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Ranking of Top Law Schools
2012 - 2014 By US News & World Report (“USN&WR”)
[2012, 2013 & 2014 Editions]
Compiled by George D. Wilson
Robert Crown Law Library
Research Paper No. 31 April 2013
Robert Crown Law Library
Legal Research Paper Series
Robert Crown Law Library Crown Quadrangle
Stanford, California 94305-8612
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U.S. News & World Report: Latest – 2014 – Highlights
Stanford was ranked #2 overall, tied with Harvard, and Yale was still #1.
Adjustments: ● Harvard moved up from #3 to #2 ● Michigan moved up from #10 to #9 ● Berkeley fell from #7 to #9 ● Georgetown & Cornell swapped places (to #14 & #13 respectively) ● Texas & Vanderbilt moved up #16 to #15 ● UCLA fell from #15 to #17 ● Wash. Univ. St. Louis moved up from #23 to #19 ● Alabama moved up from #29 to #21 ● Geo. Washington fell from #20 to #21 ● Washington fell from #20 to #28 ● Emory moved up from #24 to #23 ● Notre Dame fell from #22 to #23 ● Indiana moved up from #26 to #25
The top 25: ● Yale #1 ● Stanford #2 ● Harvard #2 ● Columbia #4 ● Chicago #4 ● NYU #6 ● Pennsylvania & Virginia tied for #7 ● Berkeley & Michigan tied for #9 ● Duke #11 ● Northwestern #12 ● Cornell #13 ● Georgetown #14 ● Texas & Vanderbilt tied for #15 ● UCLA #17 ● USC #18 ● Minnesota & Wash. Univ. St. Louis tied for #19 ● Geo. Washington & Alabama tied for #21 ● Emory & Notre Dame tied for #23 ● Indiana #25
Specialty Areas: Of the 10 law specialty areas this year, Stanford ranked as follows: IP Law #2 (same as last year); Environmental Law #15 (#13 last year); Clinical Training #8 (#9 last year); and International Law #13 (#12 last year). Stanford was not ranked among the top schools in Dispute Resolution (#18 last year), Healthcare Law, Legal Writing, Tax Law (#17 last year), and Trial Advocacy, and it is not included in Part-Time Law.
Law School Diversity: Stanford was #17 on the Diversity Index (0.59, Hispanic, 13%), behind only Berkeley and Cornell in terms of other top-tier schools.
