2018 USNWR Rankings Forum

[Rigo]

Ya'll obsessing over Georgetown are burying the lede. Berkeley fell FOUR SPOTS in one year. Has a T14 ever fallen so hard so fast? It's now confirmed, bonafide CLOWN COLLEGE like I always knew it was.

ehh, it really only fell 2 spots. It went from 8-12 sure, but with a 3 way tie for 8 there were only Duke and Northwestern behind it. That is very common movement for a T14, although it assumes that Boalt was 10 in a no tie scenario. Also the entire concept of the T14 is that things change internally. It's different than being bumped out of the bubble

Please stop using archaic terms. Georgetown is going the way of Walkman CD players and AOL instant messenger.

[Pomeranian]

Thoughts on the veracity of these leaked rankings? Hope we're not getting punk'd

[Rigo]

Thoughts on the veracity of these leaked rankings? Hope we're not getting punk'd

Spivey has been a trusted source for several years.
Georgetown is probably trying to bribe USNWR before official release though, so anything could happen!

[favabeansoup]

Map has been updated.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_sch ... 2T14.22.29

[Pomeranian]

Map has been updated.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_sch ... 2T14.22.29

YAAAAAAAAAAS

[Dr.Degrees_Cr.Cash]

Is this a new addition to the wiki from one of you lovely people?

"Below, find the 14 most prestigious law schools in the United States:"

[NormiesGetOut]

Map has been updated.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_sch ... 2T14.22.29

YAAAAAAAAAAS

Stop trying to force this t14 meme, it is over man. The t13 is where it is at.

[kobe1020]

Didn't GULC and UT switch spots like 5-6 years ago as well? This isn't unprecedented.

yes same year that hls and sls switched spots before

Texas and GULC tied for 14 once before. GULC had never not been ranked at least 14. This officially confirms the T13 as the new distinction.

Cornell was ranked 14 once. FYI. sry Cornell ppl

[BVest]

Map has been updated.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_sch ... 2T14.22.29

Wrong color (clearly not T-__ material).

[kobe1020]

Map has been updated.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_sch ... 2T14.22.29

YAAAAAAAAAAS

Stop trying to force this t14 meme, it is over man. The t13 is where it is at.

There is no T13. T12 maybe, not T13.

[grades??]

people still salty that its now the T13. Then you have the UT/GT/UCLA/VANDY group. The only meaningful distinction anymore is the T13 and then the strong regionals 14-18ish

[candidlatke]

inb4 the wiki page gets locked

[emkay625]

Crooked Cornell got it's hand on this leaked information before anyone else did, which is why it went on its very very unfair massacres this cycle! Sad!

Quoting just because it was so good it needed to be posted again. Well done.

[Wild Card]

I can't fathom why Berkeley is eating shit while Michigan has been left unscathed. In terms of BL+FC, they were both equally bad--GULC bad--a year or two ago.

A fair ranking would punish Michigan, Berkeley, and GULC by locking them out of the T10.

1. Y
2. H
3. SCC
6. N
7. PV
9. DNC
12. BM
14. G

[Dr.Degrees_Cr.Cash]

people still salty that its now the T13. Then you have the UT/GT/UCLA/VANDY group. The only meaningful distinction anymore is the T13 and then the strong regionals 14-18ish

Yeah, but the definition has to change since technically they haven't all been ranked 13+ forever

I like the "13 schools are in the T14 which has the same definition" argument.

[candidlatke]

Crooked Cornell got it's hand on this leaked information before anyone else did, which is why it went on its very very unfair massacres this cycle! Sad!

Quoting just because it was so good it needed to be posted again. Well done.

the grammar blemish ruins it

[Rigo]

Crooked Cornell got it's hand on this leaked information before anyone else did, which is why it went on its very very unfair massacres this cycle! Sad!

Quoting just because it was so good it needed to be posted again. Well done.

the grammar blemish ruins it

That adds to the art.

[Dr.Degrees_Cr.Cash]

Crooked Cornell got it's hand on this leaked information before anyone else did, which is why it went on its very very unfair massacres this cycle! Sad!

Quoting just because it was so good it needed to be posted again. Well done.

the its blemish ruins it

Implying POTUS wouldn't make that mistake?

I hated writing that

[Wild Card]

I can't fathom why Berkeley is eating shit while Michigan has been left unscathed. In terms of BL+FC, they were both equally bad--GULC bad--a year or two ago.

A fair ranking would punish Michigan, Berkeley, and GULC by locking them out of the T10.

1. Y
2. H
3. SCC
6. N
7. PV
9. DNC
12. BM
14. G

To follow up, the following schools should be ranked immediately thereafter, by peer assessment, to award them for placing more than one-third of their classes in biglaw or fedclerk:

15. UT: 42%
16. Vandy: 47%
16. UCLA: 45%
18. WUSTL: 34%
19. Notre Dame: 40%
19. USC: 38%
19. Boston U: 35%
22. GW: 35%
23. Boston C: 41%
24. Fordham: 35%



And the rest can be ranked however.

[katthegreat11]

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[candidlatke]

"Schools that rank in the top 14 (aka "T14")

Law school rankings in the United States is located in the US

Top 14 law schools (public schools in blue)

The schools that had consistently ranked in the "Top Fourteen" since the inception of the rankings until 2017 are:[5]

...
University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law in Berkeley, California
Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C., Texas
Columbia Law School in New York, New York
...
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[Pomeranian]

Thoughts on the veracity of these leaked rankings? Hope we're not getting punk'd

Spivey has been a trusted source for several years.
Georgetown is probably trying to bribe USNWR before official release though, so anything could happen!

You would think us news would not want this info leaked early.... especially to the same guy twice in a row.

[BirdLawExpert]

Is this a new addition to the wiki from one of you lovely people?

"Below, find the 14 most prestigious law schools in the United States:"

[BoyJord]

Anyone know why Duke wasn't punished for Kyrie Irving talking about the earth being flat? I know he was not at the law school but he had to have walked past some law students at some point

[AT9]

Looks like there's a new #2 in North Carolina. Eat shit, Heels.

Yes I know rankings don't matter and UNC has better biglaw/clerkship placement recently and a bigger alumni base in-state