Top Law Schools

Law: The top schools were unchanged in the law rankings, with Yale Law School at No. 1​. Harvard Law School and Stanford Law School tied for No. 2, just as they did last year. However, Duke University and the University of Michigan—Ann Arbor traded places, with Michigan moving up to a tie for No. 8 and Duke dropping to No. 11.​

Further down the list, Boston University moved up six spots, from a tie at No. 26 to a tie at No. 20.

Urban schools remained at the top of the part-time law program rankings. Georgetown University in the District of Columbia ranked No. 1. New York's Fordham University was No. 2, and the District's​ George Washington University was third. ​

The University of Houston jumped​ into the top 10, where it tied with three other schools for No. 6. Last year, it was tied for No. 11. Marquette University fell to No. 42 after tying for No. 17 in last year's rankings.

James.K.Polk wrote:Hope so! Good for Mich

For the lazy:

Law: The top schools were unchanged in the law rankings, with Yale Law School at No. 1​. Harvard Law School and Stanford Law School tied for No. 2, just as they did last year. However, Duke University and the University of Michigan—Ann Arbor traded places, with Michigan moving up to a tie for No. 8 and Duke dropping to No. 11.​

Further down the list, Boston University moved up six spots, from a tie at No. 26 to a tie at No. 20.

Urban schools remained at the top of the part-time law program rankings. Georgetown University in the District of Columbia ranked No. 1. New York's Fordham University was No. 2, and the District's​ George Washington University was third. ​

The University of Houston jumped​ into the top 10, where it tied with three other schools for No. 6. Last year, it was tied for No. 11. Marquette University fell to No. 42 after tying for No. 17 in last year's rankings.

Biglaw1990 wrote:

James.K.Polk wrote:Hope so! Good for Mich

For the lazy:

Law: The top schools were unchanged in the law rankings, with Yale Law School at No. 1​. Harvard Law School and Stanford Law School tied for No. 2, just as they did last year. However, Duke University and the University of Michigan—Ann Arbor traded places, with Michigan moving up to a tie for No. 8 and Duke dropping to No. 11.​

Further down the list, Boston University moved up six spots, from a tie at No. 26 to a tie at No. 20.

Urban schools remained at the top of the part-time law program rankings. Georgetown University in the District of Columbia ranked No. 1. New York's Fordham University was No. 2, and the District's​ George Washington University was third. ​

The University of Houston jumped​ into the top 10, where it tied with three other schools for No. 6. Last year, it was tied for No. 11. Marquette University fell to No. 42 after tying for No. 17 in last year's rankings.

I'm surprised that Michigan and Duke swapped places.

urbanist11 wrote:Are you actually trying to make sense of the us news rankings?

mornincounselor wrote:I don't see how Michigan could go up. At 10th, it's already ranked too highly, imo.

EnderWiggin wrote:also none of this matters

BillClinton Jr wrote:

mornincounselor wrote:I don't see how Michigan could go up. At 10th, it's already ranked too highly, imo.

I agree 100% with this. I really don't see how Michigan can be ranked ahead of Duke or how Duke can take that drop.

MikeSpivey wrote:They leaked themselves!

This is the only salient info for full-time programs:

Law: The top schools were unchanged in the law rankings, with Yale Law School at No. 1​. Harvard Law School and Stanford Law School tied for No. 2, just as they did last year. However, Duke University and the University of Michigan—Ann Arbor traded places, with Michigan moving up to a tie for No. 8 and Duke dropping to No. 11.​

Further down the list, Boston University moved up six spots, from a tie at No. 26 to a tie at No. 20.

benwyatt wrote:Withdraw all apps.

Apply to BU.

strawberrieee wrote:Literally deciding whether I should withdraw my app to BU 10 mins before I saw this news.