Prediction: U.S. News Law School Ranking Will See Major Changes
Above The Law: “We’re still a few months out from the release of the latest iteration of the U.S. News law school rankings, but we know that many are eager to see what the future may hold. For those of you who can’t get enough of the rankings, we’ve got a surprise for you.
Today, we unveil a new rankings prediction, courtesy of noted law school consultant Mike Spivey of the Spivey Consulting Group. With 58% of the data available, Spivey was able to calculate the top-ranked schools for the upcoming U.S. News law school rankings using the magazine’s current methodology.”
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George Mason University School of Law
George Mason University’s Law School Faces $38M In Running Losses
Higher Ed Dive: “George Mason’s law school has landed some high-dollar, high-profile (and controversial) donor gifts over the years, including $30 million that led to naming it after the conservative Supreme Court Justice and $50 million in 2019 from the estate of a former judge.
The Scalia Law School could use more multimillion-dollar gifts now as it struggles to rein in its operating deficits.
For fiscal 2024, the law school logged a $7.8 million deficit and is projecting a $13.2 million deficit for 2025. And that’s after posting annual deficits of between $3 million and $5.8 million each year going back to fiscal 2020.”
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University of Pennsylvania Law School Suspends Professor Over Race-Related Comments
CBS News: “The University of Pennsylvania law school says it is imposing a one-year suspension at half-pay and other sanctions along with a public reprimand on a tenured professor over her comments about race in recent years.
The university said Professor Amy Wax — who has questioned the academic performance of Black students, invited a white nationalist to speak to her class and suggested the country would be better off with less Asian immigration — will also lose her named chair and summer pay in perpetuity and must note in public appearances that she speaks for herself, not as a university or law school member. The university has not, however, fired her or stripped her of tenure.
Wax told the New York Sun after the announcement that she intends to stay at the school as a “conservative presence on campus.” She called allegations of mistreatment of students “totally bogus and made up” and said her treatment amounted to “performance art” highlighting that the administration “doesn’t want conservatives like me on campus.”
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