George Mason Law Becomes 5th School to Announce Plans to Continue with US News Rankings
"Having said that, the rankings system needs reform, especially the subjective reputational survey," Dean Ken Randall said.
December 05, 2022 at 04:17 PM
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The George Mason Scalia Law School , "which is subject to freedom of information guidelines, is not planning to withhold rankings data from U.S. News," Ken Randall, Allison and Dorothy Rouse Dean and George Mason University Foundation Professor of Law, said in a statement emailed to Law.com Monday.
"Having said that, the rankings system needs reform, especially the subjective reputational survey," he added.
George Mason Law is ranked No. 30—tied with four other law schools.
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