Seriously, the Library? 2022 USNWR Law School Rankings Update

Seriously, the Library? 2022 USNWR Law School Rankings Update

U.S. News and World Report just released 2022’s law school rankings, with some notable changes including a brand-new addition to the “Top 14.”

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U.S. News and World Report just released 2022’s law school rankings, with some notable changes including a brand-new addition to the “Top 14.”

There’s also some new methodology in play . . . or is there, really? Jelena & Branden discussed what’s new, what’s old, and what should have been left in 2020, as well as how prospective law students can interpret these rankings.

Listen to find out . . .

  1. Who joined the T14 and who dropped out
  2. Which law school jumped 16 spots to land in the Top 100 for the very first time
  3. Why USNWR scrapped their plans to release a diversity ranking for law schools
  4. How adding student debt into the ranking methodology changed the rankings
  5. What probably should have been dropped from the ranking methodology
  6. How the “peer review” process used by USNWR could be reinforcing a biased status quo
  7. Which U.C. law school saw a worrisome slide down the chart
  8. Which host of this podcast is now an elite law school graduate! (It’s Branden)

Links and Further Resource from this Episode:


USNWR Top Law Schools 2022: https://bit.ly/3rTsrAE


USNWR Law School Ranking Methodology: https://bit.ly/39Tt3Qx


Average Student Debt at the New T14: https://bit.ly/2Ri9Rpi


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Jelena Woehr

Jelena Woehr

Jelena was born & raised in Golden, CO. There she cut her teeth on logic by getting into, then out of, an impressive amount of trouble. When not organizing student protests or lobbying the school board, Jelena competed in equestrian sports & constitutional debate. Jelena took the June 2017 LSAT, partly out of curiosity and partly because she developed a serious Logic Games addiction. After three months of study, Jelena achieved a score of 178. While she didn't end up falling in love with law school, she did find herself really enjoying the LSAT—so much that she left her previous career in tech startups behind and began teaching. Jelena prides herself on helping her students understand not just the systems and methods they can apply to get a good score, but the underlying logic & its applicability to the challenge of learning to think like a law student. Outside of her work with the LSAT, Jelena is a writer, creative content producer, & a competitive equestrian endurance rider.

Branden Frankel

Branden Frankel

In 2000, Branden graduated with a BA in Philosophy from UC Santa Barbara. For a few years after, he cast about in vain for entry-level philosopher positions, but, when he was visited by the Ghost of Student Loans Past, he knew it was time to make a change. In June 2006, Branden took the LSAT, scoring a 175. Thereafter, he attended UCLA School of Law, graduating in 2010 and practicing patent law for several years. Since 2013, he has taught dozens of live LSAT classes and tutored scores of successful test takers. When he's not considering the finer points of a particularly tricky Logical Reasoning question or kicking it with his daughter, Branden writes Science Fiction. You can find him after work at the local Starbucks, typing furiously, then deleting what he typed, then typing more, and so on for hours.


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