I am delighted to announce the launch of Leiter’s Law School Rankings, by Brian Leiter, Joseph D. Jamail Centennial Chair in Law at the University of Texas School of Law, in association with our Law Professor Web Services LLC.
Leiter’s Law School Rankings (1) contains two brand new law school quality rankings, and (2) expands and redesigns the rankings material formerly maintained on the University of Texas School of Law website.
1. The new 2005 rankings are:
2. Leiter’s Law School Rankings presents law school rankings material in seven categories:
- Newest Rankings contains the latest 2005 rankings (Faculty Quality Rankings: Scholarly Impact (Citations) and Student Quality Rankings)
- Faculty Rankings contains rankings of scholarly quality (as measured by reputation, productivity, and impact) and teaching quality, as well as a listing of faculty moves
- Student Rankings contains rankings of student quality (as measured by LSAT scores and undergraduate GPAs)
- Job Placement contains rankings of placement of students at elite law firms, a well as listings of where faculty went to law school and Supreme Court clerkships
- U.S. News Rankings contains discussions of the U.S. News & World Report Law School Rankings and how the rankings on this site differ from U.S. News
- Archives contains Educational Quality Rankings of U.S. Law Schools from earlier years
- Links contains links to law review articles on law school rankings (the links are to the articles on SSRN, Hein-on-Line, and Westlaw, in that order of priority)
Here are the latest July 2005 faculty rankings, listing the Top 30 law school faculties as measured by mean and median per capita scholarly impact (citations):
Rank…Law School…Score
- 1. Chicago 100
- 2. Yale 77
- 3. Harvard 68
- 4. Stanford 61
- 5. UC-Berkeley 50
- 6. NYU 45
- 7. Columbia 43
- 8. Georgetown 37
- 9. Duke 31
- Texas 31
- 11. Cornell 29
- 12. Northwestern 28
- 13. Michigan 27
- Virginia 27
- 15. UCLA 26
- 16. George Washington 24
- 17. Colorado 23
- 18. Boston University 22
- Emory 22
- Illinois 22
- 21. Penn 20
- Vanderbilt 20
- 23. George Mason 19
- Arizona 19
- UC-Hastings 19
- Minnesota 19
- San Diego 19
- 28. Arizona State 18
- Ohio State 18
- Iowa 18
Other Schools Studied
- Brooklyn 17
- Pittsburgh 17
- USC 17
- Chicago-Kent 16
- Washington University-St. Louis 16
- Cardozo 15
- Fordham 15
- North Carolina 14
- William & Mary 11
Our goal is to make Leiter’s Law School Rankings the premier Internet site of law school rankings for prospective, current, and former law students; law school faculty and administrators; and practicing lawyers in law firms, government, and public interest organizations. Please email us comments or suggestions for improvement.
Law Professor Web Services LLC
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Paul L. Caron, Charles Hartsock Professor of Law, University of Cincinnati College of Law
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Joseph A. Hodnicki, Associate Director for Library Operations, University of Cincinnati College of Law
