Paul L. Caron
Dean
Pepperdine Caruso
School of Law
Legal Ed Rankings
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Trump’s Hiring Freeze Leaves Thousands Of Law Students (And Some Law Schools’ Employment Outcomes And Rankings) Out In The Cold
Following up on Friday's posts: Department Of Justice Rescinds Job Offers To 3Ls Accepted Into Honors Program IRS Chief Counsel Rescinds Job Offers To 3Ls Accepted Into Honors Program Reuters, Trump's Hiring Freeze Leaves Thousands of Law Students Out in the Cold: A widespread federal government hiring freeze imposed by President Donald Trump last week
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2025 Religious Law School Rankings
Most Devout Law Schools, preLaw (Winter 2025): Acts of Service: We recognize 20 law schools that are living their missions through benevolent works. … Every two years, preLaw magazine spotlights the country’s most devout law schools. Schools are ranked all together, rather than being categorized by denomination. … The schools are ranked by how much emphasis
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2025 Religious Law School Rankings
Most Devout Law Schools, preLaw (Winter 2025): Acts of Service: We recognize 20 law schools that are living their missions through benevolent works. … Every two years, preLaw magazine spotlights the country’s most devout law schools. Schools are ranked all together, rather than being categorized by denomination. … The schools are ranked by how much emphasis
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Projected 2025-26 U.S. News Law School Rankings: The Biggest Winners And Losers
Derek Muller (Notre Dame; Google Scholar), Updated Projected 2025-2026 USNWR Law School Rankings (To Be Released March 2025 Or So): The updated 509 data from the American Bar Association discloses a good deal of public information about law school admissions and law school faculty that is ultimately used in the USNWR law school rankings. We now
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Projected 2025-26 U.S. News Law School Rankings: The Biggest Winners And Losers
Derek Muller (Notre Dame; Google Scholar), Updated Projected 2025-2026 USNWR Law School Rankings (To Be Released March 2025 Or So): The updated 509 data from the American Bar Association discloses a good deal of public information about law school admissions and law school faculty that is ultimately used in the USNWR law school rankings. We now
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NY Times: Did Ben Sasse Resign As UF President Because Of U.S. News Rankings Decline Of University And Law School?
New York Times, A Star President’s Resignation Was a Mystery. Was It All About Rankings?: Florida’s star president, Ben Sasse, was among the best paid university presidents ever. He promised a conservative overhaul, but then he resigned, leaving controversy and an embarrassing drop in the U.S. News rankings. Ben Sasse, the Nebraska senator, arrived in
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NY Times: Did Ben Sasse Resign As UF President Because Of U.S. News Rankings Decline Of University And Law School?
New York Times, A Star President’s Resignation Was a Mystery. Was It All About Rankings?: Florida’s star president, Ben Sasse, was among the best paid university presidents ever. He promised a conservative overhaul, but then he resigned, leaving controversy and an embarrassing drop in the U.S. News rankings. Ben Sasse, the Nebraska senator, arrived in
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College President Rankings
American Enterprise Institute, A Crisis in Leadership? Examining the Successes and Failures of University Presidents: Executive SummaryCollege presidents are receiving heightened public attention and scrutiny. But few data exist that demonstrate which college presidents are most effective at improving student outcomes. This report ranks over 400 current and former college and university presidents on how
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College President Rankings
American Enterprise Institute, A Crisis in Leadership? Examining the Successes and Failures of University Presidents: Executive SummaryCollege presidents are receiving heightened public attention and scrutiny. But few data exist that demonstrate which college presidents are most effective at improving student outcomes. This report ranks over 400 current and former college and university presidents on how
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July 2024 Texas Bar Exam Results: Texas A&M Is #1 Again
Here are the results of the July 2024 Texas Bar Exam Results for first-time test-takers by law school, along with each school’s U.S. News ranking: Bar Pass Rank (Rate) School US News Rank TX (Overall) 1 (97.4%) Texas A&M 2 (26) 2 (96.4%) Texas 1 (16) 3 (95.2%) Baylor 4 (46) 4 (91.6%) South Texas 7
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July 2024 Texas Bar Exam Results: Texas A&M Is #1 Again
Here are the results of the July 2024 Texas Bar Exam Results for first-time test-takers by law school, along with each school’s U.S. News ranking: Bar Pass Rank (Rate) School US News Rank TX (Overall) 1 (97.4%) Texas A&M 2 (26) 2 (96.4%) Texas 1 (16) 3 (95.2%) Baylor 4 (46) 4 (91.6%) South Texas 7
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July 2024 Virginia Bar Exam Results: Liberty Is #1
The July 2024 Virginia bar passage rates by school are out. Here are the results for the 8 Virginia law schools, along with each school’s U.S. News ranking (Virginia and overall): Bar Pass Rank (Rate) School US News Rank VA (Overall) 1 (90.6%) Liberty 7 (140) 2 (88.9%) Virginia 1 (4) 3 (87.5%) Regent
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July 2024 Virginia Bar Exam Results: Liberty Is #1
