The
U.S.
News
law
school
rankings
are
officially
due
out
next
week,
but
we’ve
got
an
early
copy
of
the
top
25.
We
hope
you’re
ready,
because
there
are
some
pretty
interesting
changes
within
the
T14.
Here’s
the
“embargoed”
list
of
the
top
25
law
schools
in
the
nation,
as
ranked
by
U.S.
News
&
World
Report
in
the
year
2024.
Changes
in
rank
from
this
year
over
last
year
come
to
us
courtesy
of
Mike
Spivey
of
Spivey
Consulting.
Feast
your
eyes
on
the
brand
new
top
25
law
schools.
|
Law School |
2024 Ranking |
+/- from 2023 |
|---|---|---|
|
Stanford University |
1 | – |
|
Yale University |
1 | – |
|
University of Chicago |
3 | – |
|
Duke University |
4 | +1 |
|
Harvard University |
4 | +1 |
|
University of Pennsylvania |
4 | – |
|
University of Virginia |
4 | +4 |
|
Columbia University |
8 | – |
|
New York University |
9 | -4 |
|
Northwestern University |
9 | +1 |
|
University of Michigan |
9 | +1 |
|
University of California–Berkeley |
12 | -2 |
|
University of California–Los Angeles |
13 | +1 |
|
Cornell University |
14 | -1 |
|
Georgetown University |
14 | +1 |
|
University of Minnesota |
16 | – |
|
University of Texas–Austin |
16 | – |
|
Washington University in St. Louis |
16 | +4 |
|
Vanderbilt University |
19 | -3 |
|
University of Georgia |
20 | – |
|
University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill |
20 | +2 |
|
Notre Dame University |
20 | +7 |
|
University of Southern California |
20 | -4 |
|
Boston University |
24 | +3 |
|
Wake Forest University |
25 | -3 |
So
much
for
trying
to
get
rid
of
volatility
within
the
rankings!
It
looks
like
the
U.S.
News
methodology
hasn’t
changed
that
much
at
all.
As
predicted
by
numerous
industry
experts,
UVA
has
climbed
to
No.
4,
while
NYU
has
dropped
down
a
few
places.
There
are
now
three
ties
within
the
T14
(a
four-way
tie
for
No.
4;
a
three-way
tie
for
No.
9;
and
a
tie
for
No.
14).
Who
does
this
help
when
making
choices
between
law
schools?
Nobody!
Will
these
rankings
stay
the
same,
or
are
they
due
for
a
change
after
law
school
deans
complain
or
additional
errors
are
discovered?
We
suppose
we’ll
see.
Stay
tuned
for
the
full
U.S.
News
rankings
next
week.
In
the
meantime,
check
out
the Above
the
Law
Top
50
Law
School
Rankings.
New
U.S.
News
Top
25
Law
Schools
2024-2025
(with
+/-)
[Spivey
Consulting]
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