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<p>While I’m not Byerly, I will say that a lot of people question Professor Leiter’s motivations. He is notorious for ranking the University of Texas Law School (where he teaches) higher than anyone else would rank the school.</p>
<p>Even the ranking mentioned in this thread is somewhat questionable in that he ranks the University of Texas on par with the University of Virginia and Vanderbilt, and above Georgetown and Notre Dame. These four universities are CC Top Universities while UT is not. U.S. News ranks these four schools at 18 through 23 while it ranks Texas at 52. Although I think Texas is an excellent school, it simply does not compare to these other institutions, at the undergraduate level, in terms of SAT scores or other measures of student selectivity. Professor Leiter tends to over-emphasize faculty quality and accord minimal weight to student quality.</p>
<p>Obviously, Professor Leiter would have more credibility in the rankings business if he maintained a degree of independence from the process.</p>
<p>At any rate, if you like him, he “will be a Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago Law School in fall 2006” <a href=“http://www.utexas.edu/law/faculty/profile.php?id=bleiter[/url]”>http://www.utexas.edu/law/faculty/profile.php?id=bleiter</a></p>
<p>I predict even greater future rankings for the University of Chicago by Professor Leiter, especially if Chicago offers him a permanent position on its law faculty.</p>