The law school at the University of California at Berkeley is pulling out of U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking. It’s the third top-10 school to quit the magazine’s list in less than 48 hours. Yale Law School made the first announcement on Wednesday morning, followed by Harvard.
In a message to the law-school community, Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of Berkeley Law, made some points that echoed those of Heather K. Gerken, Yale Law School’s dean, in her announcement: that the rankings discourage institutions from admitting low-income students, and from supporting students interested in public service. “There are aspects of the
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