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This page features U.S. law school rankings from various reputable sources, and also a final ranking based on all of these sources.
Scroll down to see a collection of top law school lists. The first ranking report was compiled by USlearning.net. On this list, schools are ranked based entirely on the percentage of graduates who earn at least $160,000 a year at jobs that require passing the bar exam.
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There are many Law School rankings lists, and many ways to rank law schools. Common measuring systems for top law schools involve LSAT scores, affordability, range of programs, bar pass rates, employment rates, and other factors.
The following law school rankings list of the 50 Top Law Schools from US Learning.net ranks top law schools based on the bottom line: by the percentage of graduates who either secure long term federal clerkships, or who earn starting salaries of at least $160,000 per year at big law firms. These are the most coveted legal careers.
Roughly half of American law school grads who passed the bar report earning annual salaries between $40,000 and $65,000.
The info for the following law school rankings list was obtained from the American Bar Association (ABA).
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law school rankings
RANK SCHOOL CITY % > $160K SPECIALTY
- University
of Chicago Chicago, IL 80
- Columbia
University NYC, NY 77 high racial & ethnic diversity
- University
of Pennsylvania Philadelphia 75
- Stanford
University Stanford 73
- Duke
University Durham 68 international / environmental / public
- Harvard
University Cambridge 68
- University
of Virginia Charlottesville 68
- Northwestern
University Chicago 67
- Yale
University New Haven 66
- NYU NYC 65 international
/ tax law
- Cornell
University Ithaca 62 pro bono work
- University
of Michigan Ann Arbor 56
- UC
Berkeley Berkeley 54 environmental / energy / intellectual prop
- Georgetown
University DC 41
- UCLA Los
Angeles 41 good networking connections
- University
of Texas Austin 39 renowned trial advocacy program
- Vanderbilt
University Nashville 39 social justice / intellectual
property / int'l / 6 others
- Boston
College Newton 34 urban planning / environmental law
- USC Los
Angeles 34 media / entertainment / technology
- University
of Notre Dame South Bend 33 International law
- George
Washington University DC 32 > 20 areas of study
- Washington
University St. Louis 32
- Fordham
University NYC 31 pro bono work
- Boston
University Boston 27 >200 courses with most types of law
- Emory
University Atlanta 26 public service law
- College of
William and Mary Williamsburg 24 oldest law school in America
- University
of North Carolina Chapel Hill 24 pro bono / affordable
in-state tuition
- Southern
Methodist University Dallas 20
- University
of Minnesota Minneapolis 19. library holds >1,000,000 volumes
- University
of Iowa Iowa City 18 pro bono work
- University
of Alabama Tuscaloosa 17
- Washington Lee University Lexington 17
- Ohio State
University Columbus 16 >20 legal specialties
- University
of Georgia Athens 16 International law
- University
of Kentucky Lexington 16 dual degree programs
- University
of Washington Seattle 16
- UC
Davis Davis 14. social justice
- Baylor
University Waco 11 business / healthcare / estate
- University
of Arizona Tucson 11 cheapest law school on the list
- University
of Colorado Boulder 11 dual degree programs
- University
of Wisconsin Madison 11 100% bar pass rate on first try
- Georgia
State University Atlanta 10 healthcare law
- University
of Florida Gainesville 10 >250 grads are judges
- University
of Kansas Lawrence 10 dual degree programs
- Wake
Forest University Winston-Salem 10 business / criminal / health /
policy
- Arizona
State University Phoenix 7 >250 law courses
- Florida
State University Tallahassee 7 business / environmental /
int'l
- Seton Hall
University Newark 7 health / intellectual prop / public policy / social justice
- Louisiana
State University Baton Rouge 6 civil law
- University
of Nebraska Lincoln 6 dual degree programs
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Top 25 law schools
Recently, usnews.com compiled a list of the top 25 law schools in America for 2017. Their law school rankings were based on LSAT scores, bar pass rates, and employment rates. Here is a list of the 25 top law schools in America, according to usnews.com:
RANK SCHOOL
- Yale University Law School
- Stanford Law School
- Harvard Law School
- University of Chicago School of Law
- Columbia Law School
- New York University School of Law
- University of Pennsylvania School of Law
- University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
- University of Virginia
- Duke University
- Northwestern University (Pritzker School of Law)
- UC Berkeley Law School
- Cornell University Law School
- University of Texas at Austin
- Georgetown University Law Center
- UCLA Law School
- Vanderbilt Law School
- Washington University in St. Louis
- USC (Gould Law School)
- University of Iowa Law School
- University of Notre Dame School of Law
- Emory University School of Law
- Boston University Law School
- University of Minnesota Law School
- Arizona State University School of Law
best law schools for black people
Here is a list of Law School rankings for African American people, according to abovethelaw.com. Rankings are based partly on the percentage of African Americans already in attendance at these schools, partly on the school's location, and partly on affordability. Two other law schools have also been added to this list.
RANK SCHOOL CITY
- Harvard Law School Cambridge, MA
- Howard University School of Law Washington DC
- Georgetown University Law Center Washington DC
- Columbia School of Law New York, NY
- University of Virginia School of Law Charlottesville, VA
- University of Chicago Law School Chicago, IL
- University of Pennsylvania Law School Philadelphia, PA
- University of Alabama School of Law Tuscaloosa, AL
- Northwestern University School of Law Chicago, IL
- Stanford University Law School Stanford / Palo Alto, CA
- Penn State University Law School University Park, PA
- Ohio State University Law School Columbus, OH
law school rankings overall
Of course, which law schools are the best is really a matter of how they are measured. Probably the best way to pick top law schools is to consider the law schools that make every national Law School rankings list. By this measure, among the cream of the crop of top law schools are:
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