2026-27 U.S. News Omnibus Specialty Rankings

The new 2026-27 U.S. News Specialty Rankings include the rankings for 13 specialty programs at 195 law schools. Here are the Top 100 law schools, determined by giving equal weight to each of the 13 separate specialty rankings:

	School	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Avg.
1	Georgetown*	14	1	8	11	9	11	14	6	11	2	11	2	24	9.5
2	Michigan*	11	15	5	8	5	22	14	22	11	8	11	6	66	15.7
3	UC-Berkeley*	7	8	8	11	3	24	2	35	1	4	101	17	6	17.5
4	Stanford*	2	19	2	1	1	14	13	8	1	11	92	12	66	18.6
5	Harvard*	1	19	2	1	3	2	5	4	11	2	147	8	40	18.8
6	UCLA*	7	29	13	16	9	24	4	12	18	10	101	12	4	19.9
7	Northwestern*	14	11	15	11	15	8	42	42	22	19	44	3	16	20.2
8	NYU*	2	2	5	4	1	32	8	35	3	1	120	1	57	20.8
9	George Washington	29	19	26	42	20	71	18	19	5	11	36	25	50	28.5
10	Virginia*	9	55	8	8	5	41	32	35	18	8	84	5	66	28.8
11	Penn*	5	36	11	6	7	24	32	19	11	22	127	23	66	29.9
12	Washington University	25	8	19	22	18	32	73	24	31	24	57	27	31	30.1
12	Fordham	17	11	26	28	20	14	60	75	18	24	66	27	5	30.1
14	Boston University	21	29	19	35	28	47	69	2	11	24	28	17	66	30.5
15	Columbia*	2	24	5	4	9	36	8	47	7	4	140	7	105	30.6
15	Vanderbilt	13	51	18	15	7	24	8	47	22	17	66	44	66	30.6
17	Texas	17	36	15	18	20	47	38	29	11	19	112	20	19	30.8
18	Yale*	9	4	1	6	9	47	25	9	38	4	127	12	121	31.7
19	UC-Irvine*	34	15	26	35	28	36	39	55	45	22	6	8	92	33.9
20	Minnesota	23	19	19	16	20	36	25	29	31	24	57	27	121	34.4
21	Duke*	11	29	13	11	9	119	18	24	18	11	84	17	92	35.1
22	Ohio State	34	75	32	26	15	1	51	21	47	49	22	54	35	35.5
23	UC-Davis	21	55	19	28	20	32	18	42	47	19	92	25	57	36.5
24	Maryland	47	8	40	51	31	8	18	6	76	41	66	61	24	36.7
25	Boston College	25	29	26	35	35	59	51	47	27	31	44	8	66	37.2
26	Arizona State	41	55	38	42	28	11	14	16	47	49	1	37	105	37.2
27	Cornell*	14	24	12	8	20	59	45	64	22	16	48	31	135	38.3
28	Houston	55	85	76	42	59	24	39	9	7	41	22	31	16	38.9
29	UC Law SF*	41	24	47	42	35	14	25	16	61	41	101	20	40	39.0
30	Texas A&M	47	75	40	35	59	5	17	42	11	62	28	44	57	40.2
31	Chicago	6	42	2	1	9	74	60	51	38	11	127	12	92	40.4
31	William & Mary	29	55	17	26	20	59	32	67	31	34	44	61	50	40.4
33	American	63	2	54	67	35	59	51	16	6	4	92	44	35	40.6
34	North Carolina	29	66	24	18	17	59	45	29	47	41	16	23	121	41.2
35	Temple	55	42	59	51	45	74	89	12	47	17	16	37	2	42.0
36	Denver	68	11	65	67	45	18	18	83	47	49	28	44	9	42.5
37	Emory	25	116	26	20	45	59	45	22	38	31	66	44	40	44.4
38	Florida	29	95	34	35	52	18	25	64	61	41	66	3	57	44.6
39	Indiana (Maurer)	34	102	40	28	31	47	42	35	27	24	48	35	105	46.0
40	Tulane*	41	29	54	35	35	59	25	83	47	24	66	61	50	46.8
41	Miami	34	19	59	28	67	47	32	55	66	31	84	27	66	47.3
42	Georgia	23	51	34	28	35	59	80	47	66	24	101	37	35	47.7
43	USC	17	75	26	22	31	47	89	67	31	41	112	20	66	49.5
44	University of Arizona	41	66	40	54	35	85	32	35	79	39	8	66	84	51.1
45	Wisconsin	47	24	24	42	35	119	51	55	47	34	48	37	105	51.4
46	Loyola-L.A.	72	55	59	75	45	47	111	42	31	84	28	8	12	51.5
47	University of Washington*	63	36	54	42	45	119	32	29	47	34	36	54	92	52.5
48	Wake Forest	47	75	47	28	18	119	51	27	89	56	7	66	57	52.8
49	UNLV	55	42	86	54	59	8	80	51	31	73	1	66	84	53.1
50	Illinois	34	109	38	22	35	24	89	67	38	67	127	44	35	56.1
51	Rutgers	78	11	65	84	59	74	60	55	66	49	8	75	50	56.5
52	Washington & Lee	29	55	34	42	35	74	89	83	66	34	48	54	92	56.5
53	Iowa	41	102	47	20	35	85	39	55	47	41	84	44	105	57.3
54	Loyola-Chicago	78	51	65	75	88	41	69	4	61	62	66	66	27	57.9
55	Notre Dame	34	55	19	22	52	119	60	92	66	34	101	35	66	58.1
56	Colorado	41	85	40	42	52	85	7	67	38	56	84	54	105	58.2
57	Case Western	55	55	72	60	78	74	45	12	79	11	66	89	66	58.6
