{"id":134,"date":"2013-03-13T23:18:12","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T03:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.law.duq.edu\/juris\/?p=134"},"modified":"2013-09-05T00:03:38","modified_gmt":"2013-09-05T04:03:38","slug":"duquesne-law-jumps-in-the-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.law.duq.edu\/juris\/2013\/03\/13\/duquesne-law-jumps-in-the-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"Duquesne Law Jumps in the Rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.law.duq.edu\/juris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Grad-2013-370_509.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-135\" alt=\"Grad-2013-370_509\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.law.duq.edu\/juris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Grad-2013-370_509.jpg\" width=\"370\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.law.duq.edu\/juris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Grad-2013-370_509.jpg 370w, https:\/\/sites.law.duq.edu\/juris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Grad-2013-370_509-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by Terry Falk, Associate Web Editor<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com\/best-graduate-schools\/top-law-schools\/school-of-law-03138\">This year\u2019s U.S. News and World Report Law School Rankings<\/a> moved Duquesne Law and seven other schools from the unranked second tier to the top tier.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.com\/jsp\/nlj\/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202591734021&amp;Major_shakeups_in_the_middle_ranks_of_US_News_law_school_list&amp;slreturn=20130213145123\">According to the National Law Journal<\/a>, the dramatic shake-up in the rankings came from \u201ca revised methodology.\u201d\u00a0 The U.S. News gives more weight to each school\u2019s ability to place graduates in full-time, permanent employment requires a legal license or in which a law degree is an advantage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuquesne Law is a school on the move, and that is starting to be recognized among other legal educators,\u201d said Dean Ken Gormley.\u00a0 \u201cOur momentum is being recognized both regionally and nationally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dean Gormley credits the efforts of the Law School, aided by the University.\u00a0 In the midst of declining application and registration, Duquesne Law chose to \u201cshrink classes in a responsible fashion.\u201d\u00a0 According to Dean Gormley, the University was instrumental in making sure that the Law School could stick to its standards despite drops in revenue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSmaller class sizes means more individual attention, more rigor,\u201d said Dean Gormley.\u00a0 \u201cWe have become a leaner, stronger law school\u2014that is the principle reason for our jump in the rankings.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Terry Falk, Associate Web Editor This year\u2019s U.S. News and World Report Law School Rankings moved Duquesne Law and seven other schools from the unranked second tier to the top tier. 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