For The Law School Dean

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Session Type: Section Programs

Session Capacity: 408

Hotel: New York Hilton Midtown

Room: Mercury Ballroom

Floor: Third Floor

Law schools have a love-hate relationship with rankings. But how do those who do the rankings understand their mission and their role? This panel will provide insights into the inner workings of the three law school rankings most commonly used by prospective students: U.S. News, The Princeton Review, and National Jurist. The panelists will address such questions as the effect of competition among rankings, how prospective students can deal with information and rankings overload, how the rankings organizations gather information, their openness to feedback on their methodologies, and the potential unintended consequences of their methodologies. The panelists will then take questions from the audience.