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2025 Meta-Ranking Of Flagship U.S. Law Reviews

Paul Caron
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Bryce Clayton Newell (Oregon), 2025 Meta-Ranking of Flagship US Law Reviews:

This is an updated ranking of the top flagship law reviews at US law schools (updated as of August 4, 2025). For a summary and more details about method, see below the table. You can also compare MetaRanking from 2018-2024, including changes in ranking over time here: MetaRank Comparison 2018-2024.

For specialty/secondary journal rankings (not yet updated for 2024 or 2025), see:

The MetaRank was computed by averaging ranks (using a 25% weighting from each) of the following rankings:

prRank = US News Peer Reputation score ranking (averaged over 10 years);
usnRank = overall US News school ranking (averaged over 10 years);
wluRank = Washington & Lee Law Journal Ranking;
gRank = Google Scholar Metrics ranking (note: “1000” means journal was not indexed).

Journal MetaRank prRank usnRank wluRank gRank
Harvard Law Review 1 2 3 2 1
Stanford Law Review 2 1 2 3 4
Yale Law Journal 2 3 1 4 2
Columbia Law Review 4 4 5 1 3
University of Chicago Law Review 5 5 3 9 6
California Law Review 6 7 11 5 5
University of Pennsylvania Law Review 7 10 6 6 8
Michigan Law Review 8 8 9 8 9
New York University Law Review 9 6 7 12 10
Virginia Law Review 10 9 8 10 11
Duke Law Journal 11 11 10 11 14
Cornell Law Review 12 12 13 7 26
Georgetown Law Journal 12 14 14 17 13
Vanderbilt Law Review 14 17 17 13 12
Northwestern University Law Review 15 13 12 18 17
Boston University Law Review 16 22 21 15 7
UCLA Law Review 17 15 15 21 19
Minnesota Law Review 18 19 20 16 18
Texas Law Review 18 16 16 19 22
Washington University Law Review 20 18 18 24 16
Iowa Law Review 21 30 25 14 15
Notre Dame Law Review 22 22 22 25 19
Southern California Law Review 23 20 19 27 34
Boston College Law Review 24 29 27 22 25
George Washington Law Review 25 27 24 28 29
Fordham Law Review 26 34 38 20 21
Emory Law Journal 27 21 28 38 31
UC Davis Law Review 28 25 44 23 27
Indiana Law Journal 29 35 40 26 23
North Carolina Law Review 30 24 28 34 39
Wisconsin Law Review 31 28 36 32 33
Florida Law Review 32 36 33 30 31
UC Irvine Law Review 32 26 32 37 35
University of Illinois Law Review 34 40 41 29 24
Georgia Law Review 35 33 23 40 43
Ohio State Law Journal 35 31 31 36 41
William & Mary Law Review 35 32 39 33 35
Washington Law Review 38 39 45 31 27
Alabama Law Review 39 37 26 41 40
Arizona State Law Journal 40 38 30 53 42
Arizona Law Review 41 42 47 42 43
Cardozo Law Review 42 53 60 35 29
Washington and Lee Law Review 42 43 36 48 50
Utah Law Review 44 49 43 43 43
Wake Forest Law Review 45 44 35 50 50
UC Law Journal 46 45 62 39 35
University of Colorado Law Review 47 41 46 54 46
Maryland Law Review 48 48 51 47 46
Brigham Young University Law Review 49 50 34 57 55
Connecticut Law Review 50 51 54 46 50
Houston Law Review 51 60 56 51 53
SMU Law Review 52 66 49 52 60
American University Law Review 53 52 86 44 46
George Mason Law Review 54 62 42 66 60
Tulane Law Review 55 46 58 60 81
University of Richmond Law Review 56 65 55 62 65
Villanova Law Review 57 74 59 61 56
Denver Law Review 58 56 78 64 67
Temple Law Review 59 54 52 69 92
Seton Hall Law Review 60 86 64 58 60
Florida State University Law Review 61 47 48 87 88
Georgia State University Law Review 62 59 73 88 57
Lewis & Clark Law Review 62 90 93 45 49
Oklahoma Law Review 62 81 68 63 65
Nevada Law Journal 65 71 70 56 81
Missouri Law Review 66 78 65 80 57
San Diego Law Review 67 57 81 86 60
Brooklyn Law Review 68 75 95 55 60
Tennessee Law Review 69 64 57 74 92
Texas A&M Law Review 70 77 61 72 79
Buffalo Law Review 71 106 105 49 38
South Carolina Law Review 72 82 85 73 59
Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 73 63 66 92 84
Marquette Law Review 74 98 92 65 54
University of Kansas Law Review 75 68 62 95 88
Loyola University Chicago Law Journal 76 73 80 76 88
Pepperdine Law Review 77 61 53 113 92
University of Miami Law Review 78 58 74 116 73
Michigan State Law Review 79 89 99 59 75
University of Cincinnati Law Review 80 93 78 82 70
Nebraska Law Review 81 88 76 77 84
Case Western Reserve Law Review 82 69 77 114 67
Kentucky Law Journal 83 76 67 103 1000
Rutgers University Law Review 84 72 87 98 73
Penn State Law Review 85 92 72 71 96
Oregon Law Review 86 54 84 97 1000
Saint Louis University Law Journal 87 96 89 79 75
Syracuse Law Review 88 97 102 75 70
University of Pittsburgh Law Review 89 70 83 99 96
Chicago-Kent Law Review 90 83 94 109 67
St. John’s Law Review 91 101 75 81 103
Howard Law Journal 92 67 116 90 1000
Baylor Law Review 93 87 50 115 106
Louisiana Law Review 94 102 97 84 88
New Mexico Law Review 94 95 90 93 1000
CUNY Law Review 96 107 131 67 0
Hofstra Law Review 97 105 120 78 75
Arkansas Law Review 98 94 96 105 84
Seattle University Law Review 99 91 125 91 75
Northeastern University Law Review 100 79 71 121 1000

