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Law Practice

Jan. 3, 2014

Competition heats up in the world of law school rankings

At least half a dozen new rankings have popped up in the last year to help guide students to particular law schools. Legal observers say there's no "one-size-fits-all metric" by which to judge the rating systems.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer

A young graduate of Vanderbilt Law School recently contacted Loyola Law School Professor Theodore P. Seto, unhappy that he couldn't find a job in Los Angeles. Contrary to Seto's advice a few years earlier, the fellow had passed on Loyola in favor of attending the Nashville institution because it placed higher in the U.S. News & World Report rankings.


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