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Ranking of Top Law Schools

1987 - 2010 By US News & World Report

Compiled by

J. Paul Lomio, Erika V. Wayne, & George D. Wilson

Robert Crown Law Library

Research Paper No. 27 May 2009

Robert Crown Law Library

Legal Research Paper Series

Robert Crown Law Library Crown Quadrangle

Stanford, California 94305-8612

U.S. News & World Report: 2010 Highlights

Stanford was ranked #3 overall, after #2 Harvard and #1 Yale.

Adjustments: ● Stanford dropped to #3 from #2 last year ● Univ. of Chicago rose to #6 from #7 last year ● Pennsylvania dropped to #8 from #7 last year ● Northwestern dropped to #10 from #9 last year ● UVA dropped to #10 from #9 last year ● Duke rose to #10 from #12 last year ● Cornell dropped to #13 from #12 last year ● UCLA rose to #15 from #16 last year ● Texas rose to #15 from #16 last year ● Vanderbilt dropped to #17 from #15 last year ● Boston Univ. rose to #20 from #21 last year ● Emory rose to #20 from #22 last year ● Minnesota rose to #20 from #22 last year

The top 20: ● Yale #1 ● Harvard #2 ● Stanford #3 ● Columbia #4 ● NYU #5 ● Boalt & Univ. of Chicago tied for #6 ● Pennsylvania #8 ● Michigan #9 ● Duke, Northwestern, and UVA tied for #10 ● Cornell #13 ● Georgetown #14 ● UCLA and Texas tied for #15 ● Vanderbilt #17 ● U.S.C. #18 ● Washington Univ. St. Louis #19 ● Boston Univ., Emory and Minnesota tied for #20

Specialty Areas: Of the 10 law specialty areas this year (with the appearance of a new one, Part-Time Law), Stanford ranked in the top 10 in 4 categories like last year (IP Law #1 (up from #2), Clinical Training #10 (up from #13), International Law #10 (up from #16), and Tax Law #10 (up from #13). Stanford dropped from #7 to #11 in Environmental Law, and from #15 to #17 in Dispute Resolution. Stanford was ranked for the first time, at #19, in Healthcare Law. Stanford was not ranked at all in Trial Advocacy, Legal Writing, and Part-Time Law.

Law School Diversity: Stanford ranked #13, up from #17 last year (0.55, Asian-American 14%). Northwestern (#6; 0.60; Asian-American 20%) is the only other top-tier school ranked above.

U.S. News & World Report

Top 20 Law Schools - Ranked by Overall Scores

2010* 1 Yale

2 Harvard

3 Stanford

4 Columbia

5 N.Y.U.

6 Berkeley Chicago

8 Univ. of Pennsylvania

9 Michigan

10 Duke Northwestern Virginia

13 Cornell

14 Georgetown

15 U.C.L.A. Texas

17 Vanderbilt

18 U.S.C.

19 Washington Univ. St. Louis

20 Boston Univ. Emory Minnesota

*Released in April 2009



2009* 1 Yale

2

Stanford Harvard

4 Columbia

5 N.Y.U.

6 Berkeley

7 Chicago Univ. of Pennsylvania

9 Michigan Northwestern Virginia

12 Cornell Duke

14 Georgetown

15 Vanderbilt

16

U.C.L.A. Texas

18 U.S.C.


20 George Washington *Released in March 2008



2008* 1 Yale

2

Stanford Harvard

4 N.Y.U.

5 Columbia

6

Chicago Univ. of Pennsylvania

8

Berkeley Michigan

10

Duke Virginia

12 Northwestern

13 Cornell

14 Georgetown

15 U.C.L.A.

16

U.S.C. Vanderbilt

18 Texas


20

Boston Univ. Minnesota

*Released in March 2007



2007* 1 Yale

2 Stanford

3 Harvard

4

Columbia N.Y.U.