Loyola Law Review 101 115 138 70 1000
DePaul Law Review 102 99 128 68 1000
UMKC Law Review 103 112 119 95 70
FIU Law Review 104 128 88 106 81
West Virginia Law Review 104 116 110 85 92
Dickinson Law Review 106 100 69 155 84
Cleveland State Law Review 107 142 113 83 79
Texas Tech Law Review 108 134 106 89 100
Catholic University Law Review 109 111 101 118 100
Drexel Law Review 110 103 91 120 1000
Stetson Law Review 111 114 100 107 115
University of St. Thomas Law Journal 112 137 112 93 106
Indiana Law Review 113 85 103 155 112
Maine Law Review 114 110 122 112 1000
University of Louisville Law Review 115 109 109 126 1000
Santa Clara Law Review 116 84 133 122 1000
Pace Law Review 117 127 137 100 1000
University of Baltimore Law Review 118 117 130 110 1000
Wayne Law Review 118 108 82 152 125
Washburn Law Journal 120 130 118 119 103
Mississippi Law Journal 121 103 111 130 127
Drake Law Review 122 133 107 129 112
Montana Law Review 123 123 115 123 1000
University of Hawaii Law Review 124 80 104 151 1000
Chapman Law Review 125 149 126 108 1000
Wyoming Law Review 126 125 129 116 1000
Tulsa Law Review 127 129 108 136 1000
Vermont Law Review 127 122 150 101 1000
Albany Law Review 129 126 117 131 1000
Idaho Law Review 130 119 132 138 110
Duquesne Law Review 131 143 113 124 106
Gonzaga Law Review 132 118 123 132 1000
Mitchell Hamline Law Review 133 147 161 104 96
Southwestern Law Review 134 146 155 110 100
Mercer Law Review 135 131 121 148 112
University of Memphis Law Review 136 141 145 139 96
Univ. of Arkansas Little Rock Law Review 137 113 146 155 110
Suffolk University Law Review 138 121 140 146 120
University of the Pacific Law Review 138 132 152 125 118
University of New Hampshire Law Review 140 120 98 155 1000
Widener Law Review 141 151 174 102 1000
New York Law School Law Review 142 136 124 135 1000
Creighton Law Review 143 138 136 150 115
St. Mary’s Law Journal 144 153 158 128 103
South Dakota Law Review 145 150 135 141 120
UIC Law Review 146 135 162 127 125
University of Toledo Law Review 147 145 143 143 120
Belmont Law Review 148 179 127 133 1000
Willamette Law Review 149 124 148 155 1000
University of San Francisco Law Review 150 140 169 137 1000
North Dakota Law Review 151 144 167 155 120
Southern Illinois University Law Journal 152 157 175 140 115
Quinnipiac Law Review 153 139 139 155 1000
Touro Law Review 154 170 170 144 106
University of Detroit Mercy Law Review 155 160 149 142 1000
Akron Law Review 156 148 144 155 1000
University of Dayton Law Review 156 152 134 155 1000
Roger Williams University Law Review 158 155 171 155 118
Northern Illinois University Law Review 159 154 157 145 1000
Campbell Law Review 160 172 147 134 1000
Ohio Northern University Law Review 161 173 160 155 120
Cumberland Law Review 162 159 142 155 1000
Elon Law Review 163 156 154 154 1000
Regent University Law Review 164 182 141 148 1000
South Texas Law Review 165 158 156 155 1000
Northern Kentucky Law Review 166 165 153 155 1000
Widener Commonwealth Law Review 167 161 166 155 1000
Oklahoma City University Law Review 168 171 159 155 1000
Mississippi College Law Review 169 169 165 155 1000
University of Massachusetts Law Review 170 168 168 155 1000
Liberty University Law Review 171 187 151 155 1000
New England Law Review 171 175 163 155 1000
Nova Law Review 173 163 177 155 1000
Florida A & M University Law Review 174 162 183 155 1000
California Western Law Review 175 166 180 155 1000
North Carolina Central Law Review 176 167 180 155 1000
Univ. of District of Columbia Law Review 176 164 183 155 1000
Southern University Law Review 178 174 178 155 1000
Ave Maria Law Review 179 189 164 155 1000
Western New England Law Review 180 181 173 155 1000
Faulkner Law Review 181 185 172 155 1000
St. Thomas Law Review 181 177 180 155 1000
Capital University Law Review 183 178 176 147 1000
John Marshall Law Journal 184 180 179 155 1000
Thurgood Marshall Law Review 184 176 183 155 1000
Charleston Law Review 186 183 183 153 1000
Appalachian Journal of Law 187 186 183 155 1000
Barry Law Review 188 188 183 155 1000
Cooley Law Review 189 190 183 155 1000
Western State Law Review 190 191 183 155 1000
Lincoln Memorial University Law Review 191 184 191 155 1000

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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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