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2024 U.S. News Legal Writing Rankings

6a00d8341c4eab53ef0240a490199b200b-250wiThe new 2024 U.S. News Legal Writing Rankings include the legal writing programs at 121 law schools (the faculty survey had a 63% response rate). Here are the Top 50:

Rank Score School
1 4.3 Oregon
2 4.2 UNLV
3 4.1 Stetson
4 4.0 Arizona State
5 3.9 Suffolk
5 3.9 Wake Forest
7 3.8 Nova
8 3.7 Georgetown*
8 3.7 Michigan*
8 3.7 Seattle*
8 3.7 UC-Irvine*
8 3.7 University of Arizona
13 3.6 Denver
13 3.6 Missouri-Kansas City
13 3.6 North Carolina
16 3.5 Brooklyn*
16 3.5 Indiana (McKinney)
16 3.5 Lewis & Clark
16 3.5 Rutgers*
16 3.5 University of Washington*
21 3.4 Houston
21 3.4 Mercer
21 3.4 Northeastern*
21 3.4 Northwestern*
25 3.3 Drake
25 3.3 Drexel
25 3.3 Illinois-Chicago
25 3.3 St. John’s*
25 3.3 Temple
25 3.3 Washburn
25 3.3 Wyoming
32 3.2 Arkansas-Fayetteville
32 3.2 Chicago-Kent
32 3.2 Duquesne
32 3.2 Hawaii
32 3.2 Loyola-L.A.
32 3.2 Marquette
32 3.2 Ohio State
32 3.2 Pacific
32 3.2 Texas A&M
32 3.2 Texas Tech
42 3.1 Elon
42 3.1 Emory
42 3.1 Hofstra
42 3.1 Syracuse*
46 3.0 Case Western
46 3.0 George Washington
46 3.0 Loyola-Chicago*
46 3.0 Tennessee
46 3.0 Virginia*
46 3.0 Willamette

*Denotes schools that boycotted the U.S. News rankings

2023 U.S. News Legal Writing Rankings

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