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&lt;p&gt;Earlier this month, the dean of St. Thomas Law School, Alfredo Garcia, called for a boycott of the U.S. News Law School Survey: &quot;Everybody decries the survey, but everyone participates in the survey. Boycotting is not going to solve matters, but I figured I would put my money where my mouth is.&quot;&amp;nbsp; Yesterday, the avowedly progressive Society of American Law Teachers (&amp;ldquo;SALT&amp;rdquo;) rallied behind Dean Garcia, urging law school deans and faculty members to work with the American Bar Association to reduce the &amp;ldquo;pernicious&amp;rdquo; influence of the USNWR rankings.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Short version of the 3-pronged SALT objection:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;1.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Because LSAT scores figure so prominently into the computation of a school&amp;rsquo;s rank, few schools are willing to compromise their ranking by accepting &amp;ldquo;nontraditional&amp;rdquo; students whose merit is measured in ways other than a single test score.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;2.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The U.S. News rankings&amp;rsquo; emphasis on LSAT scores directly undercuts a school&amp;rsquo;s ability to admit a diverse class.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;3.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The U.S. News rankings&amp;rsquo; emphasis on the LSAT also affects how law schools conceptualize merit in determining which of their applicants will be successful and proficient lawyers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Full statement here.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-posted by brian&lt;/p&gt;

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