CHAPTER 0.01  
2009-2012: CHANGE IN SCORES 

 

2012 LAW SCHOOL RANKINGS 

 

 For all 190 ABA-approved law schools,
we give their rank and score
for 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.




TOPICS

 
 


 

 

USNews SCORE

Ordered by 2009 SCORE

Average SCORE Change

2009

2012

LAW   SCHOOL

2009-2012

 

 

 

 

73.50

78.23

Rank 1 - 26

4.73

55.50

60.04

Rank 27 - 52

4.54

46.19

49.08

Rank 53 - 78

2.88

40.56

44.60

Rank 79  - 103

4.04

54.07

58.12

Rank 1 - 103

4.05

 
Excluding Yale, 103 laws schools received a SCORE.  

 
 

2009-2012 USNews SCORE

Law Schools Ordered by

USNews ANNUAL Score Change

3 YEARS

2009

2010

2011

2012

2009-2012 SCORE Increase

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2009-2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

54

61

63

67

UC Davis

7

2

4

13

50

51

60

60

Arizona SU

1

9

0

10

57

65

65

67

Indiana U, B

8

0

2

10

80

84

88

90

U Chicago (IL)

4

4

2

10

43

48

47

51

Pennsylvania SU

5

-1

4

8

63

66

67

71

U Minnesota TC

3

1

4

8

56

62

63

64

U North Carolina CH

6

1

1

8

43

48

50

50

Georgia SU 

5

2

0

7

41

42

44

48

Northeastern U (MA) 

1

2

4

7

38

44

Tier 3

45

SUNY Buffalo 

6

N/A

N/A

7

60

65

68

67

U IIlinois-UC

5

3

-1

7

79

81

84

86

U Michigan 

2

3

2

7

41

46

46

48

U Nevada, Las Vegas

5

0

2

7

42

49

51

49

U San Diego (CA)

7

2

-2

7

52

56

59

59

U Utah 

4

3

0

7

53

58

59

59

Brigham Young (UT)

5

1

0

6

77

80

82

83

Duke U (NC) 

3

2

1

6

65

63

69

71

George Washington

-2

6

2

6

39

40

44

45

Hofstra U (NY) 

1

4

1

6

47

47

51

53

Loyola Marymount (CA)

0

4

2

6

42

43

46

48

Loyola U Chicago 

1

3

2

6

41

45

45

47

U Denver (CO) 

4

0

2

6

80

82

85

86

U Pennsylvania 

2

3

1

6

71

74

76

77

U Texas, Austin 

3

2

1

6

79

80

83

85

U Virginia 

1

3

2

6

55

59

60

61

Wake Forest U (NC) 

4

1

1

6

67

69

70

73

Washington U (MO)

2

1

3

6

59

63

63

65

William & Mary (VA)

4

0

2

6

41

42

42

46

Catholic U Amer (DC)

1

0

4

5

49

52

52

54

Florida SU 

3

0

2

5

91

95

97

96

Harvard U (MA) 

4

2

-1

5

44

49

49

49

Lewis & Clark C (OR)

5

0

0

5

48

51

53

53

Pepperdine U (CA) 

3

2

0

5

38

Tier 3

44

43

Syracuse U (NY) 

N/A

N/A

-1

5

60

64

66

65

U Iowa 

4

2

-1

5

38

41

Tier 3

43

U Louisville (KY) 

3

N/A

N/A

5

42

47

50

47

U Miami (FL)

5

3

-3

5

68

72

71

73

U Southern California

4

-1

2

5

59

62

62

64

U Washington 

3

0

2

5

57

61

63

62

U Wisconsin

4

2

-1

5

71

74

76

76

UCLA

3

2

0

5

49

54

53

54

Yeshiva-Cardozo (NY) 

5

-1

1

5

61

64

63

65

Boston College

3

-1

2

4

64

66

67

68

Boston U 

2

1

1

4

88

88

91

92

Columbia U (NY) 

0

3

1

4

41

43

42

45

DePaul U (lL) 