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U.S. News & World Report
Top 25 Law Schools - Ranked by Overall Scores
2014* 1 Yale
2 Stanford
2 Harvard
4 Columbia
4 Chicago
6 NYU
7 Virginia Pennsylvania
9 Michigan Berkeley
11 Duke
12 Northwestern
13 Cornell
14 Georgetown
15 Vanderbilt Texas
17 UCLA
18 USC
19 Washington Univ. St. Louis Minnesota
21 George Washington Alabama
23 Notre Dame Emory
25 Indiana *Released in March 2013
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U.S. News & World Report
Top 25 Law Schools - Ranked by Overall Scores
2013* 1 Yale
2 Stanford
3 Harvard
4 Columbia
5 Chicago
6 NYU
7 Virginia Pennsylvania Berkeley
10 Michigan
11 Duke
12 Northwestern
13 Georgetown
14 Cornell
15 UCLA
16 Vanderbilt Texas
18 USC
19 Minnesota
20 Washington George Washington
22 Notre Dame
23 Washington Univ. St. Louis
24 Washington and Lee Emory
*Released in March 2012
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U.S. News & World Report
Top 25 Law Schools - Ranked by Overall Scores
2012* 1 Yale
2 Harvard
3 Stanford
4 Columbia
5 Chicago
6 NYU
7 Michigan Pennsylvania
9 Berkeley Virginia
11 Duke
12 Northwestern
13 Cornell
14 Georgetown Texas
16 UCLA Vanderbilt
18 USC Washington Univ. St. Louis
20 George Washington Minnesota
22 Boston Univ.
23 Indiana UC Davis Illinois Notre Dame
*Released in March 2011
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Law School Comparisons – Top 11 Schools
From U.S. News and World Reports Overall Score 1991-2014
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999/ 2000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Stanford 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2
Berkeley 12 12 12 10 8 12 9 7 10 8 9 7 10 13 11 8 8 6 6 7 9 7 9
Chicago 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 5 5 5 4
Columbia 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
Duke 9 9 9 7 8 10 10 8 8 10 10 12 12 10 11 11 10 12 10 11 11 11 11
Harvard 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2
Michigan 6 6 7 8 8 7 7 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 7 10 9
NYU 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 6
Penn. 10 10 11 9 11 8 11 8 12 13 10 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 8 7 7 7 7
Virginia 8 8 8 14 7 9 8 8 7 8 7 7 9 9 8 8 10 9 10 10 9 7 7
Yale 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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Law School Comparisons From U.S. News and World Reports
Stanford, Harvard & Yale Scores: 1991-2014
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Diversity Index [top percentages]: 2008-2014 [1.0 = highest; largest minority] School Name 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Largest Minority % (2014)
Hawaii 0.52 0.54
0.52 0.73 0.76 0.74
Multiracial 30%
Tex. Southern Univ. 0.65 0.67 0.65 0.64 0.68 0.67 0.68
African-American 45%
Florida Intl. Univ. 0.58 0.59 0.60 0.60 0.64 0.64 0.62
Hispanic 45%
St. Thomas 0.58 0.58 0.58
0.62 0.63 0.64
Hispanic 41%
Florida A&M Univ. 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.66 0.64 0.61
African-American 55%
CUNY
0.57 0.60 0.62
Hispanic 18%
Berkeley
0.52 0.53 0.58 0.60 0.62
Asian-American 17%
Cornell
0.53 0.52 0.57 0.60 0.60
Asian-American 15%
Rutgers
0.54 0.56
0.60 0.60
African-American 13%
Univ. of San Francisco 0.54 0.56 0.55 0.54 0.56 0.60 0.63
Asian-American 14%
USC 0.58 0.57 0.59 0.58 0.60 0.59 0.59
Asian-American 19%
Western State Univ. 0.52
0.53 0.57 0.59
Hispanic 17%
Whittier
0.58 0.67
Asian-American 15%
Santa Clara 0.57 0.57 0.57 0.58 0.59 0.58 0.61
Asian-American 21%
Stanford 0.51 0.53 0.55 0.56 0.55 0.58 0.59
Hispanic 13%
UC Hastings
0.53 0.58 0.61
Hispanic 21%
Northwestern 0.54 0.56 0.60 0.57 0.59 0.58
Asian-American 19%
New Mexico 0.61 0.60 0.61 0.60 0.58 0.58 0.58
Hispanic 28%
Southern Univ. 0.51 0.52
0.60 0.58
African-American 54%
UC Irvine
0.57 0.62
Asian-American 23%
Loyola Marymount
0.57 0.57 0.59 0.56 0.57
Asian-American 19%
Atlanta John Marshall
0.56 0.59
African-American 26%
American 0.53 0.51 0.54 0.56 0.58 0.55
Hispanic 16%
Columbia
0.54 0.55
Asian-American 17%
Southwestern 0.54 0.53 0.53 0.54 0.55 0.55 0.57
Hispanic 17%
U. District of Colum.
0.63
African-American 32%
La Verne
0.59
Hispanic 24%
Thos. Jefferson
0.57
Hispanic 16%
UC Davis
0.57
Asian-American 25%
NC Central
0.56
African-American 49%
Phoenix
0.56
Hispanic 17%
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Specialty Programs 2014
Clinical Training 1. Georgetown 2. American 3. NYU 4. CUNY-Long Island 5. Maryland 6. Michigan 7. Yale 8. Stanford 9. Washington Univ. St. Louis 10. Univ. of D.C. 11. New Mexico 12. Harvard 13. Northwestern Berkeley
15. Denver 16. Fordham 17. Columbia Northeastern Seattle Suffolk Tennessee-Knoxville Washington 23. Boston College Irvine William Mitchell
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Specialty Programs 2014
Environmental Law 1. Vermont 2. Lewis and Clark 3. Pace Berkeley 5. Colorado 6. Tulane Maryland 8. Oregon 9. Georgetown 10. Duke NYU 12. George Washington Florida Utah 15. Stanford 16. Florida State 17. Denver 18. Harvard UCLA 20. Columbia Vanderbilt 22. Washington Yale 24. North Carolina Minnesota
Intellectual Property 1. Berkeley 2. Stanford 3. Santa Clara 4. George Washington 5. Yeshiva
6. NYU 7. Houston 8. American 9. New Hampshire 10. Boston Univ. 11. Illinois Inst. of Technology 12. John Marshall 13. Columbia 14. Georgetown 15. Drake Duke 17. Harvard Washington 19. Michigan 20. DePaul Indiana Michigan State Pennsylvania 24. Fordham 25. Irvine
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Specialty Programs 2014
International Law 1. NYU 2. Harvard
3. Georgetown 4. Columbia 5. American Berkeley
7. George Washington 8. Yale 9. Michigan 10. Duke UCLA 12. Virginia 13. Stanford Case Western Temple 16. Chicago Georgia
18. Texas 19. Cornell Minnesota Pacific 22. Washington Univ. St. Louis
Tax Law 1. NYU
2. Georgetown 3. Florida
4. Northwestern 5. Miami USC 7. Boston Univ. Loyola Marymount Virginia 10. UCLA Washington 12. Harvard 13. Columbia 14. Michigan San Diego 16. Boston College 17. Hastings 18. Houston
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Specialty Programs 2014
Dispute Resolution
1. Pepperdine 2. Harvard 3. Missouri 4. Hamline 5. Ohio State 6. Yeshiva 7. Oregon 8. Marquette 9. Hastings 10. Willamette 11. UNLV 12. Fordham Quinnipiac Suffolk
Healthcare Law 1. St. Louis 2. Boston Univ.
