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Monday, April 20, 2009

2010 U.S News Peer Reputation Rankings (v. Overall Rankings)

Following up on this morning's post, Early Release of 2010 U.S. Law School Rankings: Brian Leiter has blogged the Top 40 law schools by academic and lawyer/judge peer reputation.  Here is the full list of the 184 law schools ranked by academic peer reputation:

Peer Rank

Peer Score

School

Overall Rank

1

4.8

Yale

1

1

4.8

Harvard

2

3

4.7

Stanford

3

4

4.6

Columbia

4

4

4.6

Chicago

6

6

4.5

NYU

5

6

4.5

UC-Berkeley

6

8

4.4

Michigan

9

9

4.3

Pennsylvania

8

9

4.3

Virginia

10

11

4.2

Duke

10

11

4.2

Cornell

13

13

4.1

Georgetown

14

13

4.1

Texas

15

15

4.0

Northwestern

10

15

4.0

UCLA

15

17

3.8

Vanderbilt

17

18

3.7

USC

18

19

3.6

Washington U.

19

20

3.5

Emory

20

20

3.5

Minnesota

20

20

3.5

George Washington

28

20

3.5

North Carolina

30

20

3.5

Wisconsin

35

25

3.4

Boston University

20

25

3.4

Illinois

23

25

3.4

Boston College

26

25

3.4

Iowa

26

25

3.4

Washington & Lee

30

25

3.4

UC-Davis

35

31

3.3

Indiana-Bloomington

23

31

3.3

Notre Dame

23

31

3.3

William & Mary

28

31

3.3

Fordham

30

31

3.3

Ohio State

35

31

3.3

UC-Hastings

39

37

3.2

U. Washington

30

37

3.2

Arizona

43

39

3.1

Georgia

35

39

3.1

Wake Forest

40

39

3.1

Tulane

45

39

3.1

Florida

51

43

3.0

Alabama

30

43

3.0

American

45

43

3.0

Colorado

45

43

3.0

Arizona State

55

47

2.9

Maryland

43

47

2.9

Connecticut

52

49

2.8

BYU

41

49

2.8

George Mason

41

49

2.8

Utah

45

49

2.8

Cardozo

49

49

2.8

Florida State

52

49

2.8

Case Western

55

49

2.8

San Diego

61

49

2.8

Miami

71

49

2.8

Pittsburgh

71

49

2.8

Oregon

77

59

2.7

SMU

49

59

2.7

Tennessee

59

59

2.7

Brooklyn

61

59

2.7

Kansas

65

59

2.7

Missouri-Columbia

65

59

2.7

Temple

65

59

2.7

Chicago-Kent

77

66

2.6

Cincinnati

52

66

2.6

Kentucky

55

66

2.6

Houston

59

66

2.6

Villanova

61

66

2.6

Rutgers-Camden

77

66

2.6

Rutgers-Newark

87

72

2.5

Lewis & Clark

61

72

2.5

Baylor

65

72

2.5

Oklahoma

71

72

2.5

Denver

77

72

2.5

New Mexico

77

72

2.5

Seton Hall

77

72

2.5

Santa Clara

85

72

2.5

SUNY-Buffalo

85

72

2.5

Indiana-Indianapolis

87

72

2.5

Catholic

94

72

2.5

Hofstra

100

72

2.5

Nebraska

Tier 3

84

2.4

Pepperdine

55

84

2.4

Georgia State

65

84

2.4

Penn State

65

84

2.4

UNLV

75

84

2.4

Richmond

77

84

2.4

Seattle

77

84

2.4

DePaul

87

84

2.4

Loyola-Chicago

87

84

2.4

Marquette

87

84

2.4

South Carolina

87

84

2.4

Arkansas-Fayetteville

94

84

2.4

Northeastern

94

84

2.4

Hawaii