6 Chicago


8

Berkeley Michigan Virginia

11 Duke

12 Northwestern

13 Cornell

14 Georgetown

15 U.C.L.A.

16 Texas

17

U.S.C. Vanderbilt

19

George Washington Minnesota Washington Univ. St. Louis




2006* 1 Yale

2 Harvard

3 Stanford

4 Columbia

5 N.Y.U.

6 Chicago


8

Michigan Virginia

10 Northwestern

11

Cornell Duke Berkeley

14 Georgetown

15

U.C.L.A. Texas

17 Vanderbilt

18 U.S.C.

19 Minnesota

20

Boston Univ. George Washington




2005* 1 Yale

2 Harvard

3 Stanford

4 Columbia

5 N.Y.U.

6 Chicago

7 Michigan Univ. of Pennsylvania

9 Virginia

10 Duke Northwestern

12 Cornell

13 Berkeley

14 Georgetown

15 Texas

16 U.C.L.A.

17 Vanderbilt

18 U.S.C.

19 Minnesota

20

George Washington Notre Dame Washington Univ. St. Louis

*Released in April 2004



2004

1 Yale

2 Stanford

3 Harvard

4 Columbia

5 N.Y.U.

6 Chicago

7 Michigan Univ. of Pennsylvania

9 Virginia

10 Cornell Berkeley

12 Duke Northwestern

14 Georgetown

15 Texas

16 U.C.L.A.

17 Vanderbilt

18 U.S.C.

19 Minnesota Washington & Lee

21 Iowa

2003

1 Yale

2 Stanford

3 Harvard

4 Columbia

5 N.Y.U.

6 Chicago

7 Berkeley Michigan Univ. of Pennsylvania Virginia

11 Northwestern

12 Duke

13 Cornell

14 Georgetown

15 Texas

16 U.C.L.A.

17 Vanderbilt

18 Iowa Minnesota U.S.C. Washington & Lee

2002

1 Yale

2 Stanford

3 Harvard

4 Columbia

5 N.Y.U.

6 Chicago

7 Michigan Virginia

9 Berkeley

10 Duke Univ. of Pennsylvania

12 Cornell

13 Northwestern

14 Georgetown

15 Texas

16 U.C.L.A.

17 Vanderbilt

18 U.S.C.

19 Minnesota

20 Iowa Washington & Lee



2001

1 Yale

2 Stanford

3 Harvard

4 N.Y.U.

5 Columbia

6 Chicago

7 Michigan

8 Berkeley Virginia

10 Cornell Duke

12 Northwestern


14 Georgetown

15 Texas

16 U.C.L.A.

17 U.S.C.

18 Vanderbilt

19 Minnesota

20 Washington & Lee

1999/2000

1 Yale

2 Stanford Harvard

4 N.Y.U.

5 Columbia

6 Chicago

7 Virginia

8 Duke Michigan

10 Cornell Berkeley

12 Northwestern Univ. of Pennsylvania

14 Georgetown

15 Texas

16 U.C.L.A. Vanderbilt

18 Minnesota U.S.C.

20 Washington & Lee

1998

1 Yale

2

Stanford Harvard

4

Columbia Chicago

6 N.Y.U.

7 Berkeley

8

Duke Michigan Univ. of Pennsylvania Virginia

12

Cornell Georgetown Northwestern

15 U.S.C.

16 Vanderbilt

17 U.C.L.A.

18 Minnesota

19 Washington & Lee

20

George Washington Illinois



1997

1 Yale

2 Harvard

3 Stanford

4 Chicago

5 Columbia

6 N.Y.U.

7 Michigan

8 Virginia

9 Berkeley

10 Duke


12 Cornell

13 Georgetown

14 Northwestern

15 U.S.C.

16 Vanderbilt

17 U.C.L.A.

18 Texas

19 Illinois

20 Minnesota

1996

1 Yale

2 Harvard

3 Stanford

4 Chicago

5 Columbia

6 N.Y.U.

7 Michigan


9 Virginia

10 Duke

11 Cornell

12

Georgetown Berkeley

14 Northwestern

15 U.S.C.

16 Vanderbilt

17 U.C.L.A.

18 Texas

19 Illinois

20 Washington & Lee

1995

1 Yale

2 Stanford Harvard

4 Chicago

5 Columbia

6 N.Y.U.

7 Virginia

8 Duke Berkeley Michigan

11 Northwestern Univ. of Pennsylvania

13 Georgetown

14 Cornell

15 U.S.C.

16 Vanderbilt

17 Texas

18 Minnesota

19 Iowa

20 Illinois



1994

1 Yale

2 Harvard

3 Stanford

4 Chicago

5 Columbia

6 N.Y.U.

7 Duke

8 Michigan


10 Berkeley

11 Cornell

12 Northwestern

13 Georgetown

14 Virginia

15 Vanderbilt

16 U.C.L.A.

17 Minnesota

18 U.S.C.

19 Iowa

20 U.C. Hastings

1993

1 Yale

2 Harvard

3 Stanford

4 Chicago

5 Columbia

6 N.Y.U.

7 Michigan

8 Virginia

9 Duke

10 Georgetown


12 Berkeley

13 Northwestern

14 Cornell

15 Univ. of Texas

16 Vanderbilt

17 U.C.L.A.

18 U.S.C.

19 Boston College

20 Notre Dame

1992

1 Yale

2 Harvard

3 Stanford

4 Chicago

5 Columbia

6 Michigan

7 N.Y.U.

8 Virginia

9 Duke


11 Georgetown

12 Berkeley

13 Northwestern

14 Cornell

15 Univ. of Texas

16 Vanderbilt

17 U.C.L.A.

18 U.S.C.

19 U. C. Hastings

20 Notre Dame



1991

1 Yale

2 Harvard

3 Chicago

4 Stanford

5 Columbia

6 Michigan

7 N.Y.U.

8 Virginia

9 Duke


11 Georgetown

12 Berkeley

13 Cornell

14 Northwestern

15 Texas

16 U.S.C.

17 Vanderbilt

18 U.C.L.A.

19 Iowa

20 U.C. Hastings

1990

1 Yale

2 Chicago

3 Stanford

4 Columbia

5 Harvard

6 N.Y.U.

7 Michigan

8 Duke


10 Virginia

11 Northwestern

12 Georgetown

13 Berkeley

14 Cornell

15 Vanderbilt

16 Texas

17 U.S.C.

18 U.C.L.A.

19 Notre Dame

20 Boston College

1987 (This poll was not taken in

1988-1989)

1

Harvard Yale

3 Michigan

4

Stanford Columbia

6 Chicago

7 Berkeley

8 Virginia

9 N.Y.U.


11 Texas

12 Duke

13 Georgetown

14 U.C.L.A.

15 Cornell

16 Northwestern

17

Illinois U.S.C.

