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Preview Of The 2024-25 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Overall Ranking

Paul Caron
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Update: ABA Journal, Which Law Schools Will Top the US News Rankings? Here Are Three Predictions

Following up on my previous posts: 

In this post, I project the forthcoming 2024-25 U.S. News law school rankings using the 2023-24 rankings methodology and the publicly available ABA data, which accounted for 75% of the 2023-24 rankings:

My projected rankings below assume the same dean|faculty (12.5%) and lawyer|judge (12.5%) reputation scores for the remaining 25% of the 2023-24 rankings. I also include the projected rankings from Derek Muller (Notre Dame) and Mike Spivey (Spivey Consulting). Most commentators anticipate that U.S. News will tinker with the methodology in the forthcoming 2024-25 rankings.

School Caron Projected Rank Muller Projected Rank Spivey Projected Rank   Admissions Rank Student Outcomes Rank Resources Rank Reputation Rank
Yale 1 2 2   1 3 2 5
Stanford 2 1 1   2 15 3 1
Chicago 3 3 3   4 4 19 3
Virginia 4 4 4   6 1 24 8
Penn 5 6 4   7 6 10 8
Harvard 6 4 4   3 12 72 2
Duke 7 6 7   17 2 21 11
Columbia 8 9 8   9 14 29 3
Michigan 9 6 8   20 9 45 6
NYU 10 11 10   10 11 46 7
Northwestern 11 9 10   8 8 11 13
UC-Berkeley 12 11 10   21 18 37 10
UCLA 13 13 13   11 10 18 16
Georgetown 14 14 14   13 24 17 13
Washington Univ. 15 14 14   5 13 26 18
Texas 16 16 16   18 23 41 15
Cornell 17 18 16   12 38 15 12
North Carolina 18 16 18   33 5 31 21
Vanderbilt 19 19 20   16 28 55 17
Minnesota 20 19 18   30 17 8 23
Notre Dame 21 19 20   28 19 62 19
USC 22 22 22   19 30 63 20
Boston Univ. 23 24 22   25 27 30 25
Georgia 24 22 22   27 20 42 34
Texas A&M 25 24 28   14 7 22 68
Wake Forest 26 24 25   43 16 40 40
Alabama 27 28 28   23 22 64 43
Boston College 28 28 28   32 31 66 26
Utah 29 28 25   37 21 4 50
William & Mary 30 28 32   40 32 78 26
Florida 31 27 28   15 48 20 29
Ohio State 32 32 34   36 34 53 36
Washington & Lee 33 32 34   51 29 68 35
Fordham 34 36 38   35 41 82 29
Wisconsin 35 48 25   45 37 90 36
Iowa 36 34 32   59 39 80 29
George Mason 37 34 34   24 36 5 64
Illinois 38 46 34   52 33 61 44
Colorado 39 39 41   46 43 44 45
Indiana (Maurer) 40 36 38   44 50 52 38
George Washington 41 44 43   29 68 69 24
UC-Irvine 42 44 46   39 62 28 32
SMU 43 39 41   42 26 101 57
Arizona State 44 39 43   26 55 94 39
Baylor 45 39 43   48 35 58 56
Florida State 46 36 46   31 46 39 53
Emory 47 48 48   38 75 95 21
BYU 48 39 38   22 63 35 46
University of Washington 49 48 48   54 58 51 42
UC-Davis 50 48 51   55 60 168 28

