Law School Rankings These rankings represent a composite of the most popular ranking surveys in the U.S. and Canada including the Gourman Report, US News Academic, and US News Reputation surveys. All these rankings are approximate and subject to change. Please note. These rankings will change over time. (Column 1=sorted ranking, Column 2=actual average of all current and past published rankings). 1997 1987-96 SCHOOL 1 1.38 Harvard 2 1.63 Yale 3 3.03 Chicago 4 3.24 Michigan 5 3.64 Stanford 6 4.17 Columbia 7 7.33 California, Berkeley (Boalt) 8 8.88 New York University 9 9.43 Virginia 10 9.55 Pennsylvania 11 9.99 Duke 12 11.35 Cornell 13 14.44 Northwestern 14 14.68 Georgetown 15 15.71 Texas 16 16.00 UCLA 17 16.00 Vanderbilt 18 20.38 Minnesota 19 22.84 USC 20 23.08 North Carolina 21 23.21 Wisconsin 22 24.58 Boston University 23 24.78 Hastings 24 24.81 George Washington 25 25.40 Illinois 26 25.95 Iowa 27 26.29 Notre Dame 28 27.76 Washington 29 28.29 Boston College 30 29.83 Emory 31 30.16 California, Davis 32 32.39 Fordham 33 33.95 Tulane 34 33.99 Ohio State 35 34.50 Washington University 36 39.94 Georgia 37 42.64 William & Mary 38 42.80 Indiana 39 44.18 Hofstra University School of Law 40 45.16 Washington & Lee 41 45.36 Southern Methodist 42 46.26 Florida 43 47.59 Utah 44 48.90 Colorado 45 48.94 Brigham Young 46 55.23 Rutgers, Camden 47 55.68 Villanova 48 55.76 Arizona 49 56.80 Houston 50 58.28 Connecticut 51 59.00 Tennessee 52 59.17 Arizona State 53 59.86 Wake Forest 54 62.36 IIT Chicago Kent 55 - University of Missouri- Columbia 56 - University of Florida- Gainesville 57 - University of Maryland (Baltimore) 58 - Cardoza School of Law 56 - University of Pittsburg (Pittsburg) 60 - Case Western Reserve 61 - Rutgers University The State U. of New Jersey 62 - University of Santa Clara 63 - University of Kansas 64 - Villanova University 65 - Rutgers University The State U. of New Jersey (Camden) 66 - Pepperdine University 67 - University of Oregon 68 - Wayne State University (Michigan) 69 - Saint Louis University 70 - Saint John's University (N.Y) 71 - Brigham Young University 72 - Brooklyn Law School 73 - Williamette University 74 - Valparaiso University 75 - University of Colorado (Boulder) 76 - Loyola University (Chicago) 77 - Gonzaga University 78 - Southwestern University (Los Angeles) 79 - University of Detroit Mercy 80 - College of William & Mary 81 - Seton Hall University 82 - Golden Gate University 83 - Florida State University 84 - University of Oklahoma (Norman) 85 - De Paul University 86 - Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge) 87 - University of Connecticut (Hartford) 88 - University of Missouri (Kansas City) 89 - New York Law School 90 - University of Miami (Florida) 91 - Drake University 92 - University of Arizona (Tucson) 93 - Duquesne University 94 - Baylor University 95 - Arizona State University 96 - University of Louisville 97 - University of Cincinnati 98 - Dickinson School of Law 99 - University of Kentucky 100 - University of Mississippi University of Alabama University of Nebraska Detroit College of Law The University of Tulsa Washburn University of Topeka West Virginia University Texas Tech University Lewis & Clark College Southern Illinois University (Carbondale) Indiana University (Indianapolis) Wake Forest University Suffolk University (Massachusetts) Northeastern University (Massachusetts) Creighton University The John Marshall Law School New England School of Law California Western School of Law University of Tennessee (Knoxville) Mercer University Washington & Lee University University of South Carolina William Mitchell College of Law Thomas M. Cooley Law School The University of Akron University of Puget Sound Howard University (D.C.) University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) University of New Mexico (Albuquerque) University of Montana (Missoula) The Cleveland State University Capital University Hamline University (Minnesota) George Mason University University of Idaho Samford University (Cumberland) Oklahoma University Western New England College of Law (Massachusetts) Ohio Northern University University of Hawaii (Manoa) Delaware Law School of Widener College University of Richmond Memphis State University University of Dayton Franklin Pierce College University of Wyoming University of Baltimore Stetson University Nova University (Florida) University of Maine (Portland) Whittier College of Law (Los Angeles) St. Mary's University (Texas) Vermont Law School Loyola University (New Orleans) University of Toledo University of South Dakota University of Arkansas (Little Rock) Northern Illinois University Pace University (N.Y.) University of North Dakota Texas Southern University University of Puerto Rico South Texas College of Law Northern Kentucky University Bridgeport School of Law Catholic University of Puerto Rico North Carolina Central University Campbell University (North Carolina) Inter-American University of Puerto Rico Mississippi College School of Law Touro College of Law (N.Y.) Georgia State University (Atlanta) CUNY Law School at Queens College Southern University (Baton Rouge) Widener University at Harrisburg (Pennsylvania) District of Columbia School of Law These Canadian Law School rankings represent a composite of the most popular ranking surveys in the U.S. and Canada including the Gourman Report, US News Academic, and US News Reputation surveys. Please note. These rankings will change over time. 1997 SCHOOL 1 University of British Columbia 2 McGill University 3 York University 4 University of Ottawa 5 Dalhousie University 6 University of Manitoba 7 University of Alberta 8 Queen's University 9 University of Victoria 10 University of Windsor 11 University of Calgary 12 University of Western Ontario 13 University of Saskatchewan Copyright 2001 - Juristech Associates Ltd., all rights reserved (contact) created by c y b e r m m i