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    Some background: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/may/12/thousands-of-university-of-nottingham-staff-told-they-are-at-risk-of-redundancy Not only does Nottingham University have a good academic reputation, the city of Nottingham has a great…

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Will US News or the ABA audit these 10-month out employment statistics?

Some are certainly plausible, but many "stink to high heavens" as my Grandmother used to say.  When someone who has Trump's ear is calling for fraud on US News to be grounds for sending University Presidents to prison, this is probably not the time to push the envelope!

UPDATE:  Professor Derek Muller (Notre Dame) writes:

It's worth remembering that when "full weight" employment categories are listed by USNWR, these are five categories (up from two since the Yale/Harvard "boycott" began): full-time, long-term, bar passage-required and J.D. advantage jobs, both those jobs "funded" by law schools and those that are "unfunded"; and students enrolled full-time in a graduate degree program.

There was a spike in funded jobs  placement last year: https://excessofdemocracy.com/blog/2024/5/which-law-schools-saw-the-biggest-changes-in-employment-placement-after-usnwr-gave-full-weight-to-new-categories-of-jobs

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