It’s
that
time
of
year
where
publications
look
deep
into
the
souls
of
complex,
nuanced
legal
institutions
and
assign
them
a
fixed
ranking.
U.S.
News
and
World
Report
issued
its
latest
law
school
rankings
and
for
the
first
time
ever,
Yale
has
lost
its
death
grip
on
first
place.
The
rest
of
the
T14
—
which
isn’t
really
a
thing
at
this
point,
since
its
whole
argument
for
being
was
that
the
same
14
schools
never
fell
out
of
the
top
14
—
is
also
topsy-turvy,
with
the
HYS-CCN
model
scrambled
by
the
likes
of
Penn,
Duke,
and
UVA.
Are
the
rankings
just
busted,
or
are
they
catching
up
with
a
new
reality?
At
the
same
time,
Vault
put
out
its
rankings
of
law
firms
based
on
prestige
and
while
the
list
looks
familiar,
the
firms
that
made
deals
with
Donald
Trump
took
a
hit.
And
none
more
than
Paul
Weiss,
which
seems
to
be
taking
much
more
reputational
heat
for
these
deals
than
the
other
capitulators.
Finally,
we
talk
about
billing
and
the
time-space
continuum.