Reuters, These Law Schools Ranked Tops For Jobs in 2023: The University of Virginia School of Law sent the highest percentage of graduates into full-time law jobs in 2023, marking the second consecutive year that the school snagged the top spot. A full 97.18% of Virginia's 2023 juris doctor graduates went on to full-time, permanent…

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Quacquarelli Symonds has released the 2024 World Law School Rankings as part of its World University Rankings. The methodology uses five indicators: academic reputation, employer reputation, research citations per paper, h-index, International Research Network (IRN).  The rankings consist of 370 law schools, 61 in the United States.  Here are the U.S. law schools, along with each…

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The new 2024-25 U.S. News Trial Advocacy Rankings include the trial advocacy programs at 196 law schools (the faculty survey had a 50% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank School 1 Stetson 1 Temple 3 Baylor 4 Fordham 4 UCLA 6 Samford 6 South Texas 8 Denver 8 Drexel 8 Loyola-L.A. 8 Mercer…

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The new 2024-25 U.S. News Legal Writing Rankings include the legal writing programs at 133 law schools (the faculty survey had a 64% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank School 1 Oregon 2 UNLV 3 Stetson 3 Suffolk 5 Arizona State 5 Wake Forest 7 UC-Irvine 8 Nova 8 Seattle 8 University of…

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The new 2024-25 U.S. News International Law Rankings include the international law programs at 193 law schools (the faculty survey had a 43% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank School 1 NYU 2 Harvard 2 Yale 4 Columbia 5 Georgetown 6 Michigan 7 Cornell 7 UC-Berkeley 9 American 9 Chicago 9 George Washington…

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The new 2024-25 U.S. News Intellectual Property Law Rankings include the intellectual property law programs at 195 law schools (the faculty survey had a 47% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank School 1 UC-Berkeley 2 Stanford 3 NYU 4 Santa Clara 5 George Washington 6 Cardozo 6 Texas A&M 8 American 8 Boston…

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The new 2024-25 U.S. News Health Care Law Rankings include the health care law programs at 191 law schools (the faculty survey had a 49% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank School 1 Georgia State 2 St. Louis 3 Boston University 4 Loyola-Chicago 4 Maryland 6 Georgetown 7 Harvard 7 Houston 7 Northeastern…

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The new 2024-25 U.S. News Environmental Law Rankings include the environmental law programs at 195 law schools (the faculty survey had a 55% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank School 1 Pace 2 UC-Berkeley 3 Lewis & Clark 4 Vermont 5 UCLA 6 Columbia 7 Colorado 7 Oregon 7 Utah 10 Georgetown 10…

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Reuters, After Setbacks, U.S. News Law School Rankings Show Signs of Waning Influence: [T]he influence of U.S. News’ law school rankings is waning following a widespread boycott by schools that began in 2022 and a series of data errors that plagued the rollout of the 2023 list. According to U.S. News, 53 schools out of the nation's 197 accredited…

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The new 2024-25 U.S. News Dispute Resolution Rankings include the dispute resolution programs at 92 law schools (the faculty survey had a 54% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank School 1 Ohio State 2 Pepperdine Caruso 3 Harvard 3 Missouri-Columbia 5 Cardozo 5 Texas A&M 7 Maryland 7 Mitchell | Hamline 7 Northwestern…

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The new 2024-25 U.S. News Criminal Law Rankings include the criminal law programs at 196 law schools (the faculty survey had a 49% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank School 1 NYU 2 Harvard 2 Stanford 4 UC-Berkeley 5 Georgetown 5 Michigan 7 Columbia 7 Duke 7 Penn 7 UCLA 7 Virginia 12…

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The new 2024-25 U.S. News Contracts/Commercial Law Rankings include the contracts/commercial law programs at 196 law schools (the faculty survey had a 43% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank School 1 Columbia 2 Chicago 2 Harvard 4 Stanford 5 Penn 5 Virginia 7 Georgetown 7 Michigan 7 NYU 7 Yale 11 Cornell 11…

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The new 2024-25 U.S. News Constitutional Law Rankings include the constitutional law programs at 196 law schools (the faculty survey had a 43% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank School 1 Harvard 2 Chicago 3 Stanford 3 Yale 5 NYU 5 UC-Berkeley 7 Columbia 7 Michigan 7 Virginia 10 Duke 11 Cornell 11…

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The new 2024-25 U.S. News Clinical Training Rankings include the clinical training law programs at 158 law schools (the faculty survey had a 56% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank School 1 Georgetown 2 American 2 CUNY 2 NYU 5 Baltimore 5 Denver 5 Maryland 5 Michigan 5 Northwestern 5 UC-Berkeley 5 Yale…

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The new 2024-25 U.S. News Business/Corporate Law Rankings include the business/corporate law programs at 196 law schools (the faculty survey had a 50% response rate). Here are the Top 50: Rank School 1 Stanford 2 Columbia 2 Harvard 4 Chicago 4 NYU 4 Penn 7 UC-Berkeley 8 Michigan 8 Virginia 8 Yale 11 Cornell 11…

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ABA Journal, Shake-Up in US News' 2024 Law School Rankings Above the Law, The 2024-2025 U.S. News Law School Rankings Are Here: Big Changes in the T14, Along With Some of the Largest Rankings Tumbles and Gains Above the Law, Does Anyone Even Care About The U.S. News Law School Rankings Anymore? Neil Buchanan (Florida),…

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Continuing a TaxProf Blog tradition (see links below for 2008-09 to 2023-24), here is the full list of the 196 law schools ranked by academic peer reputation, as well as their overall rank, in the new 2024-25 U.S. News Law School Rankings (methodology): Peer Rank Peer Score School Overall Rank 1 4.6 Harvard 4 1…

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TaxProf Blog op-ed:  The Silly U.S. News Law School Rankings, by Donald Tobin (Maryland; Google Scholar): It is silly season again!  Last year, after U.S. News announced its new methodology regarding law school rankings, I highlighted how the changed methodology in the rankings, and the changes that U.S. News made to those changes, highlighted how…

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