The new online 2009 U.S. News Law School Rankings do not yet offer a way to sort by the various categories (although I am told that this feature will be added at some point in the future). On Friday, Richard Schmalbeck (Duke) shared the the Top 44 law schools by academic peer reputation. Here is the full list of the 184 law schools ranked by U.S. News by academic peer reputation, along with each school’s overall ranking:
1. (4.8) Harvard (2)
Yale (1)
3. (4.7) Columbia (4)
Stanford (2)
5. (4.6) Chicago (7)
6. (4.5) UC-Berkeley (6)
Michigan (9)
NYU (5)
9. (4.4) Virginia (9)
10. (4.3) Penn (7)
11. (4.2) Cornell (12)
Duke (12)
Georgetown (14)
14. (4.1) Texas (16)
Northwestern (9)
16. (4.0) UCLA (16)
17. (3.8) Vanderbilt (15)
18. (3.7) USC (18)
19. (3.6) Minnesota (22)
Washington U. (19)
21. (3.5) George Washington (20)
Iowa (27)
North Carolina (38)
24. (3.4) Boston U. (21)
UC-Davis (44)
UC-Hastings (38)
Emory (22)
Illinois (27)
Ohio State (32)
Washington & Lee (25)
Wisconsin (36)
32. (3.3) Boston College (26)
Fordham (27)
Notre Dame (22)
35. (3.2) Arizona (38)
Florida (46)
Indiana (36)
U. Washington (30)
William & Mary (30)
40. (3.1) Colorado (32)
Georgia (32)
Tulane (44)
43. (3.0) American (46)
Wake Forest (42)
45. (2.9) Alabama (32)
Arizona State (52)
Connecticut (46)
Maryland (42)
Oregon (82)
50. (2.8) BYU (44)
Florida State (55)
George Mason (38)
Pittsburgh (73)
Miami (82)
San Diego (82)
Tennessee (52)
Utah (51)
58. (2.7) SMU (46)
Brooklyn (63)
Cardozo (55)
Case Western (63)
Chicago-Kent (66)
Kansas (73)
Missouri-Columbia (59)
Temple (59)
Villanova (68)
67. (2.6) Cincinnati (52)
Houston (55)
Indiana-Indianapolis (68)
Loyola-L.A. (63)
Rutgers-Camden (77)
Rutgers-Newark (77)
Santa Clara (77)
74. (2.5) Baylor (55)
Catholic (88)
Denver (88)
Kentucky (59)
Loyola-Chicago (82)
Marquette (95)
Nebraska (73)
New Mexico (68)
Oklahoma (68)
Seton Hall (66)
84. (2.4) Arkansas-Fayetteville (Tier 3)
DePaul (88)
Hawaii (82)
Hofstra (99)
Lewis & Clark (73)
Northeastern (88)
Pepperdine (59)
Richmond (68)
St. John’s (88)
St. Louis (95)
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nbsp; SUNY-Buffalo (100)
Syracuse (100)
96. (2.3) Georgia State (77)
Howard (Tier 3)
LSU (88)
Louisville (100)
Maine (Tier 3)
Missouri-Kansas City (Tier 3)
Penn State (77)
Seattle (83)
South Carolina (95)
UNLV (88)
Vermont (Tier 3)
Wayne State (Tier 3)
108. (2.2) Arkansas-Little Rock (Tier 3)
McGeorge (95)
Mercer (100)
Michigan State (Tier 3)
Mississippi (Tier 3)
New York Law School (Tier 3)
San Francisco (Tier 3)
115. (2.1) Albany (Tier 3)
Cleveland State (Tier 3)
Gonzaga (Tier 3)
Idaho (Tier 3)
Loyola-New Orleans (Tier 3)
Montana (Tier 3)
Pace (Tier 3)
Southern Illinois (Tier 4)
Stetson (100)
Suffolk (Tier 3)
West Virginia (Tier 3)
Willamette (Tier 3)
Wyoming (Tier 3)
128. (2.0) Baltimore (Tier 3)
Creighton (Tier 3)
CUNY-Queens (Tier 4)
Dayton (Tier 4)
Drake (Tier 3)
Quinnipiac (Tier 3)
North Dakota (Tier 4)
South Dakota (Tier 3)
Southwestern (Tier 4)
Texas Tech (Tier 3)
Toledo (Tier 3)
Tulsa (Tier 4)
Valparaiso (Tier 4)
Washburn (Tier 4)
Widener (Tier 4)
143. (1.9) Akron (Tier 3)
Cumberland (Tier 3)
Duquesne (Tier 4)
Franklin Pierce (Tier 3)
Hamline (Tier 3)
Memphis (Tier 4)
St. Thomas (MN) (Tier 3)
William Mitchell (Tier 4)
151. (1.8) California-Western (Tier 4)
Capital (Tier 4)
Chapman (Tier 3)
John Marshall (IL) (Tier 4)
New England (Tier 4)
Nova Southeastern (Tier 4)
Roger Williams (Tier 4)
St. Mary’s (Tier 4)
159. (1.7) Golden Gate (Tier 4)
North Carolina Central (Tier 4)
Northern Illinois (Tier 4)
Northern Kentucky (Tier 4)
Ohio Northern (Tier 3)
Oklahoma City (Tier 3)
South Texas (Tier 4)
Texas-Wesleyan (Tier 4)
Touro (Tier 4)
Western New England (Tier 4)
169. (1.6) Campbell (Tier 4)
Detroit-Mercy (Tier 4)
Florida International (Tier 4)
172. (1.5) Mississippi College (Tier 4)
St. Thomas (FL) (Tier 4)
Thomas Jefferson (Tier 4)
175. (1.4) Appalachian (Tier 4)
District of Columbia (Tier 4)
Florida Coastal (Tier 4)
Southern (Tier 4)
Texas Southern (Tier 4)
Thomas Cooley (Tier 4)
Whittier (Tier 4)
182. (1.3) Ave Maria (Tier 4)
Barry (Tier 4)
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nbsp; Regent (Tier 4)
