This round-up of American law schools ranks each law school in the first, second and third tiers. Read more for the complete list.
First-Tier Law Schools
1 Harvard Law School
2 Stanford Law School
2 Yale Law School
4 Columbia Law School
4 NYU School of Law
4 University of Chicago Law School
7 Cornell Law School
7 Georgetown University Law Center
7 Northwestern University School of Law
7 UC Berkeley School of Law
7 University of Michigan Law School
7 University of Pennsylvania Law School
7 University of Virginia School of Law
14 Duke University School of Law
14 UCLA School of Law
14 University of Southern California Law School
14 Vanderbilt University Law School
18 Boston College Law School
18 Boston University School of Law
18 University of Minnesota Law School
18 University of Texas School of Law
18 Washington University School of Law
23 Emory University School of Law
23 Fordham University Law School
23 George Washington University Law School
23 Notre Dame Law School
23 University of Illinois College of Law
23 University of Iowa College of Law
29 Carolina Law (UNC)
29 University of Washington School of Law
29 University of Wisconsin Law School
29 Washington and Lee University School of Law
29 William and Mary School of Law
34 George Mason School of Law
34 Ohio State University College of Law
34 Tulane Law School
34 UC Davis School of Law
34 UC Hastings College of the Law
34 University of Georgia School of Law
40 American Univ., Washington College of Law
40 Baylor University Law School
40 Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (Yeshiva)
40 Indiana U. School of Law--Bloomington
40 University of Arizona College of Law
40 University of Connecticut School of Law
40 University of Florida Levin College of Law
40 University of Maryland School of Law
40 Wake Forest University School of Law
49 Arizona State University College of Law
49 BYU, J. Reuben Clark Law School
49 Case Western Reserve U. School of Law
49 University of Alabama School of Law
49 University of Cincinnati College of Law
49 University of Colorado School of Law
49 University of Miami School of Law
49 University of Utah College of Law
57 Brooklyn Law School
57 SMU Dedman School of Law
57 Temple U.--James E. Beasley School of Law
57 University of Kentucky College of Law
57 Univ. of Missouri-Columbia School of Law
57 University of Tennessee College of Law
63 Dickinson School of Law (Penn State)
63 Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
63 Loyola University Chicago School of Law
63 Rutgers School of Law - Newark
63 University at Buffalo Law School
63 University of Houston Law Center
63 University of Kansas School of Law
63 University of Oklahoma College of Law
63 University of Pittsburgh School of Law
63 University of San Diego School of Law
63 Villanova University School of Law
74 Chicago-Kent College of Law, Ill. Inst. of Tech.
74 Florida State University College of Law
74 Hofstra University School of Law
74 Indiana Univ. School of Law--Indianapolis
74 Louis D. Brandeis School of Law (Louisville)
74 Pepperdine University School of Law
74 Rutgers School of Law - Camden
74 St. John's University School of Law
74 Seton Hall Law School
74 University of Denver College of Law
74 University of Nebraska College of Law
74 University of New Mexico School of Law
74 University of Oregon School of Law
74 University of Richmond School of Law
88 Catholic U., Columbus School of Law
88 DePaul College of Law
88 Georgia State University College of Law
88 Lewis & Clark Northwestern School of Law
88 New York Law School
88 Santa Clara University School of Law
88 Syracuse University College of Law
88 Univ. of Arkansas School of Law (Fayetteville)
88 University of Mississippi School of Law
88 William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV
98 Albany Law School
98 Chapman University School of Law
98 Gonzaga University School of Law
98 Marquette University Law School
98 McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific
98 Northeastern University School of Law
98 Pace Law School
98 Saint Louis University School of Law
98 Stetson University College of Law
98 Suffolk University Law School
98 University of Idaho College of Law
98 University of San Francisco School of Law
98 University of South Carolina School of Law
98 Vermont Law School
98 Wayne State University Law School
98 William S. Richardson School of Law (Hawaii)