19 Minnesota

20 Wisconsin

Law School Comparisons

From U.S. News and World Reports

1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999/ 2000

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Stanford 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 3

Berkeley 12 12 12 10 8 12 9 7 10 8 9 7 10 13 11 8 8 6 6

Chicago 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6

Columbia 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4

Duke 9 9 9 7 8 10 10 8 8 10 10 12 12 10 11 11 10 12 10

Harvard 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 2

Michigan 6 6 7 8 8 7 7 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9

N.Y.U. 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5

Penn. 10 10 11 9 11 8 11 8 12 13 10 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 8

Virginia 8 8 8 14 7 9 8 8 7 8 7 7 9 9 8 8 10 9 10

Yale 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Overall Score 1991-2010

Law School Comparisons From U.S. News and World Reports

Stanford, Harvard & Yale Scores: 1991-2010

Diversity Index 2010

School

Diversity index (1.0 highest)

Largest minority and its %

Florida A&M Univ. .65 African-American 47% Texas Southern Univ. .65 African-American 50% New Mexico .61 Hispanic 31% Univ. of D.C. .61 African-American 31% Florida International Univ. .60 Hispanic 42% Northwestern .60 Asian-American 20% U.S.C. .59 Asian-American 19% St. Thomas .58 Hispanic 33% Loyola Marymount .57 Asian-American 24% Santa Clara .57 Asian-American 28% North Carolina Central .56 African-American 46% Thomas Jefferson .56 Hispanic 17%

Stanford .55 Asian-American 14% Univ. of San Francisco .55 Asian-American 18% American .54 Hispanic 13% Rutgers .54 African-American 14% Cornell .53 Asian-American 18% Southwestern .53 Asian-American 15% Berkeley .52 Asian-American 19% U.C. Davis .52 Asian-American 27% U.C.L.A. .52 Asian-American 19% Hawaii .52 Asian-American 59%


School



Texas Southern Univ. .67 African-American 47% Florida A&M Univ. .65 African-American 47% New Mexico .60 Hispanic 29% Florida Int’l Univ. .59 Hispanic 42% Univ. of D.C. .59 African-American 28% St. Thomas .58 Hispanic 32% North Carolina Central Univ. .57 African-American 42% Rutgers – Newark .57 African-American 14% Santa Clara Univ. .57 Asian-American 28% U.S.C. .57 Asian-American 17% Loyola .56 Asian-American 24% Northwestern .56 Asian-American 19% Univ. of San Francisco .56 Asian-American 20% Hawaii .54 Asian-American 58% Maryland .54 African-American 14% Southwestern .53 Asian-American 16%

Stanford .53 Asian-American 14%

Southern Univ. .52 African-American 54% U.C. Davis .52 Asian-American 25% American .51 Hispanic 12% St. Mary’s .51 Hispanic 24% U.C.L.A. .51 Asian-American 20%


School



Florida A&M Univ. .65 African-American 47% Texas Southern Univ. .65 African-American 50% New Mexico .61 Hispanic 27% Univ. of D.C. .60 African-American 32% Florida Int’l Univ. .58 Hispanic 36% Rutgers – Newark .58 African-American 46% St. Thomas .58 Hispanic 28% U.S.C. .58 Asian-American 20% Santa Clara Univ. .57 Asian-American 26% Loyola .56 Asian-American 24% North Carolina Central Univ. .56 African-American 45% Northwestern .54 Asian-American 18% Southwestern .54 Asian-American 18% Univ. of San Francisco .54 Asian-American 20% American .53 Hispanic 13% Hawaii .52 Asian-American 62% La Verne .52 Hispanic 15% Western State Univ. .52 Asian-American 18% Southern Univ. .51 African-American 56%

Stanford .51 Asian-American 13%

Illinois, Urbana-Champaign .51 Asian-American 18%


School



Texas Southern Univ. .66 African-American 50% Florida A&M Univ. .65 African-American 41% Univ. of D.C. .63 African-American 33% Florida Int’l Univ. .61 Hispanic 41% Rutgers – Newark .59 African-American 14% Santa Clara Univ. .58 Asian-American 27% New Mexico .58 Hispanic 24% North Carolina Central Univ. .57 African-American 46% Loyola .56 Asian-American 25% St. Thomas .56 Hispanic 28% U.S.C. .56 Asian-American 20% Whitr .54 Asian-American 19% CUNY – Queens .53 Asian-American 15% Southwestern .53 Asian-American 20% U.C. Davis .53 Asian-American 24% Hawaii .53 Asian-American 57%

Stanford .52 Hispanic 13%

Berkeley .52 Asian-American 19% Illinois .52 Asian-American 18% American .51 Asian-American 12%


