Yale Law School withdraws from U.S. News & World Report Rankings over ‘flawed’ method

The Yale law school Dean Heather Gerken declared that the school will no longer take part in the “profoundly flawed” U.S.News & World Report Rankings. The U.S. News rankings disincentivize public interest careers. She further added that we are at the point where the rankings cripple the legal profession’s core commitments. So, Yale school will no longer participate in the ranking.
Yale Law school has consistently topped the chart, but the dean said the institution has never advertised or used that spot for our course. The school has invested significant capital and energy in making Yale a better place in recent years.

Reason for calling law school flawed:

Gerken said in the statement that she believes there are various reasons why the U.S. News ranking does not fit all the law schools:


• U.S. News has refused to use the criteria and methodology defined by various law school deans and researchers.



• U.S. News ranks 192 law schools with a minimal criterion, which is nearly impossible.

• U.S. News rankings discourage law schools from providing aid and admitting students from modest means.

FAQs:

1. What is the U.S. News & World Report?
   U.S. News & World Report has ranked law school’s educational quality across the country for the last three decades.
2. How will Yale school continue in the future?
   The school will not give its data to U.S. News and will provide data to prospective students in a transparent, public, and practical form to help students to select the right law school for them.