The new 2025-26 U.S. News Legal Writing Rankings include the legal writing programs at 109 law schools (the faculty survey had a 52% response rate). Here are the Top 50:
| Rank | School |
| 1 | Oregon |
| 1 | UNLV |
| 3 | Arizona State |
| 3 | Stetson |
| 3 | Suffolk |
| 6 | Seattle |
| 7 | Wake Forest |
| 8 | UC-Irvine |
| 8 | University of Arizona |
| 10 | North Carolina |
| 11 | Georgetown |
| 11 | Nova |
| 11 | Rutgers |
| 11 | Washburn |
| 15 | Houston |
| 15 | Mercer |
| 17 | Denver |
| 17 | Drake |
| 17 | Indiana (McKinney) |
| 17 | Kansas |
| 17 | Lewis & Clark |
| 17 | Marquette |
| 17 | North Dakota |
| 17 | Ohio State |
| 17 | St. John’s |
| 17 | Wyoming |
| 27 | Duke |
| 27 | Illinois-Chicago |
| 27 | Michigan |
| 27 | Northeastern |
| 27 | Temple |
| 27 | Texas A&M |
| 27 | William & Mary |
| 34 | Arkansas-Little Rock |
| 34 | Boston University |
| 34 | George Washington |
| 34 | Louisville |
| 34 | Loyola-L.A. |
| 34 | Missouri-Kansas City |
| 34 | New York Law School |
| 34 | Northwestern |
| 34 | St. Thomas (MN) |
| 34 | Wisconsin |
| 44 | Chicago-Kent |
| 44 | Drexel |
| 44 | Duquesne |
| 44 | Pacific |
| 44 | Texas Tech |
| 44 | University of Washington |
| 44 | Willamette |
2024-25 U.S. News Legal Writing Rankings
2025-26 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
- Legal Writing
- Trial Advocacy
- Tax Law
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