US News Releases Latest Law School Rankings

[Anonymous]

1. Yale
2. Stanford
3. UChicago
4. Duke
5. Harvard
6. Penn
7. UVA
8. Columbia
9. NYU
10. Northwestern
11. UMich
12. Berkeley
13. UCLA
14. Cornell
15. Georgetown
16. Minnesota
17. UT Austin
18. WashU
19. Vanderbilt
20. Georgia

[Anonymous]

Please post a link. Thank you.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone think these things actually change year to year? The folks who do hiring only remember the rankings from when they were in school. No one is going to rate Duke higher than Harvard (not a grad of either school).

[Anonymous]

OP: Your list is different than that posted by other sources. For example, there are two schools ranked as #1 and three law schools tied at #20.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please post a link. Thank you.

Please google it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone think these things actually change year to year? The folks who do hiring only remember the rankings from when they were in school. No one is going to rate Duke higher than Harvard (not a grad of either school).

Duke, Harvard, U Penn, & Virginia are all tied at #4 according to more established sources for law school news.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please post a link. Thank you.

Please google it

I did and that is why I have noted many of the differences. The OP's list is NOT accurate.

[Anonymous]

Does a Minnesota law grad really have the same opportunities as grads from the other Top 20 schools?

That was the one that surprised me. I get you probably have lots of opportunities in MN and perhaps the midwest...but are the large coastal firms actively recruiting?

[Anonymous]

NYU, Northwestern, & Michigan are tied at #9; Stanford & Yale are tied at #1.

[Anonymous]

4 law schools tied at #20.

BU is at #24.

WFU is at #25.

[Anonymous]

UVA tied with Harvard and Penn - good for them!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does a Minnesota law grad really have the same opportunities as grads from the other Top 20 schools?

That was the one that surprised me. I get you probably have lots of opportunities in MN and perhaps the midwest...but are the large coastal firms actively recruiting?

I was wondering that compared to Gtown.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1. Yale
2. Stanford
3. UChicago
4. Duke
5. Harvard
6. Penn
7. UVA
8. Columbia
9. NYU
10. Northwestern
11. UMich
12. Berkeley
13. UCLA
14. Cornell
15. Georgetown
16. Minnesota
17. UT Austin
18. WashU
19. Vanderbilt
20. Georgia

Last year’s rankings. Try to keep up!

[Anonymous]

Since most top schools refuse to report to USNWR anymore, these rankings are somewhat bogus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does a Minnesota law grad really have the same opportunities as grads from the other Top 20 schools?

That was the one that surprised me. I get you probably have lots of opportunities in MN and perhaps the midwest...but are the large coastal firms actively recruiting?

I’m a big law lawyer and participate in my firm’s interview process for law students. No, they do not. And the subset of schools that national/coastal law firms actively recruit from is the T14, not T20 (not sure why it’s 14 as opposed to some other number). That’s not to say a firm would auto-reject a top-performing UMN law student, but most Vault 50-100 firms aren’t recruiting there, so it’s a matter of the student taking initiative or applying through a connection. And they would have to be a tippy top student (top 10% or so, be on law review, etc.) to get an interview, whereas T14 students have a lot more leeway.