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LAW SCHOOL RANKINGS:
2000-PRESENT
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THE TOP FORTY LAW SCHOOLS OF THE NEW MILLENIUM
QUASI-INVARIANTS WITHIN THE TOP FORTY
MOVING UP AND MOVING DOWN WITHIN THE TOP FORTY
LAW SCHOOLS BUBBLING UNDER THE TOP FORTY LAW
SCHOOLS OF THE NEW MILLENIUM
RANKING THE TOP FIVE STATE LAW SCHOOLS |
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THE U.S. NEWS TOP LAW SCHOOLS
THE TOP FORTY LAW SCHOOLS OF THE NEW MILLENIUM |
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See the LAW SCHOOL RANKINGS BEFORE THE YEAR 2000.
The Rank Average (last column) is the average of the eight rankings from April 2000 to April 2007.
The color coding tells us, for example, that, at least since April 2000, the law schools ranked two or three have been Stanford or Harvard. |
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USN |
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April |
April |
April |
April |
April |
April |
April |
April |
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Rank |
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Rank |
LAW SCHOOL |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
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Average |
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1 |
Yale U (CT) |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
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1.00 |
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2 |
Stanford U (CA) |
2.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
2.0 |
2.5 |
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2.31 |
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3 |
Harvard U (MA) |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
3.0 |
2.5 |
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2.69 |
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4 |
Columbia U (NY) |
5.0 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
4.5 |
5.0 |
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4.31 |
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5 |
New York U |
4.0 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
4.5 |
4.0 |
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4.69 |
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6 |
U Chicago |
6.0 |
6.0 |
6.0 |
6.0 |
6.0 |
6.0 |
6.0 |
6.5 |
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6.06 |
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7 |
U Michigan |
7.0 |
7.5 |
8.5 |
7.5 |
7.5 |
8.5 |
9.0 |
8.5 |
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8.00 |
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8 |
U Virginia |
8.5 |
7.5 |
8.5 |
9.0 |
9.0 |
8.5 |
9.0 |
10.5 |
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8.81 |
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9 |
U Pennsylvania |
12.5 |
10.5 |
8.5 |
7.5 |
7.5 |
7.0 |
7.0 |
6.5 |
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8.38 |
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10 |
UC Berkeley |
8.5 |
9.0 |
8.5 |
10.5 |
13.0 |
12.0 |
9.0 |
8.5 |
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9.88 |
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11 |
Duke U (NC) |
10.5 |
10.5 |
12.0 |
12.5 |
10.5 |
12.0 |
11.0 |
10.5 |
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11.19 |
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12 |
Northwestern U (IL) |
12.5 |
13.0 |
11.0 |
12.5 |
10.5 |
10.0 |
12.0 |
12.0 |
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11.69 |
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13 |
Cornell U (NY) |
10.5 |
12.0 |
13.0 |
10.5 |
12.0 |
12.0 |
13.0 |
13.0 |
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12.00 |
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14 |
Georgetown U (DC) |
14.0 |
14.0 |
14.0 |
14.0 |
14.0 |
14.0 |
14.0 |
14.0 |
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14.00 |
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15 |
U Texas, Austin |
15.0 |
15.0 |
15.0 |
15.0 |
15.0 |
15.5 |
16.0 |
18.0 |
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15.56 |
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16 |
UCLA |
16.0 |
16.0 |
16.0 |
16.0 |
16.0 |
15.5 |
15.0 |
15.0 |
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15.69 |
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17 |
Vanderbilt U (TN) |
18.0 |
17.0 |
17.0 |
17.0 |
17.0 |
17.0 |
17.5 |
16.5 |
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17.13 |
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18 |
U Southern California |
17.0 |
18.0 |
19.5 |
18.0 |
18.0 |
18.0 |
17.5 |
16.6 |
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17.83 |
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19 |
U Minnesota, TC |
19.0 |
19.0 |
19.5 |
19.5 |
19.0 |
19.0 |
20.0 |
20.5 |
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19.44 |
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20 |
Washington and Lee U |
20.0 |
20.5 |
19.5 |
19.5 |
24.5 |
22.5 |
23.5 |
26.0 |
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22.00 |
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21 |
U Iowa |
21.0 |
20.5 |
19.5 |
21.0 |
24.5 |
22.5 |
23.5 |
24.0 |
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22.06 |
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22 |
George Washington U |
24.0 |
24.5 |
27.5 |
23.0 |
21.0 |
20.5 |
20.0 |
22.5 |
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22.88 |
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23 |
Washington U, St. Louis |
30.0 |
29.0 |
27.5 |
25.5 |
21.0 |
24.5 |
20.0 |
19.0 |
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24.56 |
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24 |
U Notre Dame (IN) |
27.0 |
29.0 |
24.0 |
23.0 |
21.0 |
24.5 |
23.5 |
29.0 |
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25.13 |
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25 |
Boston College |
24.0 |
22.0 |
22.5 |
23.0 |
29.5 |
29.0 |
29.0 |
29.0 |
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26.00 |
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26 |
Boston U |
33.5 |
29.0 |
27.5 |
29.0 |
24.5 |
20.5 |
23.5 |
20.5 |
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26.00 |
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27 |
U Illinois, UC |
24.0 |
24.5 |
27.5 |
25.5 |
27.5 |
26.0 |
29.0 |
26.0 |
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26.25 |
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28 |
Emory U (GA) |
27.0 |
29.0 |
22.5 |
27.0 |
24.5 |
33.0 |
26.0 |
22.5 |
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26.44 |
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29 |
U North Carolina |
22.0 |
24.5 |
31.0 |
29.0 |
27.5 |
29.0 |
29.0 |
39.5 |
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28.94 |
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30 |
C William and Mary |
30.0 |
34.5 |
33.5 |
29.0 |
29.5 |
29.0 |
29.0 |
32.0 |
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30.81 |
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31 |
U Washington |
27.0 |
24.5 |
27.5 |
47.0 |
35.5 |
29.0 |
29.0 |
29.0 |
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31.06 |
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32 |
Fordham U (NY) |
33.5 |
32.5 |
33.5 |
33.0 |
35.5 |
29.0 |
32.5 |
26.0 |
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31.94 |
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33 |
U Wisconsin, Madison |
36.0 |
36.5 |
27.5 |
33.0 |
31.5 |
33.0 |
32.5 |
32.0 |
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32.75 |
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34 |
U Georgia |
30.0 |
29.0 |
33.5 |
33.0 |
31.5 |
37.0 |
35.0 |
39.5 |
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33.56 |
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35 |
UC Davis |
41.5 |
32.5 |
33.5 |
33.0 |
33.0 |
33.0 |
35.0 |
34.5 |
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34.50 |
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36 |
Brigham Young U (UT) |
33.5 |
38.5 |
37.5 |
33.0 |
35.5 |
35.0 |
35.0 |
44.5 |
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36.56 |
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37 |
Wake Forest U (NC) |
38.5 |
34.5 |
36.0 |
36.0 |
35.5 |
37.0 |
39.5 |
39.5 |
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37.06 |
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38 |
UC Hastings |
33.5 |
36.5 |
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