I was talking the other day to an experienced law school Dean, who has been asking lawyers and judges this question--have you ever received a U.S. News survey?--for a number of years, and all over the country, and s/he has yet to meet anyone who had actually received such a survey. We know the response rate to this survey is low--always less than 30%--and, indeed, it is so low that to avoid wild fluctuations in results, U.S. News is now averaging scores for two years in this category. So question: has anyone ever met an attorney or jurist who has actually filled out one of these surveys? Comments open; you must include a real e-mail address (it won't appear), even if you don't want to sign your full name.
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I, too, have never met an attorney or judge who has ever admitted to filling out one of the surveys. Like you, I believe U.S. News to be so flawed and misleading, it's scandalous, given its influence on admissions and school "reputations." What's needed, in my view, is a competing comprehensive set of rankings published by another major and better respected news-magazine. Even if an amalgam of rankings measures is flawed in your view, only a comprehensive and seemingly authoritative competing set of rankings (though one based on better indicia) would reduce the influence of U.S. News.
Posted by: Jared | March 05, 2010 at 07:17 AM
yes I have, and he told me he had no idea why it was sent to him or why it would be important to participate, so he threw it out.
Posted by: david | March 07, 2010 at 08:37 AM
I've been practicing since 2006 and have never received a survey. Many of my friends are attorneys: not one has received the survey.
Posted by: Anthony | March 13, 2010 at 05:47 PM