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Law Schools That Boycotted The U.S. News Rankings

2023-2024 (Rank)2024-2025 (Rank)2025-2026 (Rank)2026-2027 (Rank)
Stanford (1)Stanford (1)Stanford (1)Stanford (1)
Yale (1)Yale (1)Yale (1)Yale (2)
Virginia (8)Virginia (4)Virginia (4)Virginia (4)
Penn (4)Penn (4)Penn (5)Penn (4)
Duke (5)Duke (4)Duke (6)Duke (7)
Harvard (5)Harvard (4)Harvard (6)Harvard (6)
Michigan (10)Michigan (9)Michigan (8)Michigan (9)
NYU (5)NYU (9)NYU (8)NYU (7)
Columbia (8)Columbia (8)Columbia (10)Columbia (9)
Northwestern (10)Northwestern (9)Northwestern (10)Northwestern (9)
UCLA (14)UCLA (13)UCLA (12)UCLA (13)
UC-Berkeley (10)UC-Berkeley (12)UC-Berkeley (13)UC-Berkeley (16)
Georgetown (15)Georgetown (14)Georgetown (14)Georgetown (18)
Vanderbilt (16)(19)(14)(12)
Cornell (13)Cornell (14)Cornell (18)Cornell (13)
Wisconsin (40)(36)(28)(26)
UC-Irvine (35)UC-Irvine (42)UC-Irvine (38)UC-Irvine (34)
Connecticut (71)(55)(50)(58)
UC-Davis (60)UC-Davis (55)(50)(52)
University of Washington (49)University of Washington (48)University of Washington (50)University of Washington (52)
Penn State-Dickinson (89)Penn State-Dickinson (75)Penn State-Dickinson (59)Penn State-Dickinson (62)
(69)Cardozo (61)(63)(59)
Maryland (51)(55)(63)(62)
St. John’s (60)St. John’s (68)(63)(62)
Northeastern (71)(68)(68)(77)
Penn State-University Park (80)Penn State-University Park (68)Penn State-University Park (68)N/A
Nebraska (89)(82)(71)(62)
Tulane (71)Tulane (78)Tulane (71)Tulane (70)
Loyola-Chicago (84)(78)(79)(77)
Pittsburgh (89)Pittsburgh (91)Pittsburgh (79)(77)
UC Law SF (60)UC Law SF (82)UC Law SF (88)UC Law SF (85)
American (89)American (98)(104)(108)
Rutgers (109)Rutgers (103)(104)(100)
Syracuse (122)Syracuse (120)(107)(100)
Brooklyn (111)Brooklyn (114)(117)(105)
New Hampshire (105)New Hampshire (98)New Hampshire (125)New Hampshire (136)
Seattle (111)Seattle (114)(127)(128)
Campbell (125)Campbell (134)Campbell (134)Campbell (131)
Detroit Mercy (141)(136)(134)(142)
Loyola-New Orleans (111)Loyola-New Orleans (130)(134)(135)
South Texas (162)(150)(138)(128)
Gonzaga (99)Gonzaga (120)Gonzaga (141)(144)
Idaho (141)Idaho (145)Idaho (141)Idaho (148)
Quinnipiac (146)Quinnipiac (143)Quinnipiac (141)Quinnipiac (136)
Creighton (155)Creighton (153)(148)(144)
Mitchell | Hamline (167)Mitchell | Hamline (164)(154)(152)
Southwestern (141)Southwestern (145)Southwestern (154)Southwestern (161)
San Francisco (165)San Francisco (165)San Francisco (166)(156)
Roger Williams (171)Roger Williams (172)Roger Williams (169)Roger Williams (171)
Touro (167)(168)(169)(164)
Capital (175)Capital (Tier 2)Capital (174)Capital (Tier 2)
Puerto Rico (Tier 2)Puerto Rico (Tier 2)Puerto Rico (175)Puerto Rico (Tier 2)
(Tier 2)Golden Gate (Tier 2)(N/A)(N/A)
Western Michigan University (Cooley) (Tier 2)Western Michigan University (Cooley) (Tier 2)Cooley (Tier 2)Cooley (Tier 2)
Appalachian (Tier 2)Appalachian (Tier 2)Appalachian (Tier 2)Appalachian (Tier 2)
Barry (Tier 2)Barry (Tier 2)Barry (Tier 2)Barry (Tier 2)
Cal-Western (175)Cal-Western (Tier 2)Cal-Western (Tier 2)(Tier 2)
Florida A&M (Tier 2)Florida A&M (Tier 2)Florida A&M (Tier 2)Florida A&M (Tier 2)
Inter-American (Tier 2)Inter-American (Tier 2)Inter-American (Tier 2)Inter-American (Tier 2)
John Marshall (GA) (171)John Marshall (GA) (176)John Marshall (GA) (Tier 2)John Marshall (GA) (Tier 2)
North Carolina Central (175)(Tier 2)North Carolina Central (Tier 2)North Carolina Central (Tier 2)
(175)(165)(169)Lincoln Memorial (Tier 2)
Pontifical Catholic (Tier 2)Pontifical Catholic (Tier 2)Pontifical Catholic (Tier 2)Pontifical Catholic (Tier 2)
Southern (Tier 2)Southern (Tier 2)Southern (Tier 2)Southern (Tier 2)
Texas Southern (Tier 2)Texas Southern (Tier 2)Texas Southern (Tier 2)Texas Southern (Tier 2)

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