February 3, 2009

Law Schools Disdain Rankings but Dare Not Ignore Them, Authors Say

By Katherine Mangan

Magazine rankings both seduce and coerce law schools into manipulating data and even changing their missions, and law schools that don't play the game are often punished, according to an article published in the February issue of the American Sociological Review, the main journal of the American Sociological Association.

Rankings produced by magazines are popular with consumers, including potential students, but draw mainly scorn from academics. Yet for all of their

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