2012 U.S. News Peer Reputation Rankings (v. Overall Rankings)

Continuing a TaxProf Blog tradition, here is the full list of the 190 law schools ranked by academic peer reputation, as well as their overall rank, in the new 2012 U.S. News Law School Rankings (revised methodology here):

Academic Peer Rank	Academic Peer Score	School	Overall Rank
1	4.9	Harvard	2
2	4.8	Yale	1
2	4.8	Stanford	3
4	4.7	Columbia	4
5	4.6	Chicago	5
6	4.5	NYU	6
6	4.5	Michigan	7
6	4.5	UC-Berkeley	8
9	4.4	Pennsylvania	7
9	4.4	Virginia	9
11	4.2	Duke	11
11	4.2	Cornell	13
11	4.2	Georgetown	14
14	4.1	Texas	14
15	4.0	Northwestern	12
16	4.0	UCLA	16
17	3.8	Vanderbilt	16
18	3.7	USC	18
18	3.7	Washington U.	18
20	3.6	Minnesota	20
20	3.6	North Carolina	30
22	3.5	George Washington	20
22	3.5	Illinois	23
22	3.5	Iowa	27
22	3.5	Emory	30
22	3.5	Wisconsin	35
27	3.4	Boston University	22
27	3.4	UC-Davis	23
27	3.4	Boston College	27
30	3.3	Indiana-Bloomington	23
30	3.3	Notre Dame	23
30	3.3	William & Mary	27
30	3.3	Washington & Lee	30
30	3.3	Ohio State	35
30	3.3	UC-Hastings	42
36	3.2	Fordham	30
36	3.2	U. Washington	30
38	3.1	Wake Forest	31
38	3.1	Arizona	42
38	3.1	Colorado	47
38	3.1	Florida	47
38	3.1	Tulane	47
43	3.0	Alabama	35
43	3.0	Georgia	35
43	3.0	Arizona State	40
43	3.0	Maryland	42
43	3.0	American	50
48	2.9	Cardozo	50
48	2.9	Florida State	50
50	2.8	George Mason	40
50	2.8	BYU	42
50	2.8	Utah	42
50	2.8	Connecticut	56
50	2.8	San Diego	67
50	2.8	Pittsburgh	71
50	2.8	Miami	77
57	2.7	Case Western	61
57	2.7	Chicago-Kent	61
57	2.7	Temple	61
57	2.7	Kansas	79
57	2.7	Oregon	79
62	2.6	SMU	50
62	2.6	Loyola-L.A.	54
62	2.6	Houston	56
62	2.6	Tennessee	56
62	2.6	Brooklyn	67
62	2.6	Denver	77
62	2.6	Indiana-Ind.	79
62	2.6	Rutgers-Newark	84
62	2.6	Villanova	84
62	2.6	Missouri-Columbia	107
72	2.5	Pepperdine	54
72	2.5	Cincinnati	61
72	2.5	Rutgers-Camden	84
72	2.5	Santa Clara	84
76	2.4	Penn State	60
76	2.4	Georgia State	61
76	2.4	Seton Hall	61
76	2.4	Lewis & Clark	67
76	2.4	Richmond	67
76	2.4	Kentucky	71
76	2.4	Loyola-Chicago	71
76	2.4	Northeastern	71
76	2.4	Oklahoma	71
76	2.4	Catholic	79
76	2.4	New Mexico	79
76	2.4	Hofstra	84
76	2.4	Nebraska	84
76	2.4	Seattle	84
76	2.4	Hawaii	95
76	2.4	Marquette	95
76	2.4	Syracuse	100
76	2.4	St. Louis	104
94	2.3	Baylor	56
94	2.3	UNLV	71
94	2.3	Arkansas-Fayetteville	84
94	2.3	DePaul	84
94	2.3	LSU	84
94	2.3	SUNY-Buffalo	84
94	2.3	St. John's	95
94	2.3	South Carolina	104
94	2.3	Vermont	117
