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Ranking of Top Law Schools 2012-2014 By US News & World Report ( USN&WR ) [2012, 2013 & 2014 Editions] Compiled by George D. Wilson Robert Crown Law Library Research Paper No. 31 April 2013 Robert Crown Law Library Legal Research Paper Series Robert Crown Law Library Crown Quadrangle Stanford, California 94305-8612

U.S. News & World Report: Latest 2014 Highlights Stanford was ranked #2 overall, tied with Harvard, and Yale was still #1. Adjustments: Harvard moved up from #3 to #2 Michigan moved up from #10 to #9 Berkeley fell from #7 to #9 Georgetown & Cornell swapped places (to #14 & #13 respectively) Texas & Vanderbilt moved up #16 to #15 UCLA fell from #15 to #17 Wash. Univ. St. Louis moved up from #23 to #19 Alabama moved up from #29 to #21 Geo. Washington fell from #20 to #21 Washington fell from #20 to #28 Emory moved up from #24 to #23 Notre Dame fell from #22 to #23 Indiana moved up from #26 to #25 The top 25: Yale #1 Stanford #2 Harvard #2 Columbia #4 Chicago #4 NYU #6 Pennsylvania & Virginia tied for #7 Berkeley & Michigan tied for #9 Duke #11 Northwestern #12 Cornell #13 Georgetown #14 Texas & Vanderbilt tied for #15 UCLA #17 USC #18 Minnesota & Wash. Univ. St. Louis tied for #19 Geo. Washington & Alabama tied for #21 Emory & Notre Dame tied for #23 Indiana #25 Specialty Areas: Of the 10 law specialty areas this year, Stanford ranked as follows: IP Law #2 (same as last year); Environmental Law #15 (#13 last year); Clinical Training #8 (#9 last year); and International Law #13 (#12 last year). Stanford was not ranked among the top schools in Dispute Resolution (#18 last year), Healthcare Law, Legal Writing, Tax Law (#17 last year), and Trial Advocacy, and it is not included in Part-Time Law. Law School Diversity: Stanford was #17 on the Diversity Index (0.59, Hispanic, 13%), behind only Berkeley and Cornell in terms of other top-tier schools. 2

U.S. News & World Report Top 25 Law Schools - Ranked by Overall Scores 2014* 1 Yale 2 Stanford 2 Harvard 4 Columbia 4 Chicago 6 NYU 7 Virginia Pennsylvania 9 Michigan Berkeley 11 Duke 12 Northwestern 13 Cornell 14 Georgetown 15 Vanderbilt Texas 17 UCLA 18 USC 19 Washington Univ. St. Louis Minnesota 21 George Washington Alabama 23 Notre Dame Emory 25 Indiana *Released in March 2013 3

U.S. News & World Report Top 25 Law Schools - Ranked by Overall Scores 2013* 1 Yale 2 Stanford 3 Harvard 4 Columbia 5 Chicago 6 NYU 7 Virginia Pennsylvania Berkeley 10 Michigan 11 Duke 12 Northwestern 13 Georgetown 14 Cornell 15 UCLA 16 Vanderbilt Texas 18 USC 19 Minnesota 20 Washington George Washington 22 Notre Dame 23 Washington Univ. St. Louis 24 Washington and Lee *Released in March 2012 Emory 4

U.S. News & World Report Top 25 Law Schools - Ranked by Overall Scores 2012* 1 Yale 2 Harvard 3 Stanford 4 Columbia 5 Chicago 6 NYU 7 Michigan Pennsylvania 9 Berkeley Virginia 11 Duke 12 Northwestern 13 Cornell 14 Georgetown Texas 16 UCLA Vanderbilt 18 USC Washington Univ. St. Louis 20 George Washington Minnesota 22 Boston Univ. 23 Indiana UC Davis Illinois Notre Dame *Released in March 2011 5

Law School Comparisons Top 11 Schools From U.S. News and World Reports Overall Score 1991-2014 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999/ 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2000 Stanford 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 Berkeley 12 12 12 10 8 12 9 7 10 8 9 7 10 13 11 8 8 6 6 7 9 7 9 Chicago 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 5 5 5 4 Columbia 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 Duke 9 9 9 7 8 10 10 8 8 10 10 12 12 10 11 11 10 12 10 11 11 11 11 Harvard 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 Michigan 6 6 7 8 8 7 7 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 7 10 9 NYU 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 Penn. 10 10 11 9 11 8 11 8 12 13 10 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 8 7 7 7 7 Virginia 8 8 8 14 7 9 8 8 7 8 7 7 9 9 8 8 10 9 10 10 9 7 7 Yale 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 6

