Robert Crown Law Library Legal Research Paper Series

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

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