School



Texas Southern Univ. .66 African-American 49% Florida Int’l Univ. .62 Hispanic 42% Univ. of D.C. .62 African-American 34% U.S.C. .59 Asian-American 21% Santa Clara Univ. .58 Asian-American 27% Rutgers – Newark .57 African-American 14% St. Thomas .57 Hispanic 30% Loyola .56 Asian-American 23% Whitr .56 Asian-American 19% CUNY-Queens .55 Asian-American 12% Southwestern .55 Asian-American 21% Berkeley .55 Asian-American 19% U.C. Davis .55 Asian-American 23% New Mexico .55 Hispanic 23% Hawaii .54 Asian-American 56%

Stanford .53 Hispanic 13%

Columbia .51 Asian-American 14% Cornell .51 Asian-American 20% Illinois .51 Asian-American 17% U.C. Hastings .50 Asian-American 25%


School



CUNY – Queens 0.60 African-American, 15% Western State Univ. 0.60 Asian-American, 21% Whitr 0.60 Asian-American, 20% Santa Clara Univ. 0.57 Asian-American, 28% St. Thomas 0.57 Hispanic, 35% U.S.C. 0.57 Asian-American, 19% Loyola 0.55 African-American, 23% Rutgers – Newark 0.54 African-American, 13% Southwestern 0.54 Asian-American, 20%

Stanford 0.54 Hispanic, 14%

Columbia 0.53 Asian-American, 15% Berkeley 0.53 Asian-American, 18% Davis 0.53 Asian-American, 21% Hawaii 0.53 Asian-American, 61% New Mexico 0.52 Hispanic, 22% Nova Southeastern Univ. 0.51 Hispanic, 22% Thomas M. Cooley 0.49 African-American, 18% Hastings 0.49 Asian-American, 23% American 0.48 Asian-American, 15% George Washington 0.48 Asian-American, 11%


School



Western State Univ. 0.61 Asian-American, 19% U.S.C. 0.60 Asian-American, 20% Whitr 0.60 Asian-American, 21% St. Thomas 0.59 Hispanic, 35% CUNY – Queens 0.58 African-American, 15% Loyola 0.56 Asian-American, 22% Rutgers – Newark 0.55 African-American, 15% Santa Clara Univ. 0.55 Asian-American, 26% Southwestern 0.55 Asian-American, 19% Thomas M. Cooley 0.53 African-American, 23% Columbia 0.52 Asian-American, 14% Berkeley 0.52 Asian-American, 22% Hawaii 0.52 Asian-American, 62% New Mexico 0.52 Hispanic, 23% Davis 0.51 Asian-American, 21%

Stanford 0.50 Hispanic, 14%

St. Mary's Univ. (TX) 0.50 Hispanic, 31% George Washington 0.49 African-American, 12% Hastings 0.49 Asian-American, 22% Arizona State 0.48 Hispanic, 14%

Specialty Programs

2010

Clinical Training 1. Georgetown 2. American 3. N.Y.U. 4. New Mexico 5. Washington Univ. St. Louis 6. CUNY-Queens College 7. Yale 8. Maryland 9. Michigan

10. Stanford

11. Catholic 12. Fordham 13. Columbia Northwestern 15. Tennessee-Knoxville 16. Rutgers-Newark U.C.L.A. 18. Berkeley 19. Seattle 20. Suffolk

U.N.L.V. 22. Baltimore 23. Chicago 24. Harvard Northeastern Tulane Univ. of D.C. 28. Brooklyn George Washington U.C. Hastings 31. Albany Washington 33. Gonzaga New York Law School Denver Houston Vermont Villanova William Mitchell

Specialty Programs

2010

Environmental Law 1. Vermont 2. Lewis and Clark 3. Pace 4. Georgetown 5. Berkeley 6. Colorado Maryland

8. Duke 9. N.Y.U. 10. Oregon 11. Florida State

Stanford Tulane 14. Florida 15. Denver 16. George Washington U.C.L.A. 18. Harvard Arizona Utah Yale

Intellectual Property 1. Stanford

2. Berkeley 3. George Washington 4. Columbia Illinois Inst. of Technology

6. Franklin Pierce 7. Houston 8. Santa Clara Yeshiva 10. Duke 11. Boston U. 12. Harvard 13. DePaul 14. American John Marshall 16. N.Y.U. Michigan 18. Fordham Washington 20. Texas 21. Drake Georgetown U.C.L.A. 24. Yale

Specialty Programs

2010

International Law 1. Columbia 2. N.Y.U.

3. Harvard 4. Georgetown 5. Yale 6. American

7. Michigan 8. George Washington Virginia 10. Stanford Berkeley 12. Duke 13. Texas 14. Washington Univ. St. Louis

15. Cornell Temple Chicago Minnesota 19. Northwestern

Tax Law 1. N.Y.U.

