Paul L. Caron
Dean
Pepperdine Caruso
School of Law
Law Review Rankings
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Designing Better Metrics
Fans of The Wire, the greatest television show ever, know all too well that how we measure success can ultimately corrupt how we define it. So we owe Villanova Professor Cannan a debt for his efforts to explain how current measures of scholarly impact are deeply flawed and how we might do better. Law Library
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2025 Meta-Ranking Of Flagship U.S. Law Reviews
Bryce Clayton Newell (Oregon), 2025 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 4, 2025). For a summary and more details about method, see below the table. You can also compare MetaRanking from 2018-2024, including changes in ranking
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2025 Meta-Ranking Of Flagship U.S. Law Reviews
Bryce Clayton Newell (Oregon), 2025 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 4, 2025). For a summary and more details about method, see below the table. You can also compare MetaRanking from 2018-2024, including changes in ranking
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Resources For Authors Submitting Law Review Articles In The Fall 2025 Cycle
1. Bryce Clayton Newell (Oregon), 2024 Meta-Ranking Of Flagship U.S. 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
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Resources For Authors Submitting Law Review Articles In The Fall 2025 Cycle
1. Bryce Clayton Newell (Oregon), 2024 Meta-Ranking Of Flagship U.S. 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
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2024 Meta-Ranking Of Flagship U.S. Law Reviews
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
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2024 Meta-Ranking Of Flagship U.S. Law Reviews
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
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2023 Tax Journal Rankings: Tax Law Review Is #1, Virginia Tax Review Is #2
Washington & Lee has just released the 2023 tax law review rankings of six major tax journals: Columbia Journal of Tax Law (“Columbia”) Elder Law Review (“Illinois”) Tax Law Review (“NYU”) Tax Lawyer (“ABA”) Tax Notes Federal (“Tax Notes”) Virginia Tax Review (“Virginia”) The rankings are based on citations to articles published in 2019-2023 (methodology):
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2023 Tax Journal Rankings: Tax Law Review Is #1, Virginia Tax Review Is #2
Washington & Lee has just released the 2023 tax law review rankings of six major tax journals: Columbia Journal of Tax Law (“Columbia”) Elder Law Review (“Illinois”) Tax Law Review (“NYU”) Tax Lawyer (“ABA”) Tax Notes Federal (“Tax Notes”) Virginia Tax Review (“Virginia”) The rankings are based on citations to articles published in 2019-2023 (methodology):
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Exclusive Article Submission Window For The Tax Lawyer
The Tax Lawyer is offering an exclusive submission window for articles to be published in the Spring issue of the Tax Lawyer through December 1, 2023. If you’ve got a completed or almost completed draft of an article on any tax issue of 12,000-35,000 words, please submit it to Editor, Publications, at taxweb@americanbar.org. You can
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Exclusive Article Submission Window For The Tax Lawyer
The Tax Lawyer is offering an exclusive submission window for articles to be published in the Spring issue of the Tax Lawyer through December 1, 2023. If you’ve got a completed or almost completed draft of an article on any tax issue of 12,000-35,000 words, please submit it to Editor, Publications, at taxweb@americanbar.org. You can
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2003-2022 Tax Journal Rankings: Tax Law Review Is #1, Virginia Tax Review Is #2
Following up on yesterday’s post, 2022 Tax Journal Rankings: Tax Law Review Is #1, Virginia Tax Review Is #2: here are the Washington & Lee 2003-2022 tax law review combined rankings of eight major tax journals: Columbia Journal of Tax Law (“Columbia”) Florida Tax Review (“Florida”) Houston Business & Tax Review (“Houston”) Pittsburgh Tax Review
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2003-2022 Tax Journal Rankings: Tax Law Review Is #1, Virginia Tax Review Is #2
Following up on yesterday’s post, 2022 Tax Journal Rankings: Tax Law Review Is #1, Virginia Tax Review Is #2: here are the Washington & Lee 2003-2022 tax law review combined rankings of eight major tax journals: Columbia Journal of Tax Law (“Columbia”) Florida Tax Review (“Florida”) Houston Business & Tax Review (“Houston”) Pittsburgh Tax Review
