March rarely goes out like a lamb in the cloistered community of which JURIST is part. That's because every year, several days before their scheduled early April release, US News and World Report's annual "America's Best Graduate Schools" guide hits the shelves early at certain bookstores and newsstands, and the law school rankings therein are leaked online. This year is no exception. The 2006 rankings first appeared on XOXOHTH and Law School Discussion message boards as early as Saturday and have since been scanned (probably illegally) and "confirmed" by other posters with access to the print version. See this post on the latter site for the numerical rankings, although without the underlying data. With the cat out of the bag, look for US News to post the "full" rankings, reserving the bulk of such data for paying customers, well before their Friday release date. And as always, check back here for more on this developing story....