Schools of Law
Schools of Law
The Top Schools
A - Rank/School
B - Overall score
C - Peer assessment score (5.0 highest)
D - Assessment score by lawyers/judges (5.0 highest)
E - '01 undergrad GPA 25th-75th percentile
F - '01 LSAT score 25th-75th percentile
G - '01 acceptance rate
H - '01 student/faculty ratio
I - '00 grads employed at graduation
J - Employed 9 months after graduation
K - Schools's bar passage rate in jurisdiction
L - Jurisdiction's overall bar passage rate
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B C D E F G H I J K L
1. Yale University (CT)
100 4.8 4.7 3.77-3.93 168-174 7.6 7.4 99.5 99.6 96.6 NY 72
2. Stanford University (CA)
93 4.8 4.8 3.68-3.95 165-170 10.7 12.5 98.3 98.6 83.3 CA 64
3. Harvard University (MA)
92 4.8 4.9 3.76-3.95 167-172 14.1 13.5 96.8 97.5 95.2 NY 72
4. Columbia University (NY)
89 4.7 4.6 3.49-3.80 166-172 17.6 12.4 97.7 99.0 92.3 NY 72
5. New York University
88 4.5 4.5 3.55-3.81 167-172 20.9 11.6 97.1 100.0 94.6 NY 72
6. University of Chicago
84 4.7 4.7 3.47-3.75 165-172 19.4 12.7 99.4 100.0 98.6 IL 83
7. University of California-Berkeley
82 4.6 4.6 3.59-3.86 162-168 15.5 16.2 93.2 99.4 94.3 CA 64
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
82 4.6 4.6 3.37-3.71 164-168 29.1 14.3 94.2 98.8 89.6 NY 72
University of Pennsylvania
82 4.3 4.4 3.39-3.74 163-167 23.0 12.8 98.7 100.0 94.3 NY 72
University of Virginia
82 4.5 4.5 3.48-3.77 163-169 27.4 14.1 98.6 100.0 90.0 VA 73
11. Northwestern University (IL)
80 4.2 4.3 3.33-3.71 164-169 19.5 13.4 99.0 99.6 92.3 IL 83
12. Duke University (NC)
79 4.3 4.3 3.40-3.76 162-168 26.1 15.8 98.0 99.0 87.2 CA 64
13. Cornell University (NY)
78 4.2 4.3 3.43-3.72 163-166 21.6 11.7 94.6 97.3 92.2 NY 72
14. Georgetown University (DC)
77 4.2 4.3 3.47-3.78 163-168 22.2 15.4 94.0 98.1 92.6 NY 72
15. University of Texas-Austin
76 4.2 4.1 3.50-3.85 158-164 23.6 17.9 92.6 99.5 93.4 TX 78
16. University of California-Los Angeles
74 4.0 4.1 3.47-3.77 161-166 19.0 15.2 90.8 97.5 87.0 CA 64
17. Vanderbilt University (TN)
70 3.8 3.9 3.48-3.85 160-164 32.3 13.5 91.7 97.7 81.3 TN 83
18. University of Iowa
68 3.6 3.7 3.21-3.76 156-163 35.7 12.0 90.0 100.0 86.7 IA 87
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
68 3.7 3.7 3.38-3.81 160-165 34.4 13.3 87.8 97.9 95.5 MN 88
University of Southern California
68 3.7 3.5 3.33-3.68 160-165 24.4 15.4 88.8 95.9 77.0 CA 64
Washington and Lee University (VA)
68 3.3 3.7 3.05-3.64 161-167 30.9 11.1 87.2 97.2 94.9 VA 73
22. Boston College
65 3.4 3.6 3.38-3.72 160-164 23.7 13.6 93.7 97.2 88.7 MA 77
Emory University (GA)
65 3.4 3.7 3.33-3.71 158-162 34.8 16.1 84.4 96.6 89.1 GA 81
24. University of Notre Dame (IN)
64 3.3 3.7 3.28-3.71 159-164 31.8 17.3 75.6 99.6 96.8 IL 83
25. Boston University
