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

Rapoport, Nancy

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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

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law

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

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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.

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Keywords: rankings, law schools

JEL Classification: C40, K00

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Date posted: 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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