The July 2024 Virginia bar passage rates by school are out. Here are the results for the 8 Virginia law schools, along with each school’s U.S. News ranking (Virginia and overall): Bar Pass Rank (Rate) School US News Rank VA (Overall) 1 (90.6%) Liberty 7 (140) 2 (88.9%) Virginia 1 (4) 3 (87.5%) Regent
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Projected 2025-26 U.S. News Law School Rankings: 1-11
In May, I blogged Derek Muller’s Projected 2025-26 U.S. News Law School Rankings for the Top 100 law schools. Last week, Mike Spivey published projected rankings for the Top 11 law schools. The table below shows the differences between the two models for the Top 11 schools: LawSchool 2024-25Rank Muller Projected2025-26 Rank Spivey Projected2025-26 Rank
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Projected 2025-26 U.S. News Law School Rankings: 1-11
In May, I blogged Derek Muller’s Projected 2025-26 U.S. News Law School Rankings for the Top 100 law schools. Last week, Mike Spivey published projected rankings for the Top 11 law schools. The table below shows the differences between the two models for the Top 11 schools: LawSchool 2024-25Rank Muller Projected2025-26 Rank Spivey Projected2025-26 Rank
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July 2024 Florida Bar Exam Results: For The First Time In Ten Years, Florida International Is Not #1
The July 2024 Florida bar passage rates by school are out. For the first time in ten years, Florida International not is #1—they are #2 by 0.1 percentage point. Here are the results for the 12 Florida law schools, along with each school’s U.S. News ranking (Florida and overall): Bar Pass Rank (Rate) School
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July 2024 Florida Bar Exam Results: For The First Time In Ten Years, Florida International Is Not #1
The July 2024 Florida bar passage rates by school are out. For the first time in ten years, Florida International not is #1—they are #2 by 0.1 percentage point. Here are the results for the 12 Florida law schools, along with each school’s U.S. News ranking (Florida and overall): Bar Pass Rank (Rate) School
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2025 U.S. News College Rankings
U.S. News & World Report has released its 2025 College Rankings. Here are the Top 25 National Universities and Liberal Arts Colleges: Rank National Universities 1 Princeton 2 MIT 3 Harvard 4 Stanford 5 Yale 6 Cal-Tech 6 Duke 6 Johns Hopkins 6 Northwestern 10 Penn 11 Cornell 11 Chicago 13 Brown 13 Columbia 15 Dartmouth 15
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2025 U.S. News College Rankings
U.S. News & World Report has released its 2025 College Rankings. Here are the Top 25 National Universities and Liberal Arts Colleges: Rank National Universities 1 Princeton 2 MIT 3 Harvard 4 Stanford 5 Yale 6 Cal-Tech 6 Duke 6 Johns Hopkins 6 Northwestern 10 Penn 11 Cornell 11 Chicago 13 Brown 13 Columbia 15 Dartmouth 15
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The Most-Cited Deans At The 64 Most-Cited Law Schools
Following up on last week's post, The 64 Most-Cited Law Faculties: here are the 22 deans among the 10-most cited faculty at the Top 64 law schools: 6. UC-Berkeley: Erwin Chemerinsky 9. Vanderbilt: Chris Guthrie18. UC-Davis: Kevin Johnson20. Texas: Robert Chesney23. Minnesota: William McGeveran; St. Thomas-MN: Daniel Kelly; William & Mary: A. Benjamin Spencer26. USC:
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The Most-Cited Deans At The 64 Most-Cited Law Schools
Following up on last week's post, The 64 Most-Cited Law Faculties: here are the 22 deans among the 10-most cited faculty at the Top 64 law schools: 6. UC-Berkeley: Erwin Chemerinsky 9. Vanderbilt: Chris Guthrie18. UC-Davis: Kevin Johnson20. Texas: Robert Chesney23. Minnesota: William McGeveran; St. Thomas-MN: Daniel Kelly; William & Mary: A. Benjamin Spencer26. USC:
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The Most-Cited Tax Faculty At The 64 Most-Cited Law Schools
Following up on last week's post, The 64 Most-Cited Law Faculties: here are the 13 Tax Profs among the 10-most cited faculty at the Top 64 law schools: 3. Harvard: Louis Kaplow4. NYU: Daniel Hemel14. Michigan: Reuven Avi-Yonah18. UC-Davis: Darien Shanske22. UC-Irvine: Victor Fleischer23. Minnesota: Kristin Hickman34. Cardozo: Edward Zelinsky; Florida State: Steve Johnson42. BYU:
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The Most-Cited Tax Faculty At The 64 Most-Cited Law Schools
Following up on last week's post, The 64 Most-Cited Law Faculties: here are the 13 Tax Profs among the 10-most cited faculty at the Top 64 law schools: 3. Harvard: Louis Kaplow4. NYU: Daniel Hemel14. Michigan: Reuven Avi-Yonah18. UC-Davis: Darien Shanske22. UC-Irvine: Victor Fleischer23. Minnesota: Kristin Hickman34. Cardozo: Edward Zelinsky; Florida State: Steve Johnson42. BYU:
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The 64 Most-Cited Law Faculties
Gregory C. Sisk (St. Thomas-MN; Google Scholar), Adam Bent (Florida), et al., Scholarly Impact of Law School Faculties in 2024: Updating the Leiter Score Ranking for the Top Third: This updated 2024 study explores the scholarly impact of law faculties, ranking the top third of ABA-accredited law schools. Refined by Brian Leiter, the “Scholarly Impact
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The 64 Most-Cited Law Faculties
Gregory C. Sisk (St. Thomas-MN; Google Scholar), Adam Bent (Florida), et al., Scholarly Impact of Law School Faculties in 2024: Updating the Leiter Score Ranking for the Top Third: This updated 2024 study explores the scholarly impact of law faculties, ranking the top third of ABA-accredited law schools. Refined by Brian Leiter, the “Scholarly Impact