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  "url": "https://abovethelaw.com/2026/08/law-schools-spent-30-years-buying-u-s-news-rankings-and-the-bill-just-came-due",
  "title": "Law Schools Spent 30 Years Buying U.S. News Rankings And The Bill Just Came Due",
  "summary": "A whopping 7 in 10 law schools find themselves in financial trouble. The post Law Schools Spent 30 Years Buying U.S. News Rankings And The Bill Just Came Due appeared first on Above the Law .",
  "authors": "Joe Patrice",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "regulation,children-education",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-08-06T16:18:33.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-07T05:10:58.501Z",
  "source_slug": "x-above-the-law-legal-tech",
  "source_name": "Above the Law (legal tech)",
  "source_homepage": "https://abovethelaw.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17267",
  "original_url": "https://abovethelaw.com/2026/08/law-schools-spent-30-years-buying-u-s-news-rankings-and-the-bill-just-came-due",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
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