Following up on yesterday’s post, 2024 U.S. News Omnibus Specialty Rankings:
Here are the law schools whose U.S. News Omnibus Specialty Ranking most exceeds their overall U.S. News Ranking:
| School | Specialty Rank | Overall Rank | Difference | |
| 1 | Santa Clara | 77 | 158 | +81 |
| 2 | Brooklyn* | 46 | 111 | +65 |
| 3 | Illinois-Chicago | 97 | 159 | +62 |
| 3 | Suffolk | 71 | 133 | +62 |
| 5 | American* | 28 | 89 | +61 |
| 6 | Howard | 66 | 125 | +59 |
| 7 | Hofstra | 82 | 140 | +58 |
| 8 | Widener (DE) | 119 | 175 | +56 |
| 9 | Denver | 25 | 80 | +55 |
| 10 | Rutgers* | 57 | 109 | +52 |
| 11 | CUNY | 104 | 154 | +50 |
| 11 | Mitchell | Hamline* | 117 | 167 | +50 |
| 13 | Syracuse* | 75 | 122 | +47 |
| 14 | Pacific | 95 | 141 | +46 |
| 15 | UC-San Francisco* | 18 | 60 | +42 |
| 15 | UNLV | 47 | 89 | +42 |
| 17 | Baltimore | 96 | 135 | +39 |
| 18 | UC-Davis* | 22 | 60 | +38 |
| 19 | Nova | 134 | 171 | +37 |
| 20 | Missouri-Kansas City | 99 | 135 | +36 |
| 21 | Golden Gate | 145 | 180 | +35 |
| 22 | Pace | 98 | 131 | +33 |
| 23 | Loyola-Chicago* | 53 | 84 | +31 |
| 23 | Willamette | 124 | 155 | +31 |
| 25 | Hawaii | 105 | 135 | +30 |
| 25 | San Diego | 48 | 78 | +30 |
| 25 | San Francisco* | 135 | 165 | +30 |
| 28 | Chicago-Kent | 70 | 99 | +29 |
| 28 | South Texas* | 133 | 162 | +29 |
| 30 | Seattle* | 83 | 111 | +28 |
| 31 | DePaul | 108 | 135 | +27 |
| 31 | Houston | 33 | 60 | +27 |
| 31 | Michigan State | 84 | 111 | +27 |
| 31 | Vermont | 137 | 164 | +27 |
| 35 | Creighton* | 130 | 155 | +25 |
| 36 | Cal-Western* | 151 | 175 | +24 |
| 36 | Case Western | 56 | 80 | +24 |
| 36 | Temple | 30 | 54 | +24 |
| 36 | UC-Irvine* | 11 | 35 | +24 |
| 40 | District of Columbia | 158 | 180 | +22 |
| 40 | George Washington | 13 | 35 | +22 |
| 42 | Catholic | 101 | 122 | +21 |
| 43 | Miami | 51 | 71 | +20 |
| 44 | Indiana (McKinney) | 80 | 99 | +19 |
| 45 | University of Arizona | 36 | 54 | +18 |
| 45 | Widener (PA) | 141 | 159 | +18 |
| 47 | Fordham | 12 | 29 | +17 |
| 47 | Maryland* | 34 | 51 | +17 |
| 49 | Loyola-L.A. | 44 | 60 | +16 |
| 49 | North Dakota | 164 | 180 | +16 |
Here are the law schools whose U.S. News Omnibus Specialty Ranking most trails their overall U.S. News Ranking:
| School | Specialty Rank | Overall Rank | Difference | |
| 1 | Florida Int’l | 126 | 60 | -66 |
| 2 | Regent | 189 | 125 | -64 |
| 3 | Belmont | 165 | 105 | -60 |
| 4 | Baylor | 107 | 49 | -58 |
| 5 | Oklahoma | 106 | 51 | -55 |
| 6 | Kansas | 93 | 40 | -53 |
| 7 | George Mason | 84 | 32 | -52 |
| 8 | BYU | 73 | 22 | -51 |
| 8 | Kentucky | 111 | 60 | -51 |
| 10 | Dayton | 161 | 111 | -50 |
| 11 | Liberty | 183 | 135 | -48 |
| 12 | New Hampshire* | 152 | 105 | -47 |
| 12 | St. Thomas (MN) | 143 | 96 | -47 |
| 14 | Duquesne | 135 | 89 | -46 |
| 15 | Chapman | 154 | 109 | -45 |
| 15 | South Dakota | 167 | 122 | -45 |
| 15 | Texas Tech | 116 | 71 | -45 |
| 15 | Tulsa | 156 | 111 | -45 |
| 19 | Campbell* | 168 | 125 | -43 |
| 20 | Montana | 138 | 96 | -42 |
| 21 | Marquette | 112 | 71 | -41 |
| 22 | Wyoming | 148 | 111 | -37 |
| 23 | Wayne State | 91 | 56 | -35 |
| 24 | Drake | 122 | 88 | -34 |
| 25 | Mercer | 132 | 99 | -33 |
| 25 | Mississippi | 144 | 111 | -33 |
| 27 | Missouri (Columbia) | 103 | 71 | -32 |
| 28 | Nebraska* | 120 | 89 | -31 |
| 28 | Ohio Northern | 177 | 146 | -31 |
| 30 | Gonzaga* | 129 | 99 | -30 |
| 30 | Iowa | 65 | 35 | -30 |
| 30 | Tennessee | 81 | 51 | -30 |
| 33 | Chicago | 32 | 3 | -29 |
| 33 | Louisville | 128 | 99 | -29 |
| 33 | Penn State-University Park* | 109 | 80 | -29 |
| 33 | St. John’s* | 89 | 60 | -29 |
| 33 | Utah | 61 | 32 | -29 |
| 38 | Alabama | 62 | 35 | -27 |
| 39 | Cincinnati | 110 | 84 | -26 |
| 39 | Elon | 159 | 133 | -26 |
| 39 | Faulkner | 185 | 159 | -26 |
| 39 | Oklahoma City | 176 | 150 | -26 |
| 39 | USC | 42 | 16 | -26 |
| 44 | Illinois | 67 | 43 | -24 |
| 44 | Memphis | 149 | 125 | -24 |
| 46 | Connecticut* | 92 | 71 | -21 |
| 46 | Lincoln Memorial | 196 | 175 | -21 |
| 46 | Villanova | 64 | 43 | -21 |
| 49 | Arkansas-Fayetteville | 125 | 105 | -20 |
| 49 | Texas A&M | 49 | 29 | -20 |
| 49 | Washington & Lee | 60 | 40 | -20 |
*Denotes schools that boycotted the U.S. News rankings
2023 U.S. News Omnibus Specialty Rankings v. Overall Rankings
2024 U.S. News Specialty Rankings:
- Omnibus Specialty Rankings (compilation of all 13 special rankings)
- Omnibus Specialty Rankings v. Overall Rankings
- Business/Corporate Law
- Clinical Law
- Constitutional Law
- Contracts/Commercial Law
- Criminal Law
- Dispute Resolution
- Environmental Law
- Health Care Law
- Intellectual Property Law
- International Law
- Legal Writing
- Tax Law
- Trial Advocacy
