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May 2, 2011
2010 Moot Court Rankings
Law School Advocacy has released the 2010 ranking of 105 law school appellate advocacy programs. Here are the Top 35:1. South Texas (272)
2. Texas Tech (266)
3. UC-Hastings (232)
4. Loyola-Chicago (187)
5. Texas (182)
6. Miami (181)
7. Brooklyn (139)
8. Georgia (132)
9. Lewis & Clark (122)
10. Baylor (116)10. Loyola-New Orleans (116)12. U. Mississippi (111)13. Cleveland State (106)14. Seton Hall (102)15. Oklahoma (86)16. Houston (81)16. Wyoming (81)18. American (77)19. Santa Clara (75)19. Tulane (75)19. UCLA (75)22. Chicago-Kent (74)22. NYU (74)24. Texas-Wesleyan (67)25. Gonzaga (65)26. Georgetown (64)27. Faulkner (62)28. Southwestern (60)29. Tennessee (59)29. Washington U. (59)29. Widener (59)32. SMU (57)33. Pepperdine (55)34. St. Louis (54)34. Loyola-L.A. (54)
Here are the current rankings for the 2010-11 academic year (with Washington University #1).
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So like, where are Harvard and Yale?
Posted by: Publius Novus | May 2, 2011 10:51:03 AM
A bit Texas heavy isn't it. But I guess this kind of performance doesn't translate into a USSC position, Which stills seems very east coast heavy.
Posted by: wlpeak | May 3, 2011 10:09:58 AM
Harvard and Yale don't like to compete. They prefer that people just accept their superiority. Its a pass/fail thing.
Posted by: pat wilson | May 3, 2011 10:21:14 AM
Four Texas schools in the top 10.
Posted by: Eric James Stone | May 3, 2011 10:23:09 AM
Harvard 78th and Yale 86th...
Posted by: Mark Alexander | May 3, 2011 10:36:56 AM
Unlike most of the rest, Harvard and Yale take part in only a fraction of the external mooting competitions and hence have almost zero chance of getting more than a few dozen points. The rankings are junk - they basically measure who took part in the most external mooting competitions rather than the actual quality of the programs.
Posted by: JMS | May 3, 2011 10:54:10 AM
Harvard ranked 78th, Yale ranked 86th.
Posted by: Crabtree | May 3, 2011 11:03:49 AM
For certain jobs, I would think this ranking is far superior to the US News rankings
Posted by: Patrick | May 3, 2011 11:11:49 AM
"Unlike most of the rest, Harvard and Yale take part in only a fraction of the external mooting competitions and hence have almost zero chance of getting more than a few dozen points. The rankings are junk - they basically measure who took part in the most external mooting competitions rather than the actual quality of the programs."
I don't know much about the legal profession, but I do know about engineering and computer science and in those fields performance in academic competition strongly reflects and is reflective of the quality of the school. Places like UT Austin, CMU, and CalTech do well in computer science competitions and are academicly respected in the field and additionally are academicly respected because of the success they have in competition.
I'd like to know why the legal profession is very different.
Posted by: celebrim | May 3, 2011 11:30:22 AM
Admittedly a question steeped in ignorance: I am under the impression that Patrick Henry College routinely does well in these matters. Are they not listed because the do not fall into the category of law school appellate advocacy programs. Or do they not perform as well as I had believed?
Posted by: Rogers | May 3, 2011 11:36:49 AM
Publish this in U.S. News-advocacy is a very different skill set. The rankings are no more junk then the U.S. News rankings.It is good to see a different light on the ranking subject.
Posted by: Nick Paleveda MBA J.D. LL.M, Adjunct Professor, Graduate Tax Program, Northeastern University, Boston. | May 3, 2011 12:06:03 PM
