The 2017 US News Law School Rankings aren’t scheduled to be released until March 16th, but just like last year, they’ve leaked to the public a couple weeks early. Huge shoutout to Above the Law & Spivey Consulting for breaking the story & publishing the rankings.
Without further ado, here are the 2017 US News Rankings (Top 50)
|
2016 |
Law School |
2017 |
Change +/- |
|
1 |
Yale University (CT) |
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0 |
|
2 |
Stanford University (CA) |
2 |
0 |
|
2 |
Harvard University (MA) |
2 |
0 |
|
4 |
University of Chicago |
4 |
0 |
|
4 |
Columbia University (NY) |
4 |
0 |
|
6 |
New York University |
6 |
0 |
|
7 |
University of Pennsylvania |
7 |
0 |
|
8 |
University of California–Berkeley |
8 |
0 |
|
8 |
University of Virginia |
8 |
0 |
|
11 |
University of Michigan |
8 |
+3 |
|
8 |
Duke University (NC) |
11 |
-3 |
|
12 |
Northwestern University (IL) |
12 |
0 |
|
13 |
Cornell University (NY) |
13 |
0 |
|
14 |
Georgetown (DC) |
14 |
0 |
|
15 |
U Texas-Austin |
15 |
0 |
|
17 |
Vanderbilt U (TN) |
16 |
+1 |
|
16 |
UCLA |
17 |
-1 |
|
18 |
Washington U (MO) |
18 |
0 |
|
20 |
U Southern California |
19 |
+1 |
|
22 |
University of Iowa |
20 |
+2 |
|
26 |
Boston University |
20 |
+6 |
|
19 |
Emory U (GA) |
22 |
-3 |
|
20 |
U Minnesota-Twin Cities |
22 |
-2 |
|
22 |
U Notre Dame (IN) |
22 |
0 |
|
22 |
George Washington U |
25 |
-3 |
|
26 |
Arizona State University |
25 |
+1 |
|
34 |
Indiana U-Bloomington |
25 |
+9 |
|
22 |
U Alabama |
28 |
-6 |
|
30 |
University of California–Irvine |
28 |
+2 |
|
31 |
University of California–Davis |
30 |
+1 |
|
34 |
Ohio State University (Moritz) |
30 |
+4 |
|
34 |
Boston College |
30 |
+4 |
|
31 |
University of Georgia |
33 |
-2 |
|
28 |
University of Washington |
33 |
-5 |
|
29 |
William & Mary (VA) |
33 |
-4 |
|
31 |
University of Wisconsin–Madison |
33 |
-2 |
|
34 |
Fordham University |
37 |
-3 |
|
34 |
University of North Carolina |
38 |
-4 |
|
34 |
Brigham Young University (Clark) |
38 |
-4 |
|
40 |
University of Colorado |
40 |
0 |
|
41 |
University of Illinois |
40 |
+1 |
|
42 |
Washington & Lee U |
40 |
+2 |
|
42 |
University of Arizona (Rogers) |
40 |
+2 |
|
42 |
University of Utah (Quinney) |
45 |
-3 |
|
42 |
George Mason University (VA) |
45 |
-3 |
|
46 |
Southern Methodist University |
45 |
+1 |
|
47 |
University of Florida |
48 |
-1 |
|
47 |
University of Maryland (Carey) |
48 |
-1 |
|
47 |
Wake Forest University |
40 |
+7 |
|
50 |
Florida State University |
50 |
0 |
|
50 |
Tulane University |
50 |
0 |
|
52 |
Temple University (Beasley) |
50 |
+2 |
|
59 |
University of Houston |
50 |
+9 |
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2 Comments
I am interested in attending GW, but with them moving down to the edge of the top 25, would that negatively impact a degree from there?
Same!