2. Georgetown Florida

4. Northwestern 5. Harvard 6. Boston U. U.C.L.A. U. Miami 9. Michigan

10. Stanford

11. San Diego Virginia 13. Columbia Texas 15. Chicago 16. Loyola Marymount 17. Chapman Univ. of Pennsylvania 19. SMU Denver Washington Yale 23. Boston College George Washington

Specialty Programs

2010

Dispute Resolution

1. Pepperdine 2. Missouri 3. Harvard 4. Hamline 5. Ohio State 6. Marquette 7. Oregon Yeshiva 9. U.N.L.V. 10. Fordham 11. Penn State 12. Georgetown 13. Suffolk Willamette 15. Northwestern 16. Arizona State

17. Stanford U.C. Hastings

Healthcare Law 1. St. Louis 2. Houston

Maryland 4. Boston 5. Case Western 6. Georgetown

Georgia State Seton Hall 9. Loyola Chicago 10. Indiana - Indianapolis 11. Minnesota 12. Pittsburgh 13. DePaul 14. Harvard 15. Drexel Wake Forest 17. Louisville Widener 19. Hamline Quinnipiac Stanford Wisconsin

Specialty Programs

2010

Legal Writing

1. Seattle 2. Mercer 3. U.N.L.V. 4. John Marshal 5. Stetson 6. Oregon 7. Temple 8. Indiana-Indianapolis 9. Boston College 10. Northwestern 11. Arizona State Rutgers-Camden 13. Brooklyn Michigan 15. Illinois Inst. of Technology Ohio State 17. Brigham Young Drake Duquesne Lewis & Clark

Suffolk 22. Drexel Arkansas-Fayetteville 24. Cornell Hofstra Detroit Villanova

Trial Advocacy 1. Stetson 2. Temple

3. N.Y.U. 4. Georgetown Illinois Inst. of Technology Washington Univ. St. Louis 7. Baylor South Texas

9. Samford 10. American Northwestern

Specialty Programs

2010

Part-Time Law 1. Georgetown 2. George Washington 3. Fordham 4. American 5. George Mason 6. Maryland 7. Temple San Diego 9. Denver 10. Illinois Inst. of Technology 11. New York Law School 12. Seattle 13. Loyola Marymount Suffolk 15. Georgia State 16. Loyola Chicago Stetson 18. Connecticut Houston Yeshiva 21. Catholic DePaul Indiana-Indianapolis 24. William Mitchell 25. Rutgers-Newark Santa Clara 27. Southwestern 28. Rutgers-Camden Baltimore U. of San Francisco Pacific 32. Lewis & Clark 33. Hawaii 34. South Texas U.N.L.V.

36. Seton Hall St. Louis Wayne State 40. John Marshall Michigan State 42. Cleveland State 43. Capital Golden Gate Marquette 46. Chapman Quinnipiac SMU 49. Penn State Thomas Jefferson Louisville 52. California Western Florida International Hamline New England Nova Southeastern Pace Texas Wesleyan Valparaiso 60. Case Western Hofstra 62. Florida Coastal Loyola New Orleans Phoenix Arkansas-Little Rock Widener 67. Florida A&M Missouri-Kansas City

St. John’s

Specialty Programs

2009

Clinical Training 1. Georgetown 2. American 3. N.Y.U. 4. CUNY-Queens College 5. New Mexico 6. Washington Univ. St. Louis 7. Yale 8. Maryland 9. Michigan 10. Fordham 11. Northwestern 12. U.N.L.V.

13. Stanford

Univ. of D.C. 15. Berkeley 16. Catholic Columbia 20. Suffolk

U.C.L.A. Chicago 23. William Mitchell 24. Tulane 25. Drake Loyola (New Orleans) U.C. Hastings 28. Brooklyn Northeastern Rutgers-Newark Washington 32. Boston College New York Law School Seattle Baltimore 36. Denver

Tennessee-Knoxville 19. Harvard

Specialty Programs

2009

Environmental Law 1. Lewis and Clark 2. Vermont 3. Pace 4. Georgetown 5. Duke 6. Colorado 7. Stanford

8. Maryland 9. Oregon 10. Florida State 11. Berkeley 12. Tulane 13. Denver Florida 15. N.Y.U. 16. George Washington 17. U.C. Davis Utah Washington 20. U.C.L.A. 21. Texas

Intellectual Property 1. Berkeley

2. Stanford

3. George Washington 4. Columbia

5. Franklin Pierce 6. Duke 7. Houston

8. Santa Clara 9. Boston U. 10. Illinois Inst. of Technology 11. DePaul N.Y.U. Michigan 14. Yeshiva 15. John Marshall 16. U.C.L.A. 17. Harvard Minnesota 19. Georgetown 20. Washington 21. American 22. Fordham Lewis and Clark Washington Univ. St. Louis 25. Texas 26. Univ. of Pennsylvania Yale 28. Pittsburgh 29. George Mason Virginia

Specialty Programs

2009

International Law 1. N.Y.U. 2. Columbia

3. Harvard 4. Georgetown 5. American Yale

7. Michigan 8. George Washington 9. Berkeley 10. Virginia 11. Duke U.C.L.A.

13. Fordham Iowa 15. Texas 16. Stanford Case Western Cornell Minnesota Pacific Temple Washington 23. Denver Washington Univ. St. Louis

Tax Law 1. N.Y.U.