Law School Comparisons From U.S. News and World Reports Stanford, Harvard & Yale Scores: 1991-2014 7

Diversity Index [top percentages]: 2008-2014 [1.0 = highest; largest minority] School Name 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Largest Minority % (2014) Hawaii 0.52 0.54 0.52 0.73 0.76 0.74 Multiracial 30% Tex. Southern Univ. 0.65 0.67 0.65 0.64 0.68 0.67 0.68 African-American 45% Florida Intl. Univ. 0.58 0.59 0.60 0.60 0.64 0.64 0.62 Hispanic 45% St. Thomas 0.58 0.58 0.58 0.62 0.63 0.64 Hispanic 41% Florida A&M Univ. 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.66 0.64 0.61 African-American 55% CUNY 0.57 0.60 0.62 Hispanic 18% Berkeley 0.52 0.53 0.58 0.60 0.62 Asian-American 17% Cornell 0.53 0.52 0.57 0.60 0.60 Asian-American 15% Rutgers 0.54 0.56 0.60 0.60 African-American 13% Univ. of San Francisco 0.54 0.56 0.55 0.54 0.56 0.60 0.63 Asian-American 14% USC 0.58 0.57 0.59 0.58 0.60 0.59 0.59 Asian-American 19% Western State Univ. 0.52 0.53 0.57 0.59 Hispanic 17% Whittier 0.58 0.67 Asian-American 15% Santa Clara 0.57 0.57 0.57 0.58 0.59 0.58 0.61 Asian-American 21% Stanford 0.51 0.53 0.55 0.56 0.55 0.58 0.59 Hispanic 13% UC Hastings 0.53 0.58 0.61 Hispanic 21% Northwestern 0.54 0.56 0.60 0.57 0.59 0.58 Asian-American 19% New Mexico 0.61 0.60 0.61 0.60 0.58 0.58 0.58 Hispanic 28% Southern Univ. 0.51 0.52 0.60 0.58 African-American 54% UC Irvine 0.57 0.62 Asian-American 23% Loyola Marymount 0.57 0.57 0.59 0.56 0.57 Asian-American 19% Atlanta John Marshall 0.56 0.59 African-American 26% American 0.53 0.51 0.54 0.56 0.58 0.55 Hispanic 16% Columbia 0.54 0.55 Asian-American 17% Southwestern 0.54 0.53 0.53 0.54 0.55 0.55 0.57 Hispanic 17% U. District of Colum. 0.63 African-American 32% La Verne 0.59 Hispanic 24% Thos. Jefferson 0.57 Hispanic 16% UC Davis 0.57 Asian-American 25% NC Central 0.56 African-American 49% Phoenix 0.56 Hispanic 17% 8

Specialty Programs 2014 Clinical Training 1. Georgetown 2. American 3. NYU 4. CUNY-Long Island 5. Maryland 6. Michigan 7. Yale 8. Stanford 9. Washington Univ. St. Louis 10. Univ. of D.C. 11. New Mexico 12. Harvard 13. Northwestern Berkeley 15. Denver 16. Fordham 17. Columbia Northeastern Seattle Suffolk Tennessee-Knoxville Washington 23. Boston College Irvine William Mitchell 9

Specialty Programs 2014 Environmental Law 1. Vermont 2. Lewis and Clark 3. Pace Berkeley 5. Colorado 6. Tulane Maryland 8. Oregon 9. Georgetown 10. Duke NYU 12. George Washington Florida Utah 15. Stanford 16. Florida State 17. Denver 18. Harvard UCLA 20. Columbia Vanderbilt 22. Washington Yale 24. North Carolina Minnesota Intellectual Property 1. Berkeley 2. Stanford 3. Santa Clara 4. George Washington 5. Yeshiva 6. NYU 7. Houston 8. American 9. New Hampshire 10. Boston Univ. 11. Illinois Inst. of Technology 12. John Marshall 13. Columbia 14. Georgetown 15. Drake Duke 17. Harvard Washington 19. Michigan 20. DePaul Indiana Michigan State Pennsylvania 24. Fordham 25. Irvine 10

Specialty Programs 2014 International Law 1. NYU 2. Harvard 3. Georgetown 4. Columbia 5. American Berkeley 7. George Washington 8. Yale 9. Michigan 10. Duke UCLA 12. Virginia 13. Stanford Case Western Temple 16. Chicago Georgia 18. Texas 19. Cornell Minnesota Pacific 22. Washington Univ. St. Louis Tax Law 1. NYU 2. Georgetown 3. Florida 4. Northwestern 5. Miami USC 7. Boston Univ. Loyola Marymount Virginia 10. UCLA Washington 12. Harvard 13. Columbia 14. Michigan San Diego 16. Boston College 17. Hastings 18. Houston 11

