Weekly Legal Education Roundup

• AALS, UC Davis Dean Kevin R. Johnson Awarded Inaugural Olivas Award from Five AALS Sections
• Nicholas Allard (Founding Dean, Jacksonville Law School), Law Schools Are Right To Steer Clear Of US News Rankings
• Chronicle of Higher Education, Can We Finally Topple The Tyranny of Rankings?
• The Daily Caller, Dropping The LSAT Requirement For Law School Admission Could Hinder Racial Diversity Efforts, Experts Say
• The Daily Caller, ‘Writing On The Wall’: Here’s Why Top US Universities May Be Pulling Out Of High-Profile Ranking System
• Erwin Chemerinsky (Dean, UC-Berkeley) & Daniel Tokaji (Dean, Wisconsin), Ending Standardized Law School Tests Could Diminish Diversity
• The Daily Pennsylvanian, ABA Panel Votes to Drop LSAT Requirement for Law School Admissions

• The Daily Pennsylvanian, Penn Carey Law Evaluating Participation in U.S. News & World Report Rankings After Harvard, Yale Pull Out
• Kevin R. Johnson (Dean, U.C. Davis), UC Davis Law Withdraws From U.S. News & World Report Rankings
• Journal of Legal Education, New Double Issue
• Law.com, No. 16-Ranked Washington University Law Says It Will Not Bail on the US News Rankings
• Brian Leiter (Chicago), UC Davis Joins Boycott of USNews.com Ranking
• Christopher Mathis (Iowa), An Access and Equity Ranking of Public Law Schools
• National Review, Law-School Admissions’ Perfect Storm
• The New Republic, Yale Law School’s Revolt of the Elites
• New York Post, Affirmative Action Drove Yale, Harvard to Leave U.S. News Rankings: Vivek Ramaswamy
• New York Sun, The Unranking of American Law Schools
• Penn State News, President Bendapudi Recommends Reuniting Penn State’s Two Law Schools
• Reuters, Law Schools Face 'Biggest Jolt' in Decades With LSAT Rule Change, U.S. News Exodus
• Lauren Roble (Founder & Executive Director, William F. Buckley Jr. Program, Yale University), Yale Going Out Of Its Way to Hide From Accountability:
• Roundup, Legal Ed News
• Wall Street Journal Editorial, Law Schools Without LSATs
• Yale Daily News, Buckley Program to Host Judges Boycotting Yale Law School
• Yale Daily News, Judges Leading Boycott Of Yale Law School Note Positive Free Speech Developments
• Yale Daily News, With LSAT in Limbo, Yale Law Students Divided on Test’s Merits