CHAPTER 0.06 
2012 RANKED AND ALPHABETIZED 

 


2012: THE190 LAW SCHOOLS
RANKED BY USNews
AND ALPHABETIZED 

USNews RANK

 

USNews SCORE

2009

2010

2011

2012

LAW   SCHOOL

2009

2010

2011

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

114.5

Albany LS

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

39

48

46.5

49.5

51.5

American U (DC) 

53

56

55

54

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Appalachian SL (VA)

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

53

56.5

39.5

40.5

Arizona SU

50

51

60

60

Tier 3

95.5

89

89

Arkansas-Fayetteville 

Tier 3

42

44

45

N/A

N/A

Tier 4

Tier 4

Atlanta'sJohn Marshall LS

N/A

N/A

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Ave Maria SL (FL) 

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Barry U (Fl) 

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

56.5

67.5

65

57.5

Baylor U (TX) 

49

48

49

52

26

26.5

30.5

28

Boston College

61

64

63

65

21

21

23.5

22

Boston U 

64

66

67

68

48

41.5

44

44

Brigham Young (UT)

53

58

59

59

64

62.5

69

68.5

Brooklyn LS (NY) 

47

49

48

49

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

California Western SL

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

144

Campbell U (NC) 

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

32

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Capital U (OH) 

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

64

56.5

57.5

63.5

Case Western  U

47

51

51

50

91

95.5

100

81

Catholic U Amer (DC)

41

42

42

46

Tier 3

Tier 3

95

105

Chapman U (CA) 

Tier 3

Tier 3

43

42

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

133

Cleveland SU (OH)

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

35

4

4

4

4

Columbia U (NY) 

88

88

91

92

12.5

13

13

13

Cornell U (NY) 

77

78

78

80

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

129

Creighton U (NE) 

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

36

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

123.5

CUNY Queens

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

37

91

90

100

89

DePaul U (lL) 

41

43

42

45

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

111

Drake U (lA) 

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

40

12.5

11

11.5

11

Duke U (NC) 

77

80

82

83

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Duquesne U (PA) 

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

23

21

23.5

32

Emory U (GA) 

63

66

67

64

N/A

N/A

Tier 4

Tier 4

Faulkner U (AL) 

N/A

N/A

Tier 4

Tier 4

N/A

N/A

Tier 4

Tier 4

Florida A&M (FAMU)

N/A

N/A

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Florida Coastal SL

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

133

Florida International U

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

35

56.5

53

54.5

51.5

Florida SU 

49

52

52

54

28

32

35.5

32

Fordham U (NY) 

60

62

62

64

39.5

41.5

44

40.5

George Mason (VA) 

56

58

59

60

20

28.5

20

20.5

George Washington

65

63

69

71

14

14

14

14.5

Georgetown U (DC) 

74

75

77

77

79

67.5

61.5

63,5

Georgia SU 

43

48

50

50

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Golden Gate U (CA)

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

123.5

Gonzaga U (WA) 

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

37

Tier 3

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Hamline U

Tier 3

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

2.5

2

2

2

Harvard U (MA) 

91

95

97

96

99

101

89

89

Hofstra U (NY) 

39

40

44

45

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

123.5

Howard U (DC) 

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

37

66.5

80.5

82.5

63.5

IIT (Chicago-Kent) 

46

45

45

50

36.5

24

27

24.5

Indiana U, B

57

65

65

67

70

90

89

81

Indiana U-lndianapolis 

45

43

44

46

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

141

John Marshall (IL)

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

33

74.5

62.5

65

68.5

Lewis & Clark C (OR)

44

49

49

49

N/A

N/A

N/A

Tier 4

Liberty U

N/A

N/A

N/A

Tier 4

91

75.5

82.5

89

Louisiana SU

41

46

45

45

64

72.5

57.5

54.5

Loyola Marymount (CA)

47

47

51

53

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

144

Loyola New Orleans 

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

32

84.5

90

78.5

73.5

Loyola U Chicago 

42

43

46

48

96.5

90

Tier 3

97

Marquette U (WI) 

40

43

Tier 3

44

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

129

Mercer U (GA) 

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

36

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

97

Michigan State U 

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

44

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Mississippi C

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

N Caroline Central U

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

New England SL (MA)

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

137

New York LS

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

34

5

5

6

6

New York U 

85

87

87

89

91

95.5

89

73.5

Northeastern U (MA) 

