U.S. News Delays Release Of Law School Rankings Again Due To 'Unprecedented Number Of Inquiries,' Including From Schools That Are Ostensibly Boycotting The Rankings

Update:

• U.S. News Indefinitely Postpones Law And Medical School Rankings Amid Backlash (Apr. 21, 2023)
• NY Times: Rankings Schadenfreude — Elite Law Schools Boycotted U.S. News But Now May Be Paying A Price (Apr. 22, 2023)

At 1:30 PM ET today, U.S. News emailed Deans and other law school administrators the following:

As we announced last week, we are dealing with an unprecedented number of inquiries including requests to update data submitted after the collection period from law and medical schools during the initial embargo period and are working to address these inquiries. The level of interest in our rankings, including from those schools that declined to participate in our survey, has been beyond anything we have experienced in the past.

As a result of these inquiries, the updated embargo and final files for 2023-2024 Best Medical Schools and 2023-2024 Best Law Schools rankings and supporting documents will be released when this work has been completed.

We take our role as a journalism enterprise very seriously and are working as quickly as possible to produce the best information available for students. You will receive a notification when the updated embargo site has launched for law and medical schools.

Mike Spivey chides U.S. News for taking a "pubescent shot" at the 42 law schools who publicly announced boycotts of the rankings.

See Derek Muller's take here and here.

Prior TaxProf Blog coverage: 

• U.S. News Releases Preview Of 2024 Law School Rankings: Top 14 And New Methodology (Apr. 11, 2023)
• Will Law Schools With Strong Tax Programs Get A Boost In The 2024 U.S. News Rankings? (Apr. 11, 2023)
• Will U.S. News Refuse To Count Votes From Deans, Faculty, Lawyers, And Judges From Boycotting Law Schools In Reputation Metric In 2024 Rankings? (Apr. 12, 2023)
• U.S. News Delays Release Of Law School Rankings By One Week Due To 'Unprecedented Number Of Inquiries From Schools.' Is Bar Data To Blame? (Apr. 14, 2023)
• The U.S. News Law School Rankings: Say Hello To The New T14 (Apr. 15, 2023)
• What Is Behind The Delay In Releasing The U.S. News Law School Rankings? (Apr. 18, 2023)