UC Irvine Law Opts Out of ‘Problematic’ US News and World Report Law School Rankings

UC Irvine Law Opts Out of ‘Problematic’ US News and World Report Law School Rankings
Students walk through the University of California–Irvine campus in Irvine, Calif., on Sept. 25, 2020. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
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UC Irvine Law School has joined a growing number of universities opting out of participating in US News and World Report rankings amid claims such are “problematic” to legal education.

For decades, the magazine has served a large role in the university ranking industry, comparing over 190 law schools and other institutions across the country, and in turn, creating a hierarchy students and employers often refer to when deciding which schools to attend and from which to hire recent graduates.