2

-1

3

4

60

62

62

64

Fordham U (NY) 

2

0

2

4

56

58

59

60

George Mason (VA) 

2

1

1

4

46

45

45

50

IIT (Chicago-Kent) 

-1

0

5

4

41

46

45

45

Louisiana SU

5

-1

0

4

40

43

Tier 3

44

Marquette U (WI) 

3

N/A

N/A

4

85

87

87

89

New York U 

2

0

2

4

58

61

62

62

Ohio SU

3

1

0

4

46

45

47

50

Seton Hall U (NJ) 

-1

2

3

4

58

62

60

62

U Alabama 

4

-2

2

4

58

61

63

62

U Georgia 

3

2

-1

4

55

57

55

59

U Maryland 

2

-2

4

4

63

65

67

67

U Notre Dame (IN) 

2

2

0

4

42

45

45

46

U Oregon 

3

0

1

4

44

47

48

48

U Pittsburgh 

3

1

0

4

45

45

44

49

U Richmond (VA) 

0

-1

5

4

81

84

85

85

UC Berkeley

3

1

0

4

72

73

75

76

Vanderbilt U (TN) 

1

2

1

4

45

47

47

48

 U Oklahoma 

2

0

1

3

49

48

49

52

Baylor U (TX) 

-1

1

3

3

47

51

51

50

Case Western  U

4

0

-1

3

77

78

78

80

Cornell U (NY) 

1

0

2

3

74

75

77

77

Georgetown U (DC) 

1

2

0

3

79

80

82

82

Northwestern U (IL)

1

2

0

3

42

45

44

45

Seattle U 

3

-1

1

3

41

43

47

44

St. John's U (NY) 

2

4

-3

3

91

93

93

94

Stanford U (CA) 

2

0

1

3

56

57

59

59

U Arizona

1

2

0

3

53

53

57

56

U Florida 

0

4

-1

3

49

50

50

52

U Houston (TX)

1

0

2

3

40

Tier 3

42

43

U Pacific (CA) 

N/A

N/A

1

3

56

60

59

59

UC Hastings

4

-1

0

3

47

49

48

49

Brooklyn LS (NY) 

2

-1

1

2

43

45

45

45

Rutgers- Camden 

2

0

0

2

43

43

45

45

Rutgers-Newark 

0

2

0

2

43

44

43

45

Santa Clara U (CA) 

1

-1

2

2

40

42

Tier 3

42

St. Louis U (MO)

2

N/A

N/A

2

38

Tier 3

Tier 3

40

Stetson U (FL)

N/A

N/A

N/A

2

48

48

47

50

Temple U (PA) 

0

-1

3

2

54

56

55

56

Tulane U (LA) 

2

-1

1

2

42

Tier 3

47

44

U Hawaii

N/A

N/A

-3

2

44

48

48

46

U Kansas 

4

0

-2

2

40

43

Tier 3

42

U South Carolina 

3

N/A

N/A

2

50

50

50

52

U Tennessee

0

0

2

2

62

62

62

64

Washington and Lee

0

0

2

2

53

56

55

54

American U (DC) 

3

-1

-1

1

63

66

67

64

Emory U (GA) 

3

1

-3

1

45

43

44

46

Indiana U-lndianapolis 

-2

1

2

1

53

54

55

54

Southern Methodist

1

1

-1

1

44

Tier 3

43

45

U Nebraska, Lincoln 

N/A

N/A

2

1

45

45

48

46

U New Mexico 

0

3

-2

1

50

52

51

50

U Cincinnati  (OH)

2

-1

-1

0

48

51

49

48

U Kentucky 

3

-2

-1

0

45

49

48

45

Villanova U (PA) 

4

-1

-3

0

53

52

52

52

U Connecticut 

-1

0

0

-1

38

Tier 3

Tier 3

36

Mercer U (GA) 

N/A

N/A

N/A

-2

58

56

60

56

U Colorado-Boulder 

-2

4

-4

-2

48

48

43

41

U Missouri, Columbia

0

-5

-2

-7

 




 
 




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