Welcome back to Ahead of the Curve. I'm Christine Charnosky, legal education reporter for Law.com, and I'll be your host for this week's look at innovation and notable developments in legal education.

This week, we dive back into the U.S. News & World Report's education rankings, examining whether the U.S. News law school rankings will remain influential despite widespread public boycotts by dozens of schools.

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So the U.S. News & World Report "Best Law Schools" rankings finally came out. I have to admit, I wasn't sure it was going to happen this year.