US News Alters Law School Rankings After Yale, Harvard Quit (1)

US News & World Report pledged to modify its law school rankings after a growing number of institutions, including Yale and Harvard, called the rankings “flawed.”

In a letter to law school deans published on its website Monday, US News & World Report said it would make a series of changes to this year’s rankings. They’ll be based on “conversations with more than 100 deans and representatives of law schools,” along with “our own research and our iterative rankings review process,” the company said.

“We realize that legal education is neither monolithic nor static and that the ...