3. Georgia State 4. Maryland 5. Case Western 6. Seton Hall
7. Loyola Chicago 8. Houston 9. Georgetown 10. Indiana - Indianapolis 11. Minnesota 12. Harvard 13. Pittsburgh 14. Drexel 15. Washington 16. Hamline Northeastern Wake Forest
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Specialty Programs 2014
Legal Writing
1. Seattle 2. John Marshall 3. Mercer UNLV 5. Arizona State Stetson Suffolk Temple Oregon
10. Indiana-Indianapolis 11. Duquesne Denver Washburn 14. Drexel Northwestern 15. Rutgers
Trial Advocacy 1. Stetson 2. Temple
3. Baylor 4. Northwestern 5. Illinois Inst. of Technology Pacific 6. Loyola Marymount 7. South Texas 8. Georgetown
9. Denver Washington Univ. St. Louis
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Specialty Programs 2014 Part-Time Law 1. Georgetown 2. George Washington 3. Fordham 4. George Mason 5. Connecticut 6. Loyola Marymount Loyola Chicago Maryland 9. Lewis & Clark 10. American San Diego 12. Temple Denver Yeshiva 15. SMU 16. Georgia State Houston 18. Catholic Marquette 20. Seattle 21. Brooklyn Illinois Inst. of Technology Rutgers 24. Seton Hall UNLV
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Specialty Programs 2013
Clinical Training 1. Georgetown 2. American 3. NYU 4. CUNY-Queens College 5. Maryland 6. Washington Univ. St. Louis 7. New Mexico 8. Yale 9. Stanford 10. Univ. of DC 11. Tennessee-Knoxville 12. Denver Northwestern 14. Michigan
15. Fordham Harvard 17. UCLA 18. Northeastern 19. Seattle 20. Catholic 23. Columbia Berkeley Baltimore Washington Vermont Case Western
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Specialty Programs 2013
Environmental Law 1. Vermont 2. Lewis and Clark 3. Pace 4. Berkeley 5. Colorado 6. Oregon 7. Tulane 8. Florida State 9. Duke Florida 11. Maryland Georgetown 13. Stanford 15. UCLA 16. George Washington 17. Denver 19. Harvard Washington Columbia 22. Minnesota
Intellectual Property 1. Berkeley 2. Stanford 3. George Washington 4. Houston
5. NYU 6. Columbia Santa Clara 8. Boston Univ. Duke New Hampshire 11. Yeshiva 12. Fordham 13. Harvard 14. Illinois Inst. of Technology 15. Washington 17. UCLA John Marshall 19. American
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Specialty Programs 2013
International Law 1. NYU 2. Columbia
3. Georgetown 4. Harvard 5. Yale 6. American
George Washington 8. Berkeley 9. Michigan 10. Virginia 11. Case Western 12. Stanford Duke 14. Temple Cornell Miami
17. Northwestern Minnesota Pennsylvania Univ. of the Pacific
Tax Law 1. NYU
2. Florida 3. Georgetown
4. Northwestern 5. Harvard 6. Virginia UCLA Boston Univ. 9. Miami 10. Loyola Marymount 11. Michigan 12. Columbia USC 14. Boston College Texas San Diego 17. Stanford Villanova 20. Chicago 21. Indiana Denver 23. Duke Florida State
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Specialty Programs 2013
Dispute Resolution
1. Pepperdine 2. Harvard 3. Hamline Missouri 5. Ohio State 6. Oregon 7. Marquette Yeshiva 9. Hastings 10. UNLV 11. Fordham
18. Stanford Arizona State Quinnipiac Suffolk
Healthcare Law 1. St. Louis 2. Georgia State
3. Maryland 4. Loyola Chicago 5. Boston Univ. Seton Hall
7. Georgetown 8. Case Western Houston 10. Minnesota
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Specialty Programs 2013
Legal Writing
1. Seattle 2. Mercer 3. Stetson 4. UNLV 5. Oregon 6. Duquesne John Marshall 8. Arizona State 9. Indiana-Indianapolis Suffolk Temple Arkansas-Little Rock 13. Drexel Univ. of the Pacific 15. Rutgers-Camden Denver 17. Illinois Inst. of Technology Lewis & Clark 19. Drake Brooklyn
