Diversity and Disgrace – How the U.S. News Law School Rankings Hurt Everyone

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By Tony Varona[*] Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs at the American University Washington College of Law

U.S. News and World Report recently released its law school rankings[1] and, as happens every year, readers have focused almost exclusively on the many extreme fluctuations in ranks. Why did Schools A, B and C suddenly jump 20 spots? Did the learning experience at Schools X, Y and Z really erode so dramatically as to justify their 25-spot freefall? What will this big drop (or climb) mean for student and faculty recruitment, and alumni employment rates, at these schools?

AWIS Previews RLSC Article on “Title IX and Pregnancy Discrimination”

The Association for Women in Science recently published an article by upcoming RLSC author Mary Ann Mason, PhD, called Title IX and Pregnancy Discrimination: Who Knew?. Dr. Mason, along with Jaclyn Younger, has written a piece on the same topic for a forthcoming issue of Social Change.

Read the AWIS piece now (PDF), and check back soon for the full Social Change article, Title IX and Pregnancy Discrimination: The New Frontier!