63 3.4 3.5 3.14-3.55 161-165 25.3 11.4 81.7 100.0 88.0 MA 77
George Washington University (DC)
63 3.4 3.6 3.29-3.64 160-164 24.7 18.8 92.1 98.1 92.5 NY 72
University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
63 3.6 3.7 3.13-3.66 158-163 33.0 15.7 N/A 97.8 88.4 IL 83
University of Washington
63 3.3 3.5 3.41-3.79 159-165 24.0 11.3 67.6 96.4 89.7 WA 81
University of Wisconsin-Madison
63 3.7 3.7 3.10-3.60 156-162 35.6 14.0 84.1 97.9 100.0 WI 78
Washington University in St. Louis
63 3.5 3.5 3.20-3.60 159-164 35.6 13.8 83.2 97.8 78.7 MO 79
31. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
62 3.6 3.8 3.36-3.79 157-163 24.2 17.0 69.9 97.7 79.7 NC 74
32. College of William and Mary (VA)
61 3.3 3.6 3.16-3.66 160-165 27.2 17.8 82.5 99.0 86.1 VA 73
Fordham University (NY)
61 3.2 3.4 3.32-3.73 162-165 27.7 20.6 84.8 98.3 83.3 NY 72
University of California-Davis
61 3.4 3.6 3.34-3.73 157-162 31.1 15.5 61.0 98.8 84.5 CA 64
University of Georgia
61 3.1 3.6 3.30-3.84 156-164 26.3 19.3 68.3 95.9 90.7 GA 81
36. Wake Forest University (NC)
60 3.0 3.3 3.20-3.69 156-161 36.3 12.9 84.7 99.0 86.2 NC 74
37. Brigham Young University (J. Reuben Clark)(UT)
59 2.9 3.3 3.46-3.80 158-164 35.5 17.4 87.3 98.7 90.0 UT 91
Ohio State University (Moritz)
59 3.3 3.3 3.38-3.77 155-161 32.3 13.7 67.2 96.7 86.2 OH 76
39. Indiana University-Bloomington
58 3.2 3.4 2.96-3.67 156-163 38.6 14.3 77.6 95.2 94.2 IN 82
40. University of Arizona
57 3.2 3.2 3.24-3.67 157-163 23.0 15.2 68.5 96.1 82.6 AZ 77
University of California (Hastings)
57 3.4 3.8 3.26-3.67 159-164 31.2 20.6 54.3 93.4 79.7 CA 64
University of Colorado-Boulder
57 3.1 3.1 3.34-3.74 158-163 26.8 14.0 56.8 97.8 90.6 CO 81
43. Tulane University (LA)
56 3.2 3.4 3.14-3.64 156-161 39.4 18.5 77.4 97.1 80.0 LA 71
University of Connecticut
56 2.8 3.1 3.19-3.54 158-161 30.9 12.4 69.3 98.6 80.3 CT 76
45. University of Florida (Levin)
54 3.1 3.2 3.26-3.76 152-161 27.0 18.0 71.1 96.3 94.0 FL 78
University of Utah (S. J. Quinney)
54 2.9 3.2 3.26-3.76 154-162 37.9 13.2 74.8 94.8 92.1 UT 91
47. George Mason University (VA)
53 2.6 2.9 3.14-3.65 157-161 19.9 15.9 92.0 96.8 71.3 VA 73
University of Alabama
53 2.7 2.9 3.08-3.59 157-161 36.9 16.1 73.8 99.4 89.8 AL 74
49. American Univ. (Washington College of Law)(DC)
52 2.9 2.9 3.15-3.60 155-160 34.1 15.7 77.5 97.3 75.4 MD 75
Southern Methodist University (TX)
52 2.7 3.1 3.03-3.66 156-161 37.6 17.0 65.8 98.1 82.2 TX 78
University of Kentucky
52 2.6 2.9 3.21-3.77 154-160 42.7 14.2 74.6 100.0 89.5 KY 82
Source: U.S. News and the schools. Assessment data collected by T. E. Systems Inc.
N/A means that the data were not provided by the school.
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This story appears in the April 15, 2002 print edition of U.S. News & World Report.