2. Florida 3. Georgetown

4. Northwestern 5. U.C.L.A. 6. Harvard U. Miami 8. Boston U. 9. Virginia 10. Michigan Texas Yale

13. Stanford

Loyola 15. Washington 16. San Diego 17. Chicago 18. Duke 19. Columbia Denver Univ. of Pennsylvania 22. SMU U.S.C. Villanova

Specialty Programs

2009

Dispute Resolution

1. Pepperdine 2. Harvard Missouri 4. Hamline 5. Ohio State 6. Marquette 7. Oregon 8. Yeshiva 9. U.N.L.V. 10. Fordham 11. Georgetown 12. Creighton Northwestern Penn State 15. Stanford Maryland

Healthcare Law 1. St. Louis 2. Houston

3. Maryland 4. Case Western Seton Hall 6. Loyola (Chicago)

7. Boston U. 8. Georgetown 9. Widener 10. Georgia State 11. Indiana - Indianapolis Minnesota 13. Pittsburgh 14. DePaul Harvard 16. Quinnipiac Southern Illinois

Specialty Programs

2009

Legal Writing

1. Mercer 2. Seattle 3. U.N.L.V. 4. Temple 5. John Marshall 6. Stetson 7. Boston College 8. Northwestern 9. Brooklyn 10. Oregon 11. Indiana - Indianapolis 12. Ohio State 13. Denver Michigan 15. Baltimore Villanova 17. Southern Illinois 18. Arizona State Lewis and Clark 20. Rutgers - Camden Arkansas 22. Brigham Young Nova Southeastern Louisville 25. Hofstra Illinois Inst. of Technology Texas Tech Thomas Jefferson Washington Univ. St. Louis 30. Duquesne

31. Detroit Washburn 33. Georgetown Marquette Suffolk 36. Gonzaga South Texas William Mitchell 39. American Drake Emory St. John’s


3. Northwestern 4. Washington Univ. St. Louis 5. Georgetown 6. Loyola South Texas

8. Baylor 9. American N.Y.U. Texas 12. Harvard Syracuse Notre Dame 15. Illinois Inst. of Technology Akron

Specialty Programs

2008

Clinical Training 1. Georgetown 2. American 3. N.Y.U. 4. Washington Univ. St. Louis 5. Maryland 6. New Mexico 7. CUNY-Queens College 8. Yale 9. Michigan 10. Northwestern 11. Catholic Columbia Harvard U.C.L.A. 15. Fordham 16. Berkeley 17. Boston College

20. Stanford

Northeastern University of Nevada-Las Vegas 23. George Washington Yeshiva 25. Chicago Univ. of D.C. 27. Baltimore 28. Hastings 29. Brooklyn Rutgers-Newark Tulane Wisconsin William Mitchell

Seattle Tennessee-Knoxville

Specialty Programs

2008

Environmental Law 1. Vermont 2. Lewis and Clark 3. Pace 4. Colorado 5. Tulane

6. Stanford Georgetown 8. Duke 9. Berkeley 10. Oregon 11. Maryland 12. Florida State George Washington 14. Florida 15. N.Y.U. 16. Denver 17. Golden Gate 18. Utah Washington 20. Davis U.C.L.A. Hawaii

Intellectual Property 1. Berkeley

2. Stanford

3. George Washington 4. Columbia

Duke Franklin Pierce Yeshiva

8. Santa Clara Houston

10. Boston U. 11. Illinois Inst. of Technology 12. Minnesota 13. DePaul 14. N.Y.U. 15. Harvard Michigan 17. John Marshall Michigan State 19. Georgetown 20. Texas 21. Washington Univ. 22. Pittsburgh 23. American Case Western Reserve Fordham U. of San Francisco Washington 28. Boston College Chicago 30. Southwestern

U.C.L.A.

Specialty Programs

2008


3. Georgetown Harvard 5. American

6. Yale 7. Michigan 8. George Washington 9. Berkeley 10. Virginia 12. Duke Northwestern

14. Stanford 15. Case Western Reserve Texas 17. Cornell U.C.L.A. 19. U. of the Pacific Washington Univ. St. Louis 21. Minnesota Washington

Tax Law 1. N.Y.U.

2. Florida 3. Georgetown

4. Northwestern 5. Harvard 6. U. Miami 7. U.C.L.A. 8. Boston U. 9. Texas-Austin 10. U. of San Diego Virginia Yale

13. Stanford

Michigan 15. Duke 16. Loyola 17. S.M.U. 18. Univ. of Pennsylvania Washington Villanova 21. Boston College

Columbia Florida State Denver U.S.C.

