CHAPTER 0.1  
2009-2012: TOP FIFTY 


TOPICS

 
  • 2009-2012 Top 50 (Actually Top 49)        

 

 


2009-2012 THE TOP 50 

 

Some Invariants. Looking at the 2009-2012 Rankings, we see that the top law school (Yale), the top three law schools, the top four law schools, the top thirteen, the top fifteen, top seventeen, and the top nineteen have not changed; albeit the ordering of the law schools within these groups may have changed.

USNews RANK

 

USNews SCORE

2009

2010

2011

2012

LAW   SCHOOL

2009

2010

2011

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

1

1

Yale U (CT) 

100

100

100

100

2.5

2

2

2

Harvard U (MA) 

91

95

97

96

2.5

3

3

3

Stanford U (CA) 

91

93

93

94

4

4

4

4

Columbia U (NY) 

88

88

91

92

7.5

6.5

5

5

U Chicago (IL)

80

84

88

90

5

5

6

6

New York U 

85

87

87

89

10

9

9

7.5

U Michigan 

79

81

84

86

7.5

8

7.5

7.5

U Pennsylvania 

80

82

85

86

10

11

10

9.5

U Virginia 

79

80

83

85

6

6.5

7.5

9.5

UC Berkeley

81

84

85

85

12.5

11

11.5

11

Duke U (NC) 

77

80

82

83

10

11

11.5

12

Northwestern U (IL)

79

80

82

82

12.5

13

13

13

Cornell U (NY) 

77

78

78

80

14

14

14

14.5

Georgetown U (DC) 

74

75

77

77

16.5

15.5

15.5

14.5

U Texas, Austin 

71

74

76

77

16.5

15.5

15.5

16.5

UCLA

71

74

76

76

15

17

17

16.5

Vanderbilt U (TN) 

72

73

75

76

18

18

18

18.5

U Southern California

68

72

71

73

19

19

19

18.5

Washington U (MO)

67

69

70

73

20

28.5

20

20.5

George Washington

65

63

69

71

23

21

23.5

20.5

U MinnesotaTC

63

66

67

71

21

21

23.5

22

Boston U 

64

66

67

68

36.5

24

27

24.5

Indiana U, B

57

65

65

67

28

24

21

24.5

U IIlinois-UC

60

65

68

67

23

24

23.5

24.5

U Notre Dame (IN) 

63

65

67

67

44.5

36.5

30.5

24.5

UC Davis

54

61

63

67

26

26.5

30.5

28

Boston College

61

64

63

65

28

26.5

26

28

U Iowa 

60

64

66

65

30.5

28.5

30.5

28

William & Mary (VA)

59

63

63

65

23

21

23.5

32

Emory U (GA) 

63

66

67

64

28

32

35.5

32

Fordham U (NY) 

60

62

62

64

39.5

32

30.5

32

U North Carolina CH

56

62

63

64

30.5

32

35.5

32

U Washington 

59

62

62

64

25

32

35.5

32

Washington and Lee

62

62

62

64

33.5

36.5

35.5

36.5

Ohio SU

58

61

62

62

33.5

32

39.5

36.5

U Alabama 

58

62

60

62

33.5

36.5

30.5

36.5

U Georgia 

58

61

63

62

36.5

36.5

30.5

36.5

U Wisconsin

57

61

63

62

42.5

40

39.5

39

Wake Forest U (NC) 

55

59

60

61

53

56.5

39.5

40.5

Arizona SU

50

51

60

60

39.5

41.5

44

40.5

George Mason (VA) 

56

58

59

60

48

41.5

44

44

Brigham Young (UT)

53

58

59

59

39.5

43.5

44

44

U Arizona

56

57

59

59

42.5

43.5

49.5

44

U Maryland 

55

57

55

59

51

46.5

44

44

U Utah 

52

56

59

59

39.5

39

44

44

UC Hastings

56

60

59

59

44.5

46.5

49.5

48

Tulane U (LA) 

54

56

55

56

33.5

46.5

39.5

48

U Colorado-Boulder 

58

56

60

56

48

51

47

48

U Florida 

53

53

57

56





AVERAGE SCORES OF LAW SCHOOLS

 

LAW SCHOOL RANK       

2009

2010

2011

1012

 

 

 

 

 

Ranked 2-13

 82.25

 84.33

 86.25

 87.33

Ranked 14-25

 66.25

 68.92

 70.67

 71.92

Ranked 26-38

 58.85

 62.38

 63.00

 63.85

Ranked 39-50

 54.25

 56.42

 58.08

 58.17

Ranked 51-62

 48.33

 50.42

 51.08

 52.25

Ranked 63-74

 45.33

 47.08

 47.33

 49.00

Ranked 75-83

 42.78

 45.33

 46.22

 46.67





January 5, 2011

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