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Ratings, Not Rankings: Why U.S. News & World Report Shouldn't Want to Be Compared to Time and Newsweek - or The New Yorker

Nancy B. Rapoport
William S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV

Ohio State Law Journal, Vol. 60, p. 1097, 1999

Abstract:
This article discusses the many problems with the U.S. News & World Report rankings of law schools. It argues, among other things, that the rankings magnify insignificant differences among law schools and that the rankings do not provide helpful consumer information.

Keywords: rankings, law schools

JEL Classifications: C40, K00

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Date posted: October 10, 2006 ; Last revised: October 10, 2006

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Rapoport, Nancy B., Ratings, Not Rankings: Why U.S. News & World Report Shouldn't Want to Be Compared to Time and Newsweek - or The New Yorker. Ohio State Law Journal, Vol. 60, p. 1097, 1999. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=936246

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