The new 2023 U.S. News Health Care Law Rankings include the health care law programs at 184 law schools (the faculty survey had a 56% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank Score School 1 4.2 St. Louis 2 4.1 Harvard 3 4.0 Georgia State 3 4.0 Loyola-Chicago 5 3.9 Boston Univ. 6 3.8

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The new 2023 U.S. News Health Care Law Rankings include the health care law programs at 184 law schools (the faculty survey had a 56% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank Score School 1 4.2 St. Louis 2 4.1 Harvard 3 4.0 Georgia State 3 4.0 Loyola-Chicago 5 3.9 Boston Univ. 6 3.8

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The new 2023 U.S. News Environmental Law Rankings include the environmental law programs at 180 law schools (the faculty survey had a 61% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank Score School 1 4.4 Pace 1 4.4 UC-Berkeley 1 4.4 UCLA 4 4.3 Lewis & Clark 5 4.1 NYU 5 4.1 Vermont 7 4.0

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The new 2023 U.S. News Environmental Law Rankings include the environmental law programs at 180 law schools (the faculty survey had a 61% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank Score School 1 4.4 Pace 1 4.4 UC-Berkeley 1 4.4 UCLA 4 4.3 Lewis & Clark 5 4.1 NYU 5 4.1 Vermont 7 4.0

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The new 2023 U.S. News Dispute Resolution Rankings include the dispute resolution programs at 109 law schools (the faculty survey had a 56% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank Score School 1 4.5 Pepperdine Caruso 1 4.5 Ohio State 3 4.4 Harvard 4 4.0 Cardozo 4 4.0 Missouri (Columbia) 4 4.0 Northwestern 4

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The new 2023 U.S. News Dispute Resolution Rankings include the dispute resolution programs at 109 law schools (the faculty survey had a 56% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank Score School 1 4.5 Pepperdine Caruso 1 4.5 Ohio State 3 4.4 Harvard 4 4.0 Cardozo 4 4.0 Missouri (Columbia) 4 4.0 Northwestern 4

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The new 2023 U.S. News Criminal Law Rankings include the criminal law programs at 187 law schools (the faculty survey had a 51% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank Score School 1 4.6 NYU 2 4.4 UC-Berkeley 3 4.3 Georgetown 3 4.3 Harvard 3 4.3 Penn 3 4.3 Stanford 7 4.2 Virginia 8

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The new 2023 U.S. News Criminal Law Rankings include the criminal law programs at 187 law schools (the faculty survey had a 51% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank Score School 1 4.6 NYU 2 4.4 UC-Berkeley 3 4.3 Georgetown 3 4.3 Harvard 3 4.3 Penn 3 4.3 Stanford 7 4.2 Virginia 8

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The new 2023 U.S. News Contracts/Commercial Law Rankings include the contracts/commercial law programs at 187 law schools (the faculty survey had a 45% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank Score School 1 4.6 Columbia 2 4.5 Chicago 2 4.5 Harvard 4 4.4 NYU 4 4.4 Stanford 4 4.4 Yale 7 4.3 Michigan 7

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The new 2023 U.S. News Contracts/Commercial Law Rankings include the contracts/commercial law programs at 187 law schools (the faculty survey had a 45% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank Score School 1 4.6 Columbia 2 4.5 Chicago 2 4.5 Harvard 4 4.4 NYU 4 4.4 Stanford 4 4.4 Yale 7 4.3 Michigan 7

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The new 2023 U.S. News Constitutional Law Rankings include the constitutional law programs at 187 law schools (the faculty survey had a 47% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank Score School 1 4.8 Harvard 1 4.8 Yale 3 4.7 Chicago 3 4.7 Columbia 5 4.6 NYU 5 4.6 Stanford 5 4.6 Virginia 8

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The new 2023 U.S. News Constitutional Law Rankings include the constitutional law programs at 187 law schools (the faculty survey had a 47% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank Score School 1 4.8 Harvard 1 4.8 Yale 3 4.7 Chicago 3 4.7 Columbia 5 4.6 NYU 5 4.6 Stanford 5 4.6 Virginia 8

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The new 2023 U.S. News Clinical Training Rankings include the clinical training law programs at 173 law schools (the faculty survey had a 60% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank Score School 1 4.6 CUNY 1 4.6 Georgetown 3 4.4 American 3 4.4 NYU 5 4.2 District of Columbia 5 4.2 UC-Irvine 5

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The new 2023 U.S. News Clinical Training Rankings include the clinical training law programs at 173 law schools (the faculty survey had a 60% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank Score School 1 4.6 CUNY 1 4.6 Georgetown 3 4.4 American 3 4.4 NYU 5 4.2 District of Columbia 5 4.2 UC-Irvine 5

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The new 2023 U.S. News Business/Corporate Law Rankings include the business/corporate law programs at 187 law schools (the faculty survey had a 52% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank Score School 1 4.6 Columbia 1 4.6 Harvard 1 4.6 NYU 1 4.6 UC-Berkeley 5 4.5 Penn 6 4.4 Stanford 7 4.3 Chicago 7

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The new 2023 U.S. News Business/Corporate Law Rankings include the business/corporate law programs at 187 law schools (the faculty survey had a 52% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank Score School 1 4.6 Columbia 1 4.6 Harvard 1 4.6 NYU 1 4.6 UC-Berkeley 5 4.5 Penn 6 4.4 Stanford 7 4.3 Chicago 7

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TaxProf Blog op-ed:  U.S. News Rankings Get it Right on Law Libraries, by Amanda Runyon (Pennsylvania; Google Scholar), Leslie A. Street (William & Mary), & Amanda Watson (Houston): US News has released the 2023 Best Law School rankings, and for the second consecutive year altered the methodology for law library data. After the 2022 rankings

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TaxProf Blog op-ed:  U.S. News Rankings Get it Right on Law Libraries, by Amanda Runyon (Pennsylvania; Google Scholar), Leslie A. Street (William & Mary), & Amanda Watson (Houston): US News has released the 2023 Best Law School rankings, and for the second consecutive year altered the methodology for law library data. After the 2022 rankings

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By now many of you have seen the news that Pepperdine Caruso Law ranks #52 in the 2023 U.S. News Law School Rankings. This is the fourth year in a row that Pepperdine Caruso Law has been ranked between #46-#52, an increase of at least 20 spots from its #72 ranking in 2018. We do

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By now many of you have seen the news that Pepperdine Caruso Law ranks #52 in the 2023 U.S. News Law School Rankings. This is the fourth year in a row that Pepperdine Caruso Law has been ranked between #46-#52, an increase of at least 20 spots from its #72 ranking in 2018. We do

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Here is the March Madness Law School Bracket, with outcomes determined by the 2022 U.S. News Law School Rankings (using academic peer reputation as the tiebreaker). The Final Four are Yale (1), Duke (10), Michigan (10), and USC (19), with Yale beating Michigan in the championship game.

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