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2024 Meta-Ranking Of Flagship U.S. Law Reviews

Paul Caron
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Bryce Clayton Newell (Oregon), 2024 Meta-Ranking of Flagship US Law Reviews:

This is an updated ranking of the top flagship law reviews at US law schools (updated as of August 7, 2024). For a summary and more details about method, see below the table. You can also compare MetaRanking from 2018-2024, including changes in ranking over time here: MetaRank Comparison 2018-2024.

For specialty/secondary journal rankings (not yet updated for 2024), see:

The MetaRank was computed by averaging ranks (using a 25% weighting from each) of the following rankings:

prRank = US News Peer Reputation score ranking (averaged over 10 years);
usnRank = overall US News school ranking (averaged over 10 years);
wluRank = Washington & Lee Law Journal Ranking;
gRank = Google Scholar Metrics ranking (note: “1000” means journal was not indexed).

Journal MetaRank prRank usnRank wluRank gRank
Harvard Law Review 1 2 3 1 1
Yale Law Journal 2 3 1 4 2
Stanford Law Review 3 1 2 3 5
Columbia Law Review 4 4 5 2 3
University of Chicago Law Review 5 5 4 12 4
New York University Law Review 6 6 6 10 6
California Law Review 7 7 11 5 6
University of Pennsylvania Law Review 8 9 6 6 10
Michigan Law Review 9 8 9 7 9
Virginia Law Review 10 10 8 13 11
Duke Law Journal 11 11 9 11 13
Georgetown Law Journal 12 14 14 9 13
Northwestern University Law Review 13 13 12 14 15
Cornell Law Review 14 12 13 8 25
Vanderbilt Law Review 15 17 17 15 11
UCLA Law Review 16 15 15 20 18
Boston University Law Review 17 22 21 18 8
Minnesota Law Review 18 19 20 16 17
Texas Law Review 19 16 16 22 23
Washington University Law Review 20 18 18 26 23
Southern California Law Review 21 19 19 27 22
Iowa Law Review 22 30 25 17 18
Notre Dame Law Review 23 22 22 24 26
Boston College Law Review 24 29 30 21 18
Fordham Law Review 25 33 36 19 15
George Washington Law Review 26 25 24 28 28
UC Davis Law Review 27 26 43 25 18
Indiana Law Journal 28 34 40 23 26
UC Irvine Law Review 29 27 27 35 39
Wisconsin Law Review 29 28 33 33 34
Emory Law Journal 31 21 23 43 42
Florida Law Review 32 36 34 30 30
William & Mary Law Review 32 32 36 31 31
North Carolina Law Review 34 24 31 38 40
Alabama Law Review 35 37 26 36 37
University of Illinois Law Review 36 40 41 29 29
Washington Law Review 37 38 42 31 32
Georgia Law Review 38 34 29 42 47
Ohio State Law Journal 39 31 32 40 51
Arizona State Law Journal 40 39 28 51 52
Arizona Law Review 41 42 46 39 45
UC Law Journal 42 44 58 37 35
University of Colorado Law Review 43 41 46 49 40
Wake Forest Law Review 43 45 38 48 45
Washington and Lee Law Review 45 43 39 52 43
Cardozo Law Review 46 53 60 34 32
Maryland Law Review 47 48 50 47 35
Utah Law Review 48 49 45 41 48
Brigham Young University Law Review 49 50 34 46 62
Connecticut Law Review 50 51 56 50 52
American University Law Review 51 51 83 44 48
SMU Law Review 52 64 48 54 62
Houston Law Review 53 60 57 66 55
Tulane Law Review 54 46 55 59 84
Denver Law Review 55 56 76 55 59
George Mason Law Review 56 59 44 67 79
University of Richmond Law Review 57 66 54 63 68
Temple Law Review 58 54 53 72 79
Georgia State University Law Review 59 60 69 73 57
Florida State University Law Review 60 47 49 81 84
Lewis & Clark Law Review 61 89 93 45 38
Oklahoma Law Review 62 80 66 68 52
Pepperdine Law Review 63 60 51 69 91
Nevada Law Journal 64 75 72 57 76
Seton Hall Law Review 65 87 61 62 72
San Diego Law Review 66 58 80 83 62
Villanova Law Review 67 77 67 74 69
South Carolina Law Review 68 82 88 64 57
Case Western Reserve Law Review 69 68 73 96 59
Brooklyn Law Review 70 73 91 61 72
Missouri Law Review 71 73 64 89 72
Chicago-Kent Law Review 72 79 90 71 59
Nebraska Law Review 72 88 74 75 62
University of Kansas Law Review 74 67 63 86 84
Tennessee Law Review 75 65 59 78 101
Buffalo Law Review 76 104 106 53 43
University of Miami Law Review 77 57 70 113 69
Marquette Law Review 78 98 98 58 56
Loyola University Chicago Law Journal 79 71 77 79 84
Penn State Law Review 80 93 71 70 84
Michigan State Law Review 81 90 97 56 79
Texas A&M Law Review 81 84 82 65 91
Oregon Law Review 83 54 85 98 0
Howard Law Journal 84 70 113 77 1000
Kentucky Law Journal 85 76 65 105 104
University of Cincinnati Law Review 86 91 79 97 84
University of Pittsburgh Law Review 87 69 81 108 95
Rutgers University Law Review 88 72 86 103 95
Seattle University Law Review 88 92 118 80 66
CUNY Law Review 90 109 130 60 1000
Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 91 63 68 127 104
Syracuse Law Review 91 96 102 88 76
Saint Louis University Law Journal 93 96 92 91 84
Northeastern University Law Review 94 81 75 109 1000
UMKC Law Review 95 108 122 76 69
FIU Law Review 96 132 94 85 66
St. John’s Law Review 97 100 78 84 121
Arkansas Law Review 98 95 89 112 93
West Virginia Law Review 99 112 107 95 76
Louisiana Law Review 100 103 96 101 101