Tier 3

84

2.4

Howard

Tier 3

84

2.4

Syracuse

Tier 3

99

2.3

Loyola-LA

71

99

2.3

LSU

75

99

2.3

St. John's

87

99

2.3

St. Louis

94

99

2.3

Louisville

98

99

2.3

Maine

100

99

2.3

Mercer

Tier 3

99

2.3

Mississippi

Tier 3

99

2.3

Missouri-KC

Tier 3

99

2.3

New York Law

Tier 3

99

2.3

Vermont

Tier 3

110

2.2

Gonzaga

100

110

2.2

Albany

Tier 3

110

2.2

Arkansas-Little Rock

Tier 3

110

2.2

Loyola-New Orleans

Tier 3

110

2.2

Michigan State

Tier 3

110

2.2

Pacific

Tier 3

110

2.2

Stetson

Tier 3

110

2.2

Wayne State

Tier 3

110

2.2

West Virginia

Tier 3

119

2.1

San Francisco

98

119

2.1

Cleveland State

Tier 3

119

2.1

Creighton

Tier 3

119

2.1

Drake

Tier 3

119

2.1

Montana

Tier 3

119

2.1

Quinnipiac

Tier 3

119

2.1

Texas Tech

Tier 3

119

2.1

Wyoming

Tier 3

119

2.1

Pace

Tier 4

119

2.1

Suffolk

Tier 4

119

2.1

Willamette

Tier 4

130

2.0

Franklin Pierce

Tier 3

130

2.0

Idaho

Tier 3

130

2.0

Memphis

Tier 3

130

2.0

Samford

Tier 3

130

2.0

South Dakota

Tier 3

130

2.0

Southwestern

Tier 3

130

2.0

Toledo

Tier 3

130

2.0

Baltimore

Tier 4

130

2.0

CUNY

Tier 4

130

2.0

Dayton

Tier 4

130

2.0

Hamline

Tier 4

130

2.0

Southern Illinois

Tier 4

130

2.0

Tulsa

Tier 4

130

2.0

Valparaiso

Tier 4

130

2.0

Washburn

Tier 4

145

1.9

Chapman

Tier 3

145

1.9

North Dakota

Tier 3

145

1.9

St. Thomas (MN)

Tier 3

145

1.9

Akron

Tier 3

145

1.9

William Mitchell

Tier 3

145

1.9

Duquesne

Tier 4

145

1.9

John Marshall

Tier 4

145

1.9

Widener

Tier 4

153

1.8

California Western

Tier 4

153

1.8

Capital

Tier 4

153

1.8

New England

Tier 4

153

1.8

Nova

Tier 4

153

1.8

Roger Williams

Tier 4

153

1.8

South Texas

Tier 4

153

1.8

St. Mary's

Tier 4

153

1.8

Texas Wesleyan

Tier 4

161

1.7

Ohio Northern

Tier 3

161

1.7

Golden Gate

Tier 4

161

1.7

Northern Kentucky

Tier 4

161

1.7

Northern Illinois

Tier 4

161

1.7

Touro

Tier 4

166

1.6

Campbell

Tier 4

166

1.6

Florida International

Tier 4

166

1.6

Mississippi College

Tier 4

166

1.6

N. Carolina Central

Tier 4

166

1.6

Oklahoma City

Tier 4

166

1.6

Texas Southern

Tier 4

166

1.6

Thomas Jefferson

Tier 4

166

1.6

W. New England

Tier 4

174

1.5

Detroit Mercy

Tier 4

174

1.5

Southern

Tier 4

174

1.5

St. Thomas (FL)

Tier 4

174

1.5

District of Columbia

Tier 4

178

1.4

Appalachian

Tier 4

178

1.4

Florida Coastal

Tier 4

178

1.4

Thomas Cooley

Tier 4

178

1.4

Whittier

Tier 4

182

1.3

Ave Maria

Tier 4

182

1.3

Barry

Tier 4

182

1.3

Regent

Tier 4

See also 2009 U.S News Peer Reputation Rankings (v. Overall Rankings).

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