Connecticut 51 46 48   70 56 13 59
Penn State-Dickinson 52 53 53   73 40 74 82
Villanova 53 53 51   41 65 73 51
Pepperdine 54 55 57   34 78 71 46
Tennessee 55 48 53   56 61 56 69
Kansas 56 55 53   77 49 115 63
Penn State-Univ. Park 57 60 57   61 42 79 92
Cardozo 58 60 57   49 64 88 59
Temple 59 55 57   69 66 50 59
Northeastern 60 68 63   60 53 125 75
Marquette 61 85 57   111 25 131 95
Wayne State 62 60 63   47 52 34 113
Kentucky 63 60 63   99 44 122 77
Oklahoma 64 60 67   81 45 170 74
Missouri-Columbia 65 55 53   79 51 106 83
UNLV 66 60 67   63 71 38 89
Loyola-L.A. 67 66 67   68 70 129 64
Richmond 68 68 67   57 90 14 73
San Diego 69 55 57   58 77 133 59
Nebraska 70 73 73   87 54 110 92
Maryland 71 68 67   53 94 43 55
University of Arizona 72 66 63   50 105 1 49
Cincinnati 73 68 67   76 72 33 98
St. John’s 74 76 80   66 59 167 90
Drexel 75 73 76   78 74 59 98
South Carolina 76 73 73   72 85 84 77
Catholic 77 82 76   84 79 25 101
Drake 78 82 80   144 57 57 105
Pittsburgh 79 85 84   88 97 9 75
Houston 80 76 80   65 100 65 69
Seton Hall 81 68 73   82 83 134 83
Tulane 82 76 76   80 103 148 40
UC-San Francisco 83 82 84   83 115 118 33
Lewis & Clark 84 89 87   98 92 48 87
Louisiana State 85 85 87   100 73 147 96
Georgia State 86 76 80   92 93 N/A 81
Oregon 87 94 87   118 96 104 58
Florida Int’l 88 76 84   64 82 81 136
Maine 89 85 87   107 84 60 115
Case Western 90 96 93   75 109 54 64
Denver 91 89 87   91 102 103 69
Texas Tech 92 94 93   89 81 119 125
Loyola-Chicago 93 76 76   86 104 132 64
Miami 94 100 103   62 129 86 51
Dayton 95 96 99   108 80 75 142
New Hampshire 96 89 93   141 76 113 125
Missouri-Kansas City 97 96 93   128 87 N/A 122
Rutgers 98 96 99   102 110 97 69
Belmont 99 89 93   67 67 174 160
Regent 100 100 99   90 47 175 177
Samford 101 100 93   117 69 149 147
Cleveland State 102 100 99   129 95 7 138
St. Louis 103 NR 106   121 98 87 113
American 104 NR 106   74 133 117 53
Duquesne 105 100 103   119 86 138 132
Chapman 106 NR 106   71 89 107 151
New Mexico 107 89 87   113 114 12 102
Chicago-Kent 108 NR 113   85 111 136 87
St. Thomas (MN) 109 NR 123   122 88 100 146
SUNY-Buffalo 110 NR 106   93 118 47 107
Michigan State 111 NR 106   97 120 130 77
Brooklyn 112 NR 116   94 116 165 80
Seattle 113 NR 106   116 107 70 104
Indiana (McKinney) 114 100 103   120 112 111 92
Stetson 115 NR 116   96 106 152 107
Mercer 116 NR 106   114 101 144 135
Montana 117 NR 113   146 91 182 125
West Virginia 118 100 113   112 121 76 115
Mississippi 119 NR 119   101 132 146 90
Hofstra 120 NR 123   110 125 142 107
Tulsa 121 NR 123   115 108 166 132
Hawaii 122 NR 118   109 140 6 100
Howard 123 NR 130   127 146 105 46
Washburn 124 NR 123   125 126 77 129
New York Law School 125 NR 119   123 124 126 118
Albany 126 NR 123   132 123 140 120
Arkansas-Fayetteville 127 NR 119   95 138 109 102
DePaul 128 NR 123   105 139 99 96
Suffolk 129 NR 119   131 119 184 115
Loyola-New Orleans 130 NR 136   168 128 159 107
Detroit Mercy 131 NR 136   136 99 185 166
Wyoming 132 NR 133   133 131 102 143
Willamette 133 NR 130   176 117 189 120
Arkansas-Little Rock 134 NR 133   163 135 93 131
Campbell 135 NR 141   124 127 135 161
South Dakota 136 NR 133   154 134 85 149
Akron 137 NR 130   140 130 169 150
Syracuse 138 NR 123   106 154 157 86
South Texas 139 NR 136   155 122 191 147
