Bill Henderson (Indiana) provides a fascinating history of the first ranking of all U.S. law schools in 1975: Adding Up the Law Schools: A Tabulation and Rating of their Resources, by Charles D. Kelso. The ranking groups law schools into seven groups; Groups 1-2 received "A" grades; Groups 3-5 received "B" grades; and Groups 6-7 received "C" grades. Each law school was given a score based on six resource categories:
- Number of Students
- Student/Volume Ratio
- Student/Faculty Ratio
- Number of Faculty
- Faculty/Volume Ratio
- Volumes in Library
Here are the Top 22 law schools (Group 1), along with their 2006 U.S. News rank:
Some other notable schools:
- #49: NYU (#4 in 2006 U.S. News)
- #53: Washington & Lee (#22)
- #60: Boston College (#27)
- #60: George Washington (#19)
- #69: Boston University (#22)
- #69: Georgetown (#14)
- #77: Notre Dame (#22)
- #77: William & Mary (#27)
- #88: Emory (#26)
- #88: Hastings (#43)
- #97: Florida State (#53)
- #97: San Diego (#65)
- #103: Wake Forest (#39)
- #146: Chicago-Kent (#60)
