2026-27 U.S. News Contracts/Commercial Law Rankings

The new 2026-27 U.S. News Contracts/Commercial Law Rankings include the contracts/commercial law programs at 195 law schools (the faculty survey had a 47% response rate). Here are the Top 50:

Rank	School
1	Chicago
1	Harvard
1	Stanford
4	Columbia
4	NYU
6	Penn
6	Yale
8	Cornell
8	Michigan
8	Virginia
11	Duke
11	Georgetown
11	Northwestern
11	UC-Berkeley
15	Vanderbilt
16	Minnesota
16	UCLA
18	North Carolina
18	Texas
20	Emory
20	Iowa
22	Illinois
22	Notre Dame
22	USC
22	Washington University
26	Ohio State
26	William & Mary
28	Fordham
28	Georgia
28	Indiana (Maurer)
28	Miami
28	Tennessee
28	UC-Davis
28	Wake Forest
35	Boston College
35	Boston University
35	Florida
35	Florida State
35	Texas A&M
35	Tulane
35	UC-Irvine
42	Alabama
42	Arizona State
42	Colorado
42	George Washington
42	Houston
42	UC Law SF
42	University of Washington
42	Washington & Lee
42	Wisconsin

2026-27 U.S. News Specialty Rankings:

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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.