U.S. News Formula Shift Ill-Timed, Professor Soucek Writes

U.S. News & World Report has changed the basis for its law school rankings in “what is surely the worst possible way,” Professor Brian Soucek wrote in a Chronicle of Higher Education piece published May 10.

“At a time when public-college faculty are under unprecedented attack from politicians across the country, U.S. News has decided the moment is right to devalue faculty expertise.”

Professor Soucek’s primary teaching and research interests are antidiscrimination law, civil procedure, constitutional law, and refugee/asylum law. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. He has clerked for U.S. District Court Judge Mark R. Kravitz in Connecticut, and Judge Guido Calabresi of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Professor Soucek is a UC Davis Chancellor’s Fellow.