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The change in our ranking is a result of shifts in the U.S. News formula, not any meaningful change in Berkeley Law.
— Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, in comments given to Reuters, concerning UC Berkeley School of Law’s tumble in the latest edition of the U.S. News law school rankings. Berkeley has been a mainstay in the T14 since the 90s, but the school landed at No. 16 in this year’s version of the rankings.
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