Specialty Programs 2014 Dispute Resolution 1. Pepperdine 2. Harvard 3. Missouri 4. Hamline 5. Ohio State 6. Yeshiva 7. Oregon 8. Marquette 9. Hastings 10. Willamette 11. UNLV 12. Fordham Quinnipiac Suffolk Healthcare Law 1. St. Louis 2. Boston Univ. 3. Georgia State 4. Maryland 5. Case Western 6. Seton Hall 7. Loyola Chicago 8. Houston 9. Georgetown 10. Indiana - Indianapolis 11. Minnesota 12. Harvard 13. Pittsburgh 14. Drexel 15. Washington 16. Hamline Northeastern Wake Forest 12

Specialty Programs 2014 Legal Writing 1. Seattle 2. John Marshall 3. Mercer UNLV 5. Arizona State Stetson Suffolk Temple Oregon 10. Indiana-Indianapolis 11. Duquesne Denver Washburn 14. Drexel Northwestern 15. Rutgers Trial Advocacy 1. Stetson 2. Temple 3. Baylor 4. Northwestern 5. Illinois Inst. of Technology Pacific 6. Loyola Marymount 7. South Texas 8. Georgetown 9. Denver Washington Univ. St. Louis 13

Specialty Programs 2014 Part-Time Law 1. Georgetown 2. George Washington 3. Fordham 4. George Mason 5. Connecticut 6. Loyola Marymount Loyola Chicago Maryland 9. Lewis & Clark 10. American San Diego 12. Temple Denver Yeshiva 15. SMU 16. Georgia State Houston 18. Catholic Marquette 20. Seattle 21. Brooklyn Illinois Inst. of Technology Rutgers 24. Seton Hall UNLV 14

Specialty Programs 2013 Clinical Training 1. Georgetown 2. American 3. NYU 4. CUNY-Queens College 5. Maryland 6. Washington Univ. St. Louis 7. New Mexico 8. Yale 9. Stanford 10. Univ. of DC 11. Tennessee-Knoxville 12. Denver Northwestern 14. Michigan 15. Fordham Harvard 17. UCLA 18. Northeastern 19. Seattle 20. Catholic 23. Columbia Berkeley Baltimore Washington Vermont Case Western 15

Specialty Programs 2013 Environmental Law 1. Vermont 2. Lewis and Clark 3. Pace 4. Berkeley 5. Colorado 6. Oregon 7. Tulane 8. Florida State 9. Duke Florida 11. Maryland Georgetown 13. Stanford 15. UCLA 16. George Washington 17. Denver 19. Harvard Washington Columbia 22. Minnesota Intellectual Property 1. Berkeley 2. Stanford 3. George Washington 4. Houston 5. NYU 6. Columbia Santa Clara 8. Boston Univ. Duke New Hampshire 11. Yeshiva 12. Fordham 13. Harvard 14. Illinois Inst. of Technology 15. Washington 17. UCLA John Marshall 19. American 16

Specialty Programs 2013 International Law 1. NYU 2. Columbia 3. Georgetown 4. Harvard 5. Yale 6. American George Washington 8. Berkeley 9. Michigan 10. Virginia 11. Case Western 12. Stanford Duke 14. Temple Cornell Miami 17. Northwestern Minnesota Pennsylvania Univ. of the Pacific Tax Law 1. NYU 2. Florida 3. Georgetown 4. Northwestern 5. Harvard 6. Virginia UCLA Boston Univ. 9. Miami 10. Loyola Marymount 11. Michigan 12. Columbia USC 14. Boston College Texas San Diego 17. Stanford Villanova 20. Chicago 21. Indiana Denver 23. Duke Florida State 17

Specialty Programs 2013 Dispute Resolution 1. Pepperdine 2. Harvard 3. Hamline Missouri 5. Ohio State 6. Oregon 7. Marquette Yeshiva 9. Hastings 10. UNLV 11. Fordham 18. Stanford Arizona State Quinnipiac Suffolk Healthcare Law 1. St. Louis 2. Georgia State 3. Maryland 4. Loyola Chicago 5. Boston Univ. Seton Hall 7. Georgetown 8. Case Western Houston 10. Minnesota 18

