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[Pages:49]Ranking of Top Law Schools 1987 - 2009
By US News & World Report
Compiled by
J. Paul Lomio, Erika V. Wayne, & George D. Wilson Robert Crown Law Library
Research Paper No. 20 April 2008
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U.S. News & World Report: 2009 Highlights Stanford was ranked #2 overall, tied with Harvard (after #1 Yale).
Adjustments:
Columbia rose to #4 from #5 last year NYU dropped to #5 from #4 last year Boalt rose from #8 last year to #6 Northwestern rose to #9 from #12 UVA rose to #9 from #10 Duke dropped to #12 from #10 Michigan dropped to #9 from #8 UCLA dropped to #16 from #15 Vanderbilt rose to #15 from #16
The top 16:
Yale #1 Stanford #2 Harvard #2 Columbia #4 NYU #5 Boalt #6 Univs. of Chicago & Pennsylvania tied for #7 Northwestern, Michigan and UVA tied for #9 Duke and Cornell tied for #12 Georgetown #14 Vanderbilt #15 UCLA #16
Specialty Areas:
Of the 9 law specialty areas, Stanford ranked in the top 10 in 2 categories like last year (IP/still #2 and Environmental Law/dropping one spot to #7). Stanford moved up from #20 to #13 in Clinical Training, dropped from #14 to #16 in International Law, rose to #15 in Dispute Resolution from not being ranked last year, and stayed at #13 in Tax Law. Stanford was not ranked at all in Health Law, Trial Advocacy, and Legal Writing.
Law School Diversity:
Stanford ranked #17, up from #20 last year (0.53, Asian-American 14%). There are no other top-tier schools ranked above, except Northwestern at #12.
U.S. News & World Report
Top 20 Law Schools - Ranked by Overall Scores
1 2
4 5 6 7
9
12
14 15 16
18 19 20
*Released in March 2008
2009*
Yale Stanford Harvard Columbia N.Y.U. Berkeley Chicago Univ. of Pennsylvania
Michigan Northwestern Virginia Cornell Duke Georgetown Vanderbilt U.C.L.A. Texas U.S.C. Washington Univ. St. Louis George Washington
U.S. News & World Report
Top 20 Law Schools - Ranked by Overall Scores
1 2
4 5 6
8
10
12 13 14 15 16
18 19 20
*Released in March 2007
2008*
Yale Stanford Harvard N.Y.U. Columbia Chicago Univ. of Pennsylvania Berkeley Michigan
Duke Virginia Northwestern Cornell Georgetown U.C.L.A. U.S.C. Vanderbilt Texas Washington Univ. St. Louis Boston Univ. Minnesota
U.S. News & World Report
Top 20 Law Schools - Ranked by Overall Scores
1 2 3 4
6 7 8
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
19
*Released in March 2006
2007*
Yale Stanford Harvard Columbia N.Y.U. Chicago Univ. of Pennsylvania Berkeley Michigan Virginia Duke Northwestern Cornell Georgetown U.C.L.A. Texas U.S.C. Vanderbilt George Washington Minnesota Washington Univ. St. Louis
U.S. News & World Report
Top 20 Law Schools - Ranked by Overall Scores
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
10 11
14 15
17 18 19 20
*Released in March 2005
2006*
Yale Harvard Stanford Columbia N.Y.U. Chicago Univ. of Pennsylvania Michigan Virginia
Northwestern Cornell Duke Berkeley
Georgetown U.C.L.A. Texas
Vanderbilt U.S.C. Minnesota Boston Univ. George Washington
U.S. News & World Report
Top 20 Law Schools - Ranked by Overall Scores
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
9 10
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
*Released in April 2004
2005*
Yale Harvard Stanford Columbia N.Y.U. Chicago Michigan Univ. of Pennsylvania Virginia Duke Northwestern Cornell Berkeley Georgetown Texas U.C.L.A. Vanderbilt U.S.C. Minnesota George Washington Notre Dame Washington Univ. St. Louis
U.S. News & World Report
Top 20 Law Schools - Ranked by Overall Scores
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
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