Continuing in the tradition of years past (going way back to 2007), here are some quick takes on the most recent US News law school rankings.
Assessments by peers (law school deans and professors) and by lawyers and judges of the quality of law schools in four U.S. News tiers
Correlation between Peer and
Peer Lawyer/Judge Lawyer/Judge Assessments
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Tier N Mean SD Mean SD
1 51 3.64 0.61 3.79 0.52 .96
2 51 2.50 0.23 2.87 0.22 .52
3 42 2.11 0.18 2.55 0.27 .57
4 44 1.62 0.22 2.00 0.32 .83
Total 188 2.52 0.84 2.85 0.75 .96
Maximum 4.80 4.80
Median 2.40 2.80
Minimum 1.20 1.40
Here's the same data in pdf format, which may be easier to read.