94	2.3	Howard	121
94	2.3	New York Law School	135
105	2.2	Michigan State	95
105	2.2	Louisville	100
105	2.2	U. Mississippi	107
105	2.2	Missouri-KC	113
105	2.2	Maine	121
105	2.2	Wayne State	121
105	2.2	Mercer	127
112	2.1	West Virginia	95
112	2.1	McGeorge	100
112	2.1	San Francisco	100
112	2.1	Stetson	110
112	2.1	Albany	113
112	2.1	Wyoming	113
112	2.1	Gonzaga	121
112	2.1	Southwestern	121
112	2.1	Arkansas-Little Rock	135
112	2.1	Loyola-New Orleans	143
122	2.0	Quinnipiac	107
122	2.0	Drake	110
122	2.0	Willamette	113
122	2.0	Baltimore	117
122	2.0	Pace	117
122	2.0	CUNY	121
122	2.0	Creighton	127
122	2.0	Idaho	127
122	2.0	Cleveland State	132
122	2.0	Montana	132
122	2.0	U. St. Thomas	135
122	2.0	William Mitchell	135
122	2.0	Suffolk	Tier 4
135	1.9	Chapman	104
135	1.9	Tulsa	109
135	1.9	Texas Tech	117
135	1.9	Akron	127
135	1.9	Samford	127
135	1.9	J. Marshall (Chicago)	140
135	1.9	Washburn	140
135	1.9	New Hampshire	143
135	1.9	Dayton	Tier 4
135	1.9	Hamline	Tier 4
135	1.9	N. Dakota	Tier 4
135	1.9	S. Illinois	Tier 4
135	1.9	Toledo	Tier 4
135	1.9	Valparaiso	Tier 4
135	1.9	Widener	Tier 4
150	1.8	Memphis	Tier 4
150	1.8	California Western	Tier 4
150	1.8	Duquesne	Tier 4
150	1.8	Golden Gate	Tier 4
150	1.8	Nova	Tier 4
150	1.8	Roger Williams	Tier 4
150	1.8	S. Dakota	Tier 4
157	1.7	Florida International	Tier 4
157	1.7	Capital	Tier 4
157	1.7	New England	Tier 4
157	1.7	N. Illinois	Tier 4
157	1.7	South Texas	Tier 4
157	1.7	St. Mary's	Tier 4
157	1.7	Texas-Wesleyan	Tier 4
164	1.6	Ohio Northern	135
164	1.6	Mississippi College	Tier 4
164	1.6	Northern Kentucky	Tier 4
164	1.6	Oklahoma City	Tier 4
164	1.6	Thomas Jefferson	Tier 4
164	1.6	Touro	Tier 4
164	1.6	W. New England	Tier 4
171	1.5	Campbell	135
171	1.5	N. Carolina Central	Tier 4
171	1.5	St. Thomas U.	Tier 4
174	1.4	J. Marshall (Atlanta)	Tier 4
174	1.4	Florida A&M	Tier 4
174	1.4	Florida Coastal	Tier 4
174	1.4	Southern	Tier 4
174	1.4	Texas Southern	Tier 4
174	1.4	Detroit Mercy	Tier 4
174	1.4	District of Columbia	Tier 4
174	1.4	Whittier	Tier 4
182	1.3	Appalachian	Tier 4
182	1.3	Faulkner	Tier 4
182	1.3	Regent	Tier 4
182	1.3	Thomas Cooley	Tier 4
182	1.3	Western State	Tier 4
187	1.2	Ave Maria	Tier 4
187	1.2	Barry	Tier 4
187	1.2	Liberty	Tier 4
187	1.2	Phoenix	Tier 4

• 2011 U.S. News Peer Reputation Rankings (v. Overall Rankings)
• 2010 U.S. News Peer Reputation Rankings (v. Overall Rankings)
• 2009 U.S. News Peer Reputation Rankings (v. Overall Rankings)