Yale Law School Pulls Out of ‘US News’ Rankings, Citing Flaws
- Yale has long dominated magazine’s law school ratings
- Dean says methodology ‘fails to advance the legal profession’
Yale University campus in New Haven, Connecticut.
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Yale Law School and Harvard Law School are pulling out of the US News & World Report law school rankings they say are flawed.
Yale, which has taken the top spot in the rankings every year, determined the criteria were “profoundly flawed,” Dean Heather Gerken said Wednesday. The school will no longer participate in listings that “disincentivize programs that support public interest careers, champion need-based aid, and welcome working-class students into the profession,” she said.