Specialty Programs

2008

Dispute Resolution

1. Pepperdine 2. Missouri 3. Hamline Harvard 5. Ohio State 6. Marquette 7. Yeshiva 8. Penn State Oregon 10. Fordham Georgetown 12. U.N.L.V. Willamette 14. Northwestern Quinnipiac

Healthcare Law 1. St. Louis 2. Maryland

3. Houston 4. Loyola (Chicago) 5. Case Western 6. Seton Hall

7. Boston U. 8. Indiana U.-Indianapolis 9. DePaul 10. Georgia State Minnesota 12. Widener 13. Georgetown 14. Quinnipiac 15. Harvard Pittsburgh 17. Suffolk 18. Wake Forest

Specialty Programs

2008

Legal Writing

1. Mercer 2. Seattle 3. Temple 4. U.N.L.V. 5. Stetson 6. John Marshall 7. Boston College Northwestern Michigan Villanova 11. Illinois Inst. of Technology 12. Indiana U.-Indianapolis Oregon 14. Brooklyn 15. Baltimore Detroit 17. Ohio State 18. South Texas 19. Arizona State Hofstra Arkansas-Little Rock 22. Lewis and Clark Rutgers-Camden Southern Illinois 25. Washburn 26. Georgetown Marquette Thomas Jefferson William Mitchell

30. Nova Southeastern Louisville 32. Brigham Young Texas Tech Thomas Cooley North Carolina 36. Emory Gonzaga St. John’s Washington Univ. St. Louis


3. Washington Univ. St. Louis 4. Georgetown 5. John Marshall Northwestern South Texas

8. Loyola 9. Harvard Notre Dame 11. Baylor Samford Texas 14. Loyola (Chicago) Akron Houston 17. U. of the Pacific

Specialty Programs

2007

Dispute Resolution

1. Pepperdine 2. Missouri 3. Ohio State 4. Harvard 5. Hamline 6. Yeshiva 7. Georgetown 8. Willamette 9. Stanford Penn State

Clinical Training 1. Georgetown 2. American 3. N.Y.U. 4. Washington Univ. St. Louis 5. CUNY – Queens Maryland 7. New Mexico 8. Yale 9. Northwestern 10. Michigan 24. Stanford Northeastern William Mitchell

Specialty Programs

2007

Environmental Law 1. Lewis and Clark 2. Vermont 3. Pace 4. Maryland 5. Georgetown 6. Oregon 7. Tulane 8. Duke 9. Colorado

10. Stanford

Intellectual Property 1. Berkeley 2. Stanford 3. George Washington 4. Santa Clara 5. Houston 6. Yeshiva 7. Duke Franklin Pierce 9. Illinois Inst. of Technology

10. Columbia

Specialty Programs

2007


3. Harvard 4. Georgetown 5. Yale

6. George Washington 7. American 8. Michigan 9. Berkeley Virginia 11. Texas 12. Iowa

13. Stanford Cornell Duke U.C.L.A. Vanderbilt

Tax Law 1. N.Y.U. 2. Florida 3. Georgetown 4. Northwestern 5. Harvard U. Miami 7. Boston Univ. U.C.L.A. 9. Stanford U. of San Diego

Specialty Programs

2006

Dispute Resolution

1. Pepperdine 2. Missouri 3. Harvard 4. Ohio State 5. Hamline 6. Yeshiva 7. Penn State Willamette 9. Georgetown Northwestern

11. Stanford Marquette

Environmental Law 1. Lewis and Clark 2. Vermont 3. Pace 4. Colorado 5. Tulane 6. Maryland 7. Stanford Oregon 9. Georgetown 10. Duke George Washington

Specialty Programs

2006

Intellectual Property

1. Berkeley 2. Stanford 3. George Washington 4. Houston 5. Yeshiva 6. Franklin Pierce 7. Columbia 8. Duke N.Y.U.

10. Boston Univ.


3. Georgetown Harvard 4. American Yale

7. Michigan 8. Virginia 9. George Washington 10. Berkeley 11. Cornell 12. Stanford

Tax Law

1. N.Y.U. 2. Florida 3. Georgetown 4. Northwestern 5. Harvard

U. Miami 7. Boston Univ. U.C.L.A. 9. Texas Yale

11. Stanford

Specialty Programs

2005

Dispute Resolution

1. Missouri 2. Pepperdine 3. Harvard 4. Hamline

Ohio State 6. Yeshiva Willamette 8. Penn State 9. Georgetown

10. Stanford Environmental Law

1. Vermont 2. Lewis and Clark 3. Pace 4. Tulane

Maryland 6. Georgetown 7. George Washington Colorado 9. Stanford N.Y.U.

Intellectual Property Law

1. Berkeley 2. George Washington 3. Stanford 4. Duke 5. N.Y.U. 6. Yeshiva 7. Franklin Pierce 8. Columbia 9. DePaul

Houston International Law

1. N.Y.U. 2. Columbia 3. Georgetown 4. Harvard

Yale 6. American 7. Virginia 8. George Washington 9. Michigan 10. Berkeley 11. Cornell Duke

13. Stanford

Texas

Specialty Programs

2005

Tax Law

1. N.Y.U. 2. Florida 3. Georgetown 4. Harvard 5. Texas 6. Northwestern 7. Stanford 8. U. Miami 9. U.C.L.A.

10. Yale

Specialty Programs

2004

Dispute Resolution 1. Pepperdine

Missouri 3. Harvard 4. Ohio State 5. Hamline 6. Yeshiva

Georgetown 8. Stanford n

Northwestern 10. Willamette

Environmental Law 1. Vermont 2. Lewis and Clark 3. Pace 4. Maryland 5. Tulane 6. George Washington

Colorado 8. Georgetown 9. N.Y.U. Berkeley 11. Stanford 12. Oregon

Specialty Programs

2003

Dispute Resolution 1. Harvard 2. Pepperdine 3. Ohio State 4. Missouri-Columbia 5. Hamline 6. Willamette 7. Cardozo 8. Georgetown Northwestern Texas 11. Stanford 12. Hofstra 13. Duke George Washington Quinnipiac

Environmental Law

1. Lewis and Clark 2. Vermont 3. Pace 4. Stanford Maryland

6. Berkeley 7. Georgetown Tulane 9. George Washington Colorado


1. Berkeley 2. George Washington 3. Franklin Pierce 4. N.Y.U. 5. Cardozo Houston 7. Columbia 8. Stanford 9. Santa Clara 10. Boston Univ.