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2022 Tax Journal Rankings: Tax Law Review Is #1, Virginia Tax Review Is #2
Washington & Lee has just released the 2022 tax law review rankings of six major tax journals: Columbia Journal of Tax Law (“Columbia”) Florida Tax Review (“Florida”) Tax Law Review (“NYU”) Tax Lawyer (“ABA”) Tax Notes Federal (“Tax Notes”) Virginia Tax Review (“Virginia”) The rankings are based on citations to articles published in 2018-2022 (methodology):
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2022 Tax Journal Rankings: Tax Law Review Is #1, Virginia Tax Review Is #2
Washington & Lee has just released the 2022 tax law review rankings of six major tax journals: Columbia Journal of Tax Law (“Columbia”) Florida Tax Review (“Florida”) Tax Law Review (“NYU”) Tax Lawyer (“ABA”) Tax Notes Federal (“Tax Notes”) Virginia Tax Review (“Virginia”) The rankings are based on citations to articles published in 2018-2022 (methodology):
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2023 Meta-Ranking Of Flagship U.S. Law Reviews
Bryce Clayton Newell (Oregon), 2023 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 July 25, 2023). For a summary and more details about method, see below the table. You can also compare MetaRanking since 2018, including changes in ranking
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2023 Meta-Ranking Of Flagship U.S. Law Reviews
Bryce Clayton Newell (Oregon), 2023 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 July 25, 2023). For a summary and more details about method, see below the table. You can also compare MetaRanking since 2018, including changes in ranking
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U.S. News, Department Of Education, And Law Schools Take The Gloves Off In Rankings Battle
Wall Street Journal Op-Ed: Why Elite Law and Medical Schools Can’t Stand U.S. News, by Eric J. Gertler (Chairman & CEO, U.S. News): The decision by some elite law and medical schools to opt out of the U.S. News & World Report ranking surveys has ignited a national debate on meritocracy and equity. But lost
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U.S. News, Department Of Education, And Law Schools Take The Gloves Off In Rankings Battle
Wall Street Journal Op-Ed: Why Elite Law and Medical Schools Can’t Stand U.S. News, by Eric J. Gertler (Chairman & CEO, U.S. News): The decision by some elite law and medical schools to opt out of the U.S. News & World Report ranking surveys has ignited a national debate on meritocracy and equity. But lost
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Resources For Authors Submitting Law Review Articles In The Spring 2023 Cycle
1. Bryce Clayton Newell (Oregon), 2022 Meta-Ranking Of Flagship U.S. Law Reviews: This is an updated ranking of the top flagship law reviews at US law schools. … 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
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Resources For Authors Submitting Law Review Articles In The Spring 2023 Cycle
1. Bryce Clayton Newell (Oregon), 2022 Meta-Ranking Of Flagship U.S. Law Reviews: This is an updated ranking of the top flagship law reviews at US law schools. … 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
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2022 Meta-Ranking Of Flagship U.S. Law Reviews
Update: 2023 Meta-Ranking of Flagship US Law Reviews Bryce Clayton Newell (Oregon), 2022 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 September 16, 2022). For a summary and more details about method, see below the table. You can also
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2022 Meta-Ranking Of Flagship U.S. Law Reviews
Update: 2023 Meta-Ranking of Flagship US Law Reviews Bryce Clayton Newell (Oregon), 2022 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 September 16, 2022). For a summary and more details about method, see below the table. You can also
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2021 Meta-Ranking Of Flagship U.S. Law Reviews
Update: 2023 Meta-Ranking Of Flagship U.S. Law Reviews Bryce Clayton Newell (Oregon), 2021 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 September 29, 2021). … The ranking table below includes 193 flagship law reviews from ABA accredited law schools.
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2021 Meta-Ranking Of Flagship U.S. Law Reviews
Update: 2023 Meta-Ranking Of Flagship U.S. Law Reviews Bryce Clayton Newell (Oregon), 2021 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 September 29, 2021). … The ranking table below includes 193 flagship law reviews from ABA accredited law schools.