41

42

44

48

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Northern Illinois U

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Northern Kentucky U

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

10

11

11.5

12

Northwestern U (IL)

79

80

82

82

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Nova Southeastern U

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

137

Ohio Northern U 

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

34

33.5

36.5

35.5

36.5

Ohio SU

58

61

62

62

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Oklahoma City U

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 3

Tier 4

Tier 3

118.5

Pace U (NY) 

Tier 3

Tier 4

Tier 3

38

79

67.5

74.5

60

Pennsylvania SU

43

48

47

51

60.5

56.5

52.5

54.5

Pepperdine U (CA) 

48

51

53

53

N/A

N/A

Tier 4

Tier 4

Phoenix SL

N/A

N/A

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

108

Quinnipiac U CT

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

41

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Regent U (VA)

Tier 4

Tier 4

New

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Roger Williams U (RI)

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

79

80.5

82.5

89

Rutgers- Camden 

43

45

45

45

79

90

82.5

89

Rutgers-Newark 

43

43

45

45

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

129

Samford U (AL) 

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

36

79

85.5

95

89

Santa Clara U (CA) 

43

44

43

45

84.5

80.5

89

89

Seattle U 

42

45

44

45

66.5

80.5

74.5

63,5

Seton Hall U (NJ) 

46

45

47

50

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

South Texas CL

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Southern Illinois U

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

48

49.5

49.5

51.5

Southern Methodist

53

54

55

54

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Southern U (LA)

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 3

Tier 3

123.5

Southwestern U LC (CA) 

Tier 4

Tier 3

Tier 3

37

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

St Mary's U (TX)

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

St Thomas U (FL)

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

91

90

74.5

97

St. John's U (NY) 

41

43

47

44

96.5

95.5

Tier 3

105

St. Louis U (MO)

40

42

Tier 3

42

2.5

3

3

3

Stanford U (CA) 

91

93

93

94

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

111

Stetson U (FL)

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

40

Tier 3

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Suffolk U (MA) 

Tier 3

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

102

85.5

Tier 3

89

SUNY Buffalo 

38

44

Tier 3

45

102

Tier 3

89

101.5

Syracuse U (NY) 

38

Tier 3

44

43

60.5

67.5

74.5

63.5

Temple U (PA) 

48

48

47

50

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 3

Tier 4

Texas Southern U 

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 3

Tier 4

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

118.5

Texas Tech U 

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

38

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Texas Wesleyan U

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Thomas Jefferson SL

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Thoms M Cooley (LS)

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Touro C (NY)

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

44.5

46.5

49.5

48

Tulane U (LA) 

54

56

55

56

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

129

U Akron (OH) 

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

36

33.5

32

39.5

36.5

U Alabama 

58

62

60

62

39.5

43.5

44

44

U Arizona

56

57

59

59

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

137

U Arkansas-Little Rock 

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

34

Tier 3

Tier 4

Tier 3

118.5

U Baltimore  (MD)

Tier 3

Tier 4

Tier 3

38

7.5

6.5

5

5

U Chicago (IL)

80

84

88

90

53

53

57.5

63,5

U Cincinnati 

50

52

51

50

33.5

46.5

39.5

48

U Colorado-Boulder 

58

56

60

56

48

53

54.5

57.5

U Connecticut 

53

52

52

52

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

U Dayton (OH)

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

91

80.5

82.5

77.5

U Denver (CO) 

41

45

45

47

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

U Detroit Mercy

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

U District Columbia

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

48

51

47

48

U Florida 

53

53

57

56

33.5

36.5

30.5

36.5

U Georgia 

58

61

63

62

84.5

Tier 3

74.5

97

U Hawaii

42

Tier 3

47

44

56.5

59.5

61.5

57.5

U Houston (TX)

49

50

50

52

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

129

U Idaho 

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

36

28

24

21

24.5

U IIlinois-UC

60

65

68

67

28

26.5

26

28

U Iowa 

60

64

66

65

74.5

67.5

69

81

U Kansas 

44

48

48

46

60.5

56.5

65

73.5

U Kentucky 

48

51

49

48

Tier 3

98.5

Tier 3

101.5

U Louisville (KY) 

Tier 3

41

Tier 3

43

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

123.5

U Maine 

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

37

42.5

43.5

49.5

44

U Maryland 

55

57

55

59

Tier 4

Tier 3

Tier 3

141

U Memphis (TN) 

