The new 2026-27 U.S. News International Law Rankings include the international law programs at 195 law schools (the faculty survey had a 48% response rate). Here are the Top 50:
| Rank | School |
| 1 | NYU |
| 2 | Georgetown |
| 2 | Harvard |
| 4 | American |
| 4 | Columbia |
| 4 | UC-Berkeley |
| 4 | Yale |
| 8 | Michigan |
| 8 | Virginia |
| 10 | UCLA |
| 11 | Case Western |
| 11 | Chicago |
| 11 | Duke |
| 11 | George Washington |
| 11 | Stanford |
| 16 | Cornell |
| 17 | Temple |
| 17 | Vanderbilt |
| 19 | Northwestern |
| 19 | Texas |
| 19 | UC-Davis |
| 22 | Penn |
| 22 | UC-Irvine |
| 24 | Boston University |
| 24 | Fordham |
| 24 | Georgia |
| 24 | Indiana (Maurer) |
| 24 | Minnesota |
| 24 | Tulane |
| 24 | Washington University |
| 31 | Boston College |
| 31 | Emory |
| 31 | Miami |
| 34 | Notre Dame |
| 34 | University of Washington |
| 34 | Washington & Lee |
| 34 | William & Mary |
| 34 | Wisconsin |
| 39 | Pacific |
| 39 | University of Arizona |
| 41 | Florida |
| 41 | Hawaii |
| 41 | Houston |
| 41 | Iowa |
| 41 | Maryland |
| 41 | North Carolina |
| 41 | UC Law SF |
| 41 | USC |
| 49 | Arizona State |
| 49 | Connecticut |
| 49 | Denver |
| 49 | Florida State |
| 49 | Ohio State |
| 49 | Pittsburgh |
| 49 | Rutgers |
2026-27 U.S. News Specialty 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
- Tax Law
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