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Bad News on the Rankings Front

A lot of people already know that, in the new US News rankings, Boalt has remained in the sixth spot.

But the bigger news is this: for the first time in seventeen years, Berkeley is no longer the top-ranking school for intellectual property. For 2010, that spot is held by Stanford.

I'm sad to say that I'm not terribly surprised. All the staff and faculty at BCLT and the Samuelson Clinic do great work. But I don't see any evidence that the administration has considered it a top priority to build on that reputation. Instead, there's been a kind of benign neglect, predicated on the assumption that Berkeley will always lead in this field. That's not enough.

I hope this serves as an opportunity for Berkeley to consider making a stronger commitment to one of its core strengths.

Full post as published by Nuts & Boalts on April 23, 2009 (boomark / email).