DePaul Law Review 101 99 125 82 103
Santa Clara Law Review 102 83 129 100 1000
Hofstra Law Review 103 105 123 93 95
Maine Law Review 103 107 127 91 1000
Cleveland State Law Review 105 144 112 87 79
Baylor Law Review 106 86 52 144 1000
Washburn Law Journal 107 131 115 103 79
Stetson Law Review 108 114 101 107 108
Catholic University Law Review 109 113 108 119 93
Loyola Law Review 110 116 138 90 1000
Indiana Law Review 111 85 103 126 125
University of Louisville Law Review 112 110 104 117 1000
New Mexico Law Review 113 93 87 131 1000
Vermont Law Review 114 121 150 102 72
Dickinson Law Review 115 101 62 188 95
Wayne Law Review 116 115 84 142 108
Drexel Law Review 117 106 100 124 1000
Mercer Law Review 118 127 124 94 115
University of Baltimore Law Review 118 117 131 106 1000
Texas Tech Law Review 120 135 109 121 108
Mississippi Law Journal 121 101 110 141 125
Albany Law Review 122 129 121 111 1000
Tulsa Law Review 123 128 99 143 117
Wyoming Law Review 124 124 128 123 115
University of Hawaii Law Review 125 78 105 155 1000
Drake Law Review 126 130 111 132 121
Touro Law Review 127 170 171 110 48
University of St. Thomas Law Journal 128 139 120 116 125
Mitchell Hamline Law Review 129 150 139 115 101
Southwestern Law Review 130 143 160 99 104
University of Memphis Law Review 131 141 147 118 108
Idaho Law Review 132 119 133 148 115
New York Law School Law Review 133 136 126 129 1000
Chapman Law Review 134 147 132 121 1000
University of Toledo Law Review 135 145 143 135 99
University of the Pacific Law Review 136 133 155 120 115
Akron Law Review 137 148 140 128 108
Creighton Law Review 138 137 134 147 108
Gonzaga Law Review 139 118 115 150 1000
Montana Law Review 140 122 114 151 1000
Pace Law Review 140 126 136 138 1000
Duquesne Law Review 142 146 119 139 1000
Suffolk University Law Review 142 125 146 149 123
University of Detroit Mercy Law Review 144 161 156 114 1000
South Dakota Law Review 145 149 137 153 108
St. Mary’s Law Journal 146 153 165 133 99
Widener Law Review 146 151 149 125 1000
Willamette Law Review 148 123 144 145 1000
Univ. of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review 149 111 148 188 115
Belmont Law Review 150 180 117 137 1000
University of San Francisco Law Review 151 134 169 136 1000
Northern Illinois University Law Review 152 154 164 129 1000
Quinnipiac Law Review 153 138 135 154 1000
Campbell Law Review 154 172 152 139 120
Southern Illinois University Law Journal 155 156 176 134 123
Univ. of New Hampshire Law Review 156 120 95 188 1000
North Dakota Law Review 157 142 162 188 115
Capital University Law Review 158 179 178 146 120
Ohio Northern University Law Review 158 173 158 188 104
UIC Law Review 158 139 167 188 129
Nova Law Review 161 162 175 152 1000
Roger Williams University Law Review 162 155 174 188 128
University of Dayton Law Review 163 152 142 188 1000
Widener Commonwealth Law Review 164 160 141 188 1000
Cumberland Law Review 165 157 150 188 1000
University of Massachusetts Law Review 166 169 145 188 1000
Elon Law Review 167 158 159 188 1000
Northern Kentucky Law Review 168 163 162 188 1000
South Texas Law Review 168 159 166 188 1000
Oklahoma City University Law Review 170 171 161 188 1000
Regent University Law Review 171 183 153 188 1000
Mississippi College Law Review 172 168 170 188 1000
Lincoln Memorial University Law Review 173 186 154 188 1000
California Western Law Review 174 163 178 188 1000
New England Law Review 175 175 168 188 1000
Florida A & M University Law Review 176 163 182 188 1000
Liberty University Law Review 176 188 157 188 1000
North Carolina Central Law Review 176 167 178 188 1000
Univ. of the District of Columbia Law Review 179 166 182 188 1000
Faulkner Law Review 180 185 171 188 1000
Golden Gate University Law Review 180 174 182 188 1000
St. Thomas Law Review 180 178 178 188 1000
Southern University Law Review 183 176 182 188 1000
John Marshall Law Journal 184 182 177 188 1000
Thurgood Marshall Law Review 184 177 182 188 1000
Western New England Law Review 186 180 182 188 1000
Ave Maria Law Review 187 190 173 188 1000
Charleston Law Review 188 184 182 188 1000
Appalachian Journal of Law 189 186 182 188 1000
Barry Law Review 190 189 182 188 1000
Thomas M. Cooley Law Review 191 191 182 188 1000
Western State Law Review 192 192 182 188 1000

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Paul Caron
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.
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