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News “The U.S. News rankings are so arbitrary as to have no meaning to me anymore,” Dave Killoran, CEO of Powerscore Test Preparation, told Law.com. “[Harvard Law School] at six?”
April 07, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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U.S. News & World Report released its “Best Law Schools” rankings Tuesday, featuring a whole new look to what are considered “T14” law schools, three schools moved up into the T14, bumping Cornell Law School out of the elite group for the first time since 1990, while Harvard Law School dropped to tie at sixth place.
The top three spots remain unchanged from last year: Stanford Law School and Yale Law School tied for first place, and the University of Chicago Law School again secured the third spot solo.
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