21. Tennessee-Knoxville Loyola Marymount Dayton
Trial Advocacy 1. Stetson 2. Temple
3. Illinois Inst. of Technology 4. Samford 5. Baylor South Texas 7. Loyola Marymount 8. NYU Northwestern Maryland 11. Georgetown Denver Akron
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Specialty Programs 2013 Part-Time Law 1. Georgetown 2. George Washington 3. Brooklyn 4. Yeshiva 5. Fordham 6. American 7. Temple 8. George Mason 9. Rutgers Maryland 11. Houston 12. Illinois Inst. of Technology 13. Hofstra Seattle Connecticut Denver San Diego 18. Loyola Marymount 19. Marquette Rutgers SMU 22. UNLV 23. Lewis & Clark
Hawaii Univ. of San Francisco Univ. of the Pacific 27. Catholic St. Louis 29. Georgia State Michigan State Wayne State 32. St. John’s 33. Loyola Chicago Stetson 35. Hamline Toledo 38. Cleveland State Quinnipiac 40. Chapman Mississippi College 42. Duquesne Missouri-Kansas City
Seton Hall
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Specialty Programs 2012
Clinical Training 1. Georgetown 2. American 3. CUNY 4. NYU 5. Washington Univ. St. Louis 6. Maryland 7. New Mexico 8. Yale 9. Stanford 10. Michigan 11. Univ. of DC
12. Tennessee-Knoxville 13. Fordham Berkeley 15. Columbia 16. UCLA 17. Catholic George Washington Northwestern Denver
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Specialty Programs 2012
Environmental Law 1. Vermont 2. Lewis and Clark 3. Pace 4. Berkeley 5. Colorado 6. Florida State 7. Maryland 8. Stanford Tulane Oregon 11. Georgetown
Intellectual Property 1. Berkeley 2. Stanford 3. George Washington 4. New Hampshire
5. Yeshiva 6. Houston 7. Boston Univ. 8. Columbia NYU Santa Clara 11. Duke 12. Fordham 13. Harvard Pennsylvania
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Specialty Programs 2012
International Law 1. NYU 2. Harvard
3. Georgetown 4. Columbia 5. American
George Washington Yale 8. Berkeley 9. Michigan
Tax Law 1. NYU
2. Florida 3. Georgetown
4. Northwestern 5. Miami 6. Harvard 7. UCLA 8. Virginia 9. Boston Univ. 10. Columbia Loyola Marymount Stanford Texas
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Specialty Programs 2012
Dispute Resolution
1. Pepperdine 2. Harvard 3. Hamline 4. Missouri 5. Ohio State 6. Marquette Yeshiva 8. Oregon 9. UNLV 10. Hastings
Healthcare Law 1. St. Louis 2. Boston Univ.
3. Maryland 4. Loyola Chicago 5. Georgia State 6. Seton Hall
Houston 8. Case Western 9. Georgetown 10. Minnesota 11. Indiana-Indianapolis
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Specialty Programs 2012
Legal Writing
1. Mercer 2. Seattle 3. Stetson 4. UNLV 5. Oregon 6. John Marshall 7. Temple 8. Indiana-Indianapolis 9. Ohio State 10. Arizona State Duquesne Illinois Inst. of Technology 13. Suffolk Washburn Dayton
Trial Advocacy 1. Stetson 2. Temple
3. Baylor 4. Illinois Inst. of Technology 5. Loyola Marymount Samford 7. South Texas 8. Akron Maryland
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Specialty Programs 2012 Part-Time Law 1. Georgetown 2. Fordham 3. George Washington 4. Yeshiva 5. American Brooklyn 7. George Mason 8. Houston Maryland 10. Temple 11. Illinois Inst. of Technology 12. San Diego 13. Rutgers-Camden Denver 15. Michigan State 16. Loyola Chicago Marquette 18. Connecticut 19. Rutgers-Newark 20. Catholic Georgia State Seattle
Univ. of San Francisco 25. St. John’s 26. Hawaii UNLV 28. DePaul St. Louis 30. Hofstra Loyola Marymount 32. Lewis & Clark Wayne State 34. Chapman Seton Hall 36. Cleveland State Stetson 38. Louisville Univ. of the Pacific 40. California Western Florida International Southwestern
SMU