Usefully documented here. The explanation for the rise is simple: non-JD students (e.g., LLM students, but also, as in the case of Arizona, undergraduates taking courses taught by law faculty for an undergraduate law-related degree) generate tuition revenue, but are invisible to the masters of American legal education at USNews.com: their numerical credentials don't show up, so it's all $$$ and no risk to ranking. We're still waiting for the creative state AG who finds a way to nail US News.com for its role in consumer fraud.
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