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Sessions Information
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January 3, 2020
8:30 am - 10:15 am
Session Type: AALS Hot Topic Programs
Session Capacity: N/A
Hotel: Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
Room: Maryland B
Floor: Lobby Level
In 2019, U.S. News and World Report announced that it is developing a metric of “scholarly impact” rankings for law school faculty scholarship. The plan as announced will rely on data from William S. Hein & Co. Initially, this ranking will be reported separately from the overall rankings of law schools but eventually it might be incorporated into those overall rankings. Critics of the new metric have raised concerns about the quality of the data and methods involved in this effort. Some scholars have suggested alternative metrics that might capture more aspects of scholarship of value to the legal academic community.
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Session Speakers
Organization: Vanderbilt University Law School
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Organization: University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
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Organization: U.S. News & World Report
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Organization: Roger Williams University School of Law
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Organization: University of St. Thomas School of Law
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Organization: AccessLex Institute
Moderator
Organization: Vanderbilt University Law School
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Session Fees
- AALS Hot Topic Program - Ranking Legal Scholarship: U.S. News & World Report’s New Metric and Its Effect on the Legal Academy: $0.00
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