal academic community.