Specialty Programs 2013 Legal Writing 1. Seattle 2. Mercer 3. Stetson 4. UNLV 5. Oregon 6. Duquesne John Marshall 8. Arizona State 9. Indiana-Indianapolis Suffolk Temple Arkansas-Little Rock 13. Drexel Univ. of the Pacific 15. Rutgers-Camden Denver 17. Illinois Inst. of Technology Lewis & Clark 19. Drake Brooklyn 21. Tennessee-Knoxville Loyola Marymount Dayton Trial Advocacy 1. Stetson 2. Temple 3. Illinois Inst. of Technology 4. Samford 5. Baylor South Texas 7. Loyola Marymount 8. NYU Northwestern Maryland 11. Georgetown Denver Akron 19

Specialty Programs 2013 Part-Time Law 1. Georgetown 2. George Washington 3. Brooklyn 4. Yeshiva 5. Fordham 6. American 7. Temple 8. George Mason 9. Rutgers Maryland 11. Houston 12. Illinois Inst. of Technology 13. Hofstra Seattle Connecticut Denver San Diego 18. Loyola Marymount 19. Marquette Rutgers SMU 22. UNLV 23. Lewis & Clark Seton Hall Hawaii Univ. of San Francisco Univ. of the Pacific 27. Catholic St. Louis 29. Georgia State Michigan State Wayne State 32. St. John s 33. Loyola Chicago Stetson 35. Hamline Toledo 38. Cleveland State Quinnipiac 40. Chapman Mississippi College 42. Duquesne Missouri-Kansas City 20

Specialty Programs 2012 Clinical Training 1. Georgetown 2. American 3. CUNY 4. NYU 5. Washington Univ. St. Louis 6. Maryland 7. New Mexico 8. Yale 9. Stanford 10. Michigan 11. Univ. of DC 12. Tennessee-Knoxville 13. Fordham Berkeley 15. Columbia 16. UCLA 17. Catholic George Washington Northwestern Denver 21

Specialty Programs 2012 Environmental Law 1. Vermont 2. Lewis and Clark 3. Pace 4. Berkeley 5. Colorado 6. Florida State 7. Maryland 8. Stanford Tulane Oregon 11. Georgetown Intellectual Property 1. Berkeley 2. Stanford 3. George Washington 4. New Hampshire 5. Yeshiva 6. Houston 7. Boston Univ. 8. Columbia NYU Santa Clara 11. Duke 12. Fordham 13. Harvard Pennsylvania 22

Specialty Programs 2012 International Law 1. NYU 2. Harvard 3. Georgetown 4. Columbia 5. American George Washington Yale 8. Berkeley 9. Michigan Tax Law 1. NYU 2. Florida 3. Georgetown 4. Northwestern 5. Miami 6. Harvard 7. UCLA 8. Virginia 9. Boston Univ. 10. Columbia Loyola Marymount Stanford Texas 23

Specialty Programs 2012 Dispute Resolution 1. Pepperdine 2. Harvard 3. Hamline 4. Missouri 5. Ohio State 6. Marquette Yeshiva 8. Oregon 9. UNLV 10. Hastings Healthcare Law 1. St. Louis 2. Boston Univ. 3. Maryland 4. Loyola Chicago 5. Georgia State 6. Seton Hall Houston 8. Case Western 9. Georgetown 10. Minnesota 11. Indiana-Indianapolis 24

Specialty Programs 2012 Legal Writing 1. Mercer 2. Seattle 3. Stetson 4. UNLV 5. Oregon 6. John Marshall 7. Temple 8. Indiana-Indianapolis 9. Ohio State 10. Arizona State Duquesne Illinois Inst. of Technology 13. Suffolk Washburn Dayton Trial Advocacy 1. Stetson 2. Temple 3. Baylor 4. Illinois Inst. of Technology 5. Loyola Marymount Samford 7. South Texas 8. Akron Maryland 25

Specialty Programs 2012 Part-Time Law 1. Georgetown 2. Fordham 3. George Washington 4. Yeshiva 5. American Brooklyn 7. George Mason 8. Houston Maryland 10. Temple 11. Illinois Inst. of Technology 12. San Diego 13. Rutgers-Camden Denver 15. Michigan State 16. Loyola Chicago Marquette 18. Connecticut 19. Rutgers-Newark 20. Catholic Georgia State Seattle SMU Univ. of San Francisco 25. St. John s 26. Hawaii UNLV 28. DePaul St. Louis 30. Hofstra Loyola Marymount 32. Lewis & Clark Wayne State 34. Chapman Seton Hall 36. Cleveland State Stetson 38. Louisville Univ. of the Pacific 40. California Western Florida International Southwestern 26