Paul L. Caron
Dean
Pepperdine Caruso
School of Law
Legal Ed Rankings
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U.S. News Law School Rankings Aren’t Useful Anymore To Applicants
Bloomberg Law Op-Ed: U.S. News Law School Rankings Aren’t Useful Anymore to Applicants, by David Lat: "Once upon a time, the News & World Report law school rankings were critically important to law schools,” University of Kentucky’s Brian Frye and Indiana University’s Christopher “CJ” Ryan write in a new study. “Law schools literally lived or
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Frye: The New York Times Law School Rankings
Brian L. Frye (Kentucky; Google Scholar), The Gray Lady’s Guide to Legal Education: For better or worse, the U.S. News & World Report law school ranking has dominated legal education for decades, by giving prospective law students information about the relative prestige of law schools. But in recent years, it has become largely irrelevant, as prospective
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Frye: The New York Times Law School Rankings
Brian L. Frye (Kentucky; Google Scholar), The Gray Lady’s Guide to Legal Education: For better or worse, the U.S. News & World Report law school ranking has dominated legal education for decades, by giving prospective law students information about the relative prestige of law schools. But in recent years, it has become largely irrelevant, as prospective
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Frye & Ryan: Entering Law Students Do Not Rely On The U.S. News Rankings In Choosing A Law School
Update: Reuters, U.S. News & World Report's Law School Rankings 'Irrelevant' to Applicants, Study Finds Brian L. Frye (Kentucky; Google Scholar) & CJ Ryan (Indiana-Maurer; Google Scholar), The Decline & Fall of the US News Rankings: Have the U.S. News & World Report law school rankings become irrelevant? The ostensible purpose of the US News law school
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Frye & Ryan: Entering Law Students Do Not Rely On The U.S. News Rankings In Choosing A Law School
Update: Reuters, U.S. News & World Report's Law School Rankings 'Irrelevant' to Applicants, Study Finds Brian L. Frye (Kentucky; Google Scholar) & CJ Ryan (Indiana-Maurer; Google Scholar), The Decline & Fall of the US News Rankings: Have the U.S. News & World Report law school rankings become irrelevant? The ostensible purpose of the US News law school
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Projected 2025-26 U.S. News Law School Rankings: The Biggest Winners And Losers
Derek Muller (Notre Dame; Google Scholar), Projecting the 2025-2026 USNWR Law School Rankings (To Be Released March 2025 Or So): Fifty-eight percent of the new USNWR law school rankings turn on three highly-volatile categories: employment 10 months after graduation[33%], first-time bar passage [18%], and ultimate bar passage [7%]. USNWR has tried to smooth these out
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Projected 2025-26 U.S. News Law School Rankings: The Biggest Winners And Losers
Derek Muller (Notre Dame; Google Scholar), Projecting the 2025-2026 USNWR Law School Rankings (To Be Released March 2025 Or So): Fifty-eight percent of the new USNWR law school rankings turn on three highly-volatile categories: employment 10 months after graduation[33%], first-time bar passage [18%], and ultimate bar passage [7%]. USNWR has tried to smooth these out
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Law School Class Of 2023 Jobs Rankings For All 195 Law Schools In Seven Categories
Law360, The Law School Legal Industry Job Tracker: Class Of 2023: Law360, Top Law Schools For Legal Industry Careers: By The Numbers: Lists of the Top 10 law schools in seven jobs categories: BigLaw
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Law School Class Of 2023 Jobs Rankings For All 195 Law Schools In Seven Categories
Law360, The Law School Legal Industry Job Tracker: Class Of 2023: Law360, Top Law Schools For Legal Industry Careers: By The Numbers: Lists of the Top 10 law schools in seven jobs categories: BigLaw
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Law School Class Of 2023 Jobs Rankings: Bar-Passage Required, BigLaw, Federal Judicial Clerkships, And Government|Public Interest
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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Law School Class Of 2023 Jobs Rankings: Bar-Passage Required, BigLaw, Federal Judicial Clerkships, And Government|Public Interest
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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2024 World Law School Rankings
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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2024 World Law School Rankings
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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2024-25 U.S. News Omnibus Specialty Rankings v. Overall Rankings
Following up on yesterday’s post, 2024-25 U.S. News Omnibus Specialty Rankings: Here are the law schools whose U.S. News Omnibus Specialty Ranking most exceeds their overall U.S. News Ranking: School Specialty Rank Overall Rank Difference 1 Santa Clara 71 158 +87 2 American* 27 98 +71 3 Illinois-Chicago 97 161 +64 3 Suffolk 66 130
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2024-25 U.S. News Omnibus Specialty Rankings v. Overall Rankings
Following up on yesterday’s post, 2024-25 U.S. News Omnibus Specialty Rankings: Here are the law schools whose U.S. News Omnibus Specialty Ranking most exceeds their overall U.S. News Ranking: School Specialty Rank Overall Rank Difference 1 Santa Clara 71 158 +87 2 American* 27 98 +71 3 Illinois-Chicago 97 161 +64 3 Suffolk 66 130
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2024-25 U.S. News Omnibus Specialty Rankings
Update: Omnibus Specialty Rankings v. Overall Rankings The new 2024-25 U.S. News Specialty Rankings include the rankings for 13 specialty programs at 196 law schools. Here are the Top 100 law schools, determined by giving equal weight to each of the 13 separate specialty rankings: Business/Corporate Law Clinical Law Constitutional Law Contracts/Commercial Law Criminal Law Dispute Resolution
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2024-25 U.S. News Omnibus Specialty Rankings
Update: Omnibus Specialty Rankings v. Overall Rankings The new 2024-25 U.S. News Specialty Rankings include the rankings for 13 specialty programs at 196 law schools. Here are the Top 100 law schools, determined by giving equal weight to each of the 13 separate specialty rankings: Business/Corporate Law Clinical Law Constitutional Law Contracts/Commercial Law Criminal Law Dispute Resolution
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2024-25 U.S. News Trial Advocacy Rankings
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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2024-25 U.S. News Trial Advocacy Rankings
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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2024-25 U.S. News Legal Writing Rankings
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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2024-25 U.S. News Legal Writing Rankings
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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2024-25 U.S. News International Law Rankings
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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2024-25 U.S. News International Law Rankings
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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2024-25 U.S. News Intellectual Property Law Rankings
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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2024-25 U.S. News Intellectual Property Law Rankings
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