Quinnipiac 140 NR 141   139 147 36 139
Gonzaga 141 NR 139   137 143 173 105
Idaho 142 NR 148   174 141 83 125
Ave Maria 143 NR 145   162 113 145 189
Pace 144 NR 141   151 136 183 140
Northern Illinois 145 NR 148   165 137 91 158
Creighton 146 NR 145   167 145 141 118
Louisville 147 NR 157   104 161 137 107
Santa Clara 148 NR 153   103 167 112 83
Baltimore 149 NR 141   150 160 98 130
Southwestern 150 NR 153   134 151 114 154
CUNY 151 NR 145   142 163 116 122
Memphis 152 NR 150   135 162 89 141
Toledo 153 NR 156   152 149 162 157
Northern Kentucky 154 NR 151   166 144 161 163
St. Mary’s 155 NR 139   156 150 187 143
Elon 156 NR 157   149 159 156 151
Ohio Northern 157 NR 157   182 148 108 178
Massachusetts 158 NR 157   171 156 150 156
Liberty 159 NR 151   126 142 180 189
North Dakota 160 NR 157   173 165 120 151
Oklahoma City 161 NR 157   179 155 151 172
Western New England 162 NR 171   178 164 23 187
Lincoln Memorial 163 NR 157   153 152 176 185
New England 164 NR 166   157 153 192 171
San Francisco 165 NR 169   148 178 67 132
Vermont 166 NR 153   175 180 16 124
Southern Illinois 167 NR 169   185 166 123 164
Illinois-Chicago 168 NR 167   164 170 178 107
Mississippi College 169 NR 171   177 158 186 170
Pacific 170 NR 173   147 177 127 136
St. Thomas (FL) 171 NR 157   160 157 188 187
Mitchell | Hamline 172 NR 157   183 168 190 154
Widener (PA) 173 NR 177   186 175 139 161
Roger Williams 174 NR 174   184 173 155 164
Touro 175 NR 174   181 171 158 181
Florida A&M 176 NR 179   145 185 96 158
North Texas 177 NR 174   138 181 164 172
Capital 178 NR 177   169 172 172 178
Charleston 179 NR 179   143 169 193 182
Appalachian 180-196 NR 180-196   196 176 121 189
Barry 180-196 NR 180-196   191 186 194 196
Cal-Western 180-196 NR 180-196   159 183 143 175
Cooley 180-196 NR 180-196   193 194 49 185
District of Columbia 180-196 NR 180-196   172 191 32 175
Faulkner 180-196 NR 180-196   190 174 153 189
Golden Gate 180-196 NR 180-196   158 193 27 183
Inter-American (PR) 180-196 NR 180-196   192 195 177 194
John Marshall (GA) 180-196 NR 180-196   188 179 179 184
North Carolina Central 180-196 NR 180-196   170 190 160 166
Nova 180-196 NR 180-196   161 184 154 166
Pontifical Catholic (PR) 180-196 NR 180-196   195 196 124 193
Puerto Rico 180-196 NR 167   130 189 92 172
Southern 180-196 NR 180-196   194 187 171 166
Texas Southern 180-196 NR 180-196   189 192 163 178
Western State 180-196 NR 180-196   180 188 128 195
Widener (DE) 180-196 NR 180-196   187 182 181 143

Note: my rankings are not re-scaled on a 100-point scale and instead take the weighted z-scores and rank them in descending order.

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Paul Caron was named Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean of Pepperdine University School of Law on June 1, 2017. Dean Caron joined the Pepperdine faculty in 2013 after serving as the Dorothy and Leonard Straus Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law in the spring semesters of 2010 through 2013. He served as Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development at Pepperdine in 2015-2017. Before coming to Pepperdine, he was Associate Dean of Faculty and Charles Hartsock Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati College of Law.
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