Specialty Programs

2003

International Law 1. N.Y.U. 2. Columbia 3. Harvard 4. Georgetown 5. Yale 6. George Washington 7. American

8. Michigan 9. Virginia 10. Berkeley 11. Stanford 12. Texas

Tax

1. N.Y.U. 2. Florida 3. Georgetown 4. Harvard 5. Yale 6. Texas 7. Univ. Miami 8. Virginia 9. Stanford

10. Chicago

Specialty Programs

2002

Dispute Resolution 1. Missouri-Columbia 2. Pepperdine 3. Harvard 4. Ohio State 5. Hamline Willamette 7. Cardozo 8. Georgetown Texas

10. Stanford

Environmental Law 1. Vermont 2. Lewis and Clark 3. Pace 4. Colorado 5. Maryland 6. Tulane Berkeley 8. Georgetown 9. George Washington

10. Stanford

Intellectual Property 1. Berkeley 2. George Washington 3. Franklin Pierce 4. Univ. of Houston 5. Cardozo N.Y.U. 7. Stanford 8. Santa Clara 9. Boston Univ. DePaul

Tax 1. N.Y.U. 2. Univ. of Florida 3. Georgetown 4. Harvard 5. Texas 6. Stanford Univ. of Miami 8. Yale 9. Boston Univ. Chicago Virginia

Specialty Programs

2001

Dispute Resolution 1. Missouri – Columbia 2. Ohio State 3. Pepperdine 4. Harvard 5. Willamette 6. Hamline 7. Georgetown 8. Cardozo 9. Northwestern

10. Stanford

Environmental Law 1. Vermont 2. Lewis and Clark 3. Pace 4. Maryland 5. Tulane Colorado 7. Berkeley 8. Georgetown 9. George Washington

10. Stanford

Tax Law 1. N.Y.U. 2. Florida 3. Georgetown 4. Harvard 5. Texas 6. Univ. of Miami 7. Yale 8. Virginia 9. Boston Univ. 10. Stanford Michigan

Specialty Programs

1999/2000

Intellectual Property 1. Franklin Pierce Berkeley 3. Columbia George Washington 5. N.Y.U. Texas 7. Univ. of Houston 8. Stanford 9. Cardozo 10. Santa Clara

Tax Law 1. N.Y.U. 2. Georgetown Florida 4. Harvard 5. Univ. of Miami 6. Texas 7. Virginia 8. Yale 9. Boston Univ. 10. Stanford Chicago

Specialty Programs

1998


1. Franklin Pierce 2. Columbia 3. George Washington 4. N.Y.U. Berkeley 6. Stanford Univ. Houston 8. John Marshall Texas 10. Santa Clara U.C.L.A.

Tax Law

1. N.Y.U. 2. Georgetown 3. Harvard Florida 5. Stanford 6. Yale 7. Virginia 8. Univ. Miami 9. Texas 10. Boston Univ.

Specialty Programs

1997

Intellectual Property 1. Franklin Pierce 2. George Washington 3. Univ. of Houston 4. Columbia John Marshall Berkeley 7. Stanford N.Y.U. 9. Texas 10. Cardozo

Tax 1. N.Y.U. 2. Florida 3. Georgetown 4. Harvard 5. Virginia 6. Texas 7. Yale 8. Univ. of Miami 9. Stanford 10. U.C.L.A. U.S.C.

Specialty Programs

1996


1. George Washington 2. Columbia 3. Stanford 4. Univ. of Houston 5. Franklin Pierce 6. Berkeley 7. N.Y.U. 8. Boston Univ. U.C.L.A. 10. John Marshall

Tax 1. N.Y.U. 2. Florida 3. Georgetown 4. Harvard 5. Univ. of Miami 6. Yale 7. Virginia 8. Stanford 9. Texas

10. Boston Univ.

Specialty Programs

1995


1. George Washington 2. Franklin Pierce Columbia 4. Stanford 5. N.Y.U. Univ. Houston 7. John Marshall 8. Boston Univ. 9. Chicago-Kent 10. George Mason

Tax Law 1. N.Y.U. 2. Georgetown 3. Harvard 4. Florida 5. Virginia 6. Yale 7. Texas 8. Stanford Univ. Miami 10. Chicago

Specialty Programs

1994


1. Columbia 2. George Washington 3. Stanford Franklin Pierce N.Y.U.

Specialty Programs

1993

Intellectual Property 1. George Washington 2. Columbia 3. NYU 4. Franklin Pierce 5. Stanford

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