New 2009 U.S. News Tax Rankings

The new 2009 U.S. News Law School Tax Rankings were released today:

• 1. NYU (#1 last year)
• 2. Florida (#2)
• 3. Georgetown (#3)
• 4. Northwestern (#4)
• 5. UCLA (#7)
• 6. Harvard (#5)
• 6. Miami (#6)
• 8. Boston University (#8)
• 9. Virginia (#10)
• 10. Michigan (#13)
• 10. Texas (#9)
• 10. Yale (#10)
• 13. Loyola-L.A. (#16)
• 13. Stanford (#13)
• 15. U. of Washington (#18)
• 16. San Diego (#10)
• 17. Chicago (not ranked)
• 18. Duke (#15)
• 19. Columbia (#21)
• 19. Denver (#21)
• 19. Penn (#18)
• 22. SMU (#17)
• 22. USC (#21)
• 22. Villanova (#18)

The upward moves from last year in the overall tax rankings are:

• +3 Michigan (#10)
• +3 Loyola-L.A. (#13)
• +3 U. Washington (#15)
• +2 UCLA (#5)
• +2 Columbia (#19)
• +2 Denver (#19)
• +1 Virginia (#9)
• Chicago was unranked last year and ranks #17 this year

The downward moves from last year in the overall tax rankings are:

• -6 San Diego (#16)
• -5 SMU (#22)
• -4 Villanova (#22)
• -3 Duke (#18)
• -1 Harvard (#6)
• -1 Texas (#10)
• -1 Penn (#19)
• -1 USC (#22)
• Boston College and Florida State were ranked #21 last year and are unranked this year

The 12 schools with graduate tax programs included in the rankings are the same as last year:

• 1. NYU (#1 last year)
• 2. Florida (#2)
• 3. Georgetown (#3)
• 4. Northwestern (#4)
• 5. Miami (#5)
• 6. Boston University (#6)
• 7. Loyola-L.A. (#8)
• 8. U. Washington (#10)
• 9. San Diego (#7)
• 10. Denver (#12)
• 11. SMU (#9)
• 11. Villanova (#10)

The upward moves from last year in the graduate tax program rankings are:

• + 2 U. Washington (#8)
• + 2 Denver (#10)
• + 1 Loyola-L.A. (#7)

The downward moves from last year in the graduate tax program rankings are:

• - 2 San Diego (#9)
• - 2 SMU (#11)
• - 1 Villanova (#11)