58	Brooklyn	47	42	47	54	20	74	128	104	76	62	16	44	66	60.0
59	San Diego	63	95	32	54	52	85	60	55	22	62	140	12	66	61.4
60	Utah	55	102	40	67	31	59	8	35	27	56	120	71	135	62.0
61	SMU	25	85	76	67	52	94	60	51	38	67	84	61	50	62.3
62	Villanova	78	36	65	60	74	59	80	75	47	73	84	37	50	62.9
63	Cardozo	55	55	47	75	45	4	128	115	7	67	127	44	84	65.6
64	Northeastern	85	24	76	92	52	74	80	9	38	67	36	116	121	66.9
65	Oregon	68	109	72	60	78	11	8	92	79	73	1	71	150	67.1
66	Pepperdine	68	42	47	60	100	3	89	115	61	73	127	31	57	67.2
67	Florida State	55	122	40	35	59	94	25	75	66	49	150	44	66	67.7
68	Georgia State	63	36	54	67	67	94	106	2	79	109	92	71	47	68.2
69	Kansas	72	116	76	54	67	41	18	104	97	73	28	89	57	68.6
70	Howard	85	42	65	67	59	41	119	104	66	84	57	89	27	69.6
71	Suffolk	111	4	115	108	100	14	73	67	47	120	5	116	31	70.1
72	Lewis & Clark	85	66	65	98	88	119	2	92	66	73	28	103	35	70.8
73	Alabama	47	75	34	42	52	119	80	67	97	84	120	37	84	72.2
74	Tennessee	34	29	76	28	78	119	111	42	106	109	36	75	105	72.9
75	Chicago-Kent	72	122	59	75	88	100	100	83	7	109	57	103	12	75.9
76	Pittsburgh	101	102	65	67	74	119	111	35	47	49	66	31	121	76.0
77	BYU	20	160	47	54	67	47	89	125	66	56	112	37	121	77.0
77	Santa Clara	68	95	76	75	88	47	80	75	4	62	101	80	150	77.0
79	Seattle	78	36	86	108	67	119	73	92	79	73	8	80	121	78.5
80	Connecticut	55	51	59	60	67	107	100	55	113	49	101	54	164	79.6
81	South Carolina	72	42	76	75	67	119	73	83	106	89	155	54	27	79.8
82	St. John’s	78	85	76	92	59	71	142	115	79	89	36	100	21	80.2
83	Stetson	101	85	120	98	74	22	69	115	146	120	1	100	1	80.9
84	Michigan State	72	75	72	60	88	85	89	89	76	89	101	80	84	81.5
85	Baltimore	141	4	104	139	59	71	73	104	89	73	16	75	121	82.2
86	Richmond	63	143	59	67	45	119	60	115	27	89	101	54	135	82.8
87	Seton Hall	92	85	86	108	88	119	73	12	79	89	112	80	66	83.8
88	Hofstra	92	85	95	98	78	47	128	92	89	109	84	89	12	84.5
89	Penn State-Dickinson*	85	85	95	92	78	85	60	75	89	67	101	89	105	85.1
89	Hawaii	101	102	95	92	88	47	18	92	127	41	48	80	175	85.1
91	Wayne State	85	66	76	75	74	119	106	67	106	67	112	66	92	85.5
92	Drexel	101	85	86	98	88	107	148	24	97	135	36	103	19	86.7
93	St. Louis	111	55	86	84	100	119	148	1	89	89	66	89	92	86.8
94	Indiana (McKinney)	92	143	72	84	109	119	89	29	102	73	14	89	121	87.4
95	Pace	116	122	120	154	109	36	1	83	127	56	155	75	21	90.4
96	DePaul	111	116	95	84	88	74	128	27	45	120	127	111	66	91.7
97	George Mason	47	128	54	51	109	85	106	104	26	109	147	80	150	92.0
98	Pacific	101	95	147	108	122	24	100	134	118	39	66	132	16	92.5
99	New York Law School	101	75	95	120	100	47	142	125	66	73	92	75	92	92.5
100	Mitchell \| Hamline	124	29	135	120	122	7	148	29	79	126	48	132	105	92.6

*Denotes schools that did not submit statistical information to U.S. News. From the U.S News methodology: “schools that declined to provide statistical information to U.S. News had their academic peer ratings programmatically discarded before any computations were made. Nonresponders were still scored using the full complement of eligible ratings submitted by peer schools, but any ratings they made of other schools were omitted.” For the complete list of boycotting schools for the past three years, see Law Schools That Boycotted The U.S. News Rankings.

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Methodology: U.S. News assigns a rank for all schools that receive at least 10 ratings from faculty in the field. For law schools that received less than 10 ratings, we assigned the school the next lowest ranking behind lowest rated school(s) with 10 or more ratings:

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