Tier 4

Tier 3

Tier 3

33

84.5

72.5

61.5

77.5

U Miami (FL)

42

47

50

47

10

9

9

7.5

U Michigan 

79

81

84

86

23

21

23.5

20.5

U MinnesotaTC

63

66

67

71

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

108

U Mississippi 

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

41

60.5

67.5

95

108

U Missouri, Columbia

48

48

43

41

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

114.5

U Missouri-Kansas C

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

39

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

133

U Montana 

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

35

74.5

Tier 3

95

89

U Nebraska, Lincoln 

44

Tier 3

43

45

91

75.5

78.5

73.5

U Nevada, Las Vegas

41

46

46

48

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

144

U New Hampshire

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

32

70

80.5

69

81

U New Mexico 

45

45

48

46

39.5

32

30.5

32

U North Carolina CH

56

62

63

64

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 4

Tier 4

U North Dakota

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 4

Tier 4

23

24

23.5

24.5

U Notre Dame (IN) 

63

65

67

67

70

72.5

74.5

73.5

U Oklahoma

45

47

47

48

84.5

80.5

82.5

81

U Oregon 

42

45

45

46

96.5

Tier 3

100

101.5

U Pacific (CA) 

40

Tier 3

42

43

7.5

8

7.5

7.5

U Pennsylvania 

80

82

85

86

74.5

72.5

69

73.5

U Pittsburgh 

44

47

48

48

70

80.5

89

68.5

U Richmond (VA) 

45

45

44

49

84.5

62.5

57.5

68.5

U San Diego (CA)

42

49

51

49

Tier 3

98.5

100

101.5

U San Francisco (CA)

Tier 3

41

42

43

96.5

87.5

Tier 3

105

U South Carolina 

40

43

Tier 3

42

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 4

Tier 4

U South Dakota 

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 4

Tier 4

18

18

18

18.5

U Southern California

68

72

71

73

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

137

U St. Thomas (MN) 

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

34

53

59.5

61.5

57.5

U Tennessee

50

50

50

52

16.5

15.5

15.5

14.5

U Texas, Austin 

71

74

76

77

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 4

U Toledo (OH) 

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 3

111

U Tulsa (OK) 

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 3

40

51

46.5

44

44

U Utah 

52

56

59

59

10

11

10

9.5

U Virginia 

79

80

83

85

30.5

32

35.5

32

U Washington 

59

62

62

64

36.5

36.5

30.5

36.5

U Wisconsin

57

61

63

62

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

114.5

U Wyoming 

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

39

6

6.5

7.5

9.5

UC Berkeley

81

84

85

85

44.5

36.5

30.5

24.5

UC Davis

54

61

63

67

39.5

39

44

44

UC Hastings

56

60

59

59

16.5

15.5

15.5

16.5

UCLA

71

74

76

76

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 3

Tier 4

Valparaiso U (IN)

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 3

Tier 4

15

17

17

16.5

Vanderbilt U (TN) 

72

73

75

76

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

118.5

Vermont LS

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

38

70

62.5

69

89

Villanova U (PA) 

45

49

48

45

42.5

40

39.5

39

Wake Forest U (NC) 

55

59

60

61

Tier 4

Tier 4

Ter 3

141

Washburn U (KS) 

Tier 4

Tier 4

Ter 3

33

25

32

35.5

32

Washington and Lee

62

62

62

64

19

19

19

18.5

Washington U (MO)

67

69

70

73

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

123.5

Wayne State U (MI) 

Tier 3

Tier 3

Tier 3

37

Tier 3

Tier 3

95

97

West Virginia U 

Tier 3

Tier 3

43

44

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Western New England

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

N/A

N/A

Tier 4

Tier 4

Western State U (CA)

N/A

N/A

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Whittier C (CA)

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Widener U (DE)

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 4

Tier 3

Tier 4

Tier 3

114.5

Willamete (U (OR)

Tier 3

Tier 4

Tier 3

39

30.5

28.5

30.5

28

William & Mary (VA)

59

63

63

65

Tier 4

Tier 3

100

137

William Mitchell (MN) 

Tier 4

Tier 3

42

34

1

1

1

1

Yale U (CT) 

100

100

100

100

56.5

49.5

52.5

51.5

Yeshiva-Cardozo (NY) 

49

54

53

54





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