Ranking
The American Bar Association does not officially rank law schools. U.S. News & World Report is perhaps the most well-known publisher of unofficial law school rankings. U.S. News & World Report organizes rankings into two main sections. The first section is a "Top 145" that lists the top one hundred forty-five schools in order from highest ranked to lowest ranked. While the top 145 law schools are ranked individually, U.S. News groups the remaining schools, or the bottom 25 percent of those that are ranked, into a "Rank Not Published" group. Schools that fall into this category are listed alphabetically and not by actual ranking. U.S. News also ranks each school's specialty programs using a similar method, if applicable. U.S. News listed Cincinnati's full time Juris Doctor program as 69th in the nation in 2012. U.S. News only ranked 195 of the 202 ABA-approved schools in 2012. The ABA has issued disclaimers of any law school ranking system and encourages prospective law students to consider a variety of factors in making their choice among schools. U.S. News's ranking system has incurred criticism from the Association of American Law Schools. Carl Monk, its former executive director, once went so far as to say "these rankings are a misleading and deceptive, profit-generating commercial enterprise that compromises U.S. News and World Report's journalistic integrity."
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