2015 U.S. News Peer Reputation Rankings (v. Overall Rankings)

Continuing a TaxProf Blog tradition (see links below for 2009-2014), here is the full list of the 194 law schools ranked by academic peer reputation, as well as their overall rank, in the new 2015 U.S. News Law School Rankings (methodology here):

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	4
6	4.4	NYU	6
6	4.4	UC-Berkeley	9
6	4.4	Michigan	10
9	4.3	Pennsylvania	7
9	4.3	Virginia	8
11	4.2	Duke	10
12	4.1	Northwestern	12
12	4.1	Cornell	13
12	4.1	Georgetown	13
15	4.0	Texas	15
16	3.9	UCLA	16
17	3.8	Vanderbilt	16
18	3.6	Washington (St. Louis)	18
19	3.5	Minnesota	20
19	3.5	USC	20
19	3.5	North Carolina	31
22	3.4	Emory	19
22	3.4	George Washington	20
22	3.4	Notre Dame	26
22	3.4	UC-Davis	36
26	3.3	Boston University	27
26	3.3	Wisconsin	31
28	3.2	William & Mary	24
28	3.2	Iowa	27
28	3.2	Indiana (Bloomington)	29
28	3.2	Ohio State	31
28	3.2	Boston College	36
28	3.2	Fordham	36
28	3.2	Washington & Lee	43
35	3.1	Alabama	23
35	3.1	Washington (Seattle)	24
35	3.1	Georgia	29
35	3.1	Wake Forest	31
35	3.1	Arizona	40
35	3.1	Illinois	40
35	3.1	Florida	49
35	3.1	UC-Hastings	54
43	3.0	Arizona State	31
43	3.0	Colorado	43
43	3.0	Tulane	46
46	2.9	BYU	36
46	2.9	Florida State	45
46	2.9	Maryland	46
49	2.8	Utah	49
49	2.8	Connecticut	54
49	2.8	Cardozo	64
49	2.8	American	72
53	2.7	George Mason	46
53	2.7	Temple	61
53	2.7	Miami	61
53	2.7	San Diego	79
53	2.7	Oregon	100
58	2.6	SMU	42
58	2.6	Pepperdine	54
58	2.6	Houston	58
58	2.6	Case Western	64
58	2.6	Denver	68
58	2.6	Kansas	68
58	2.6	Tennessee	72
58	2.6	Pittsburgh	81
58	2.6	Loyola (Los Angeles)	87
67	2.5	Richmond	51
67	2.5	Nebraska	54
67	2.5	Kentucky	58
67	2.5	Oklahoma	58
67	2.5	Georgia State	64
67	2.5	Missouri (Columbia)	64
67	2.5	Loyola (Chicago)	68
67	2.5	Chicago-Kent	72
67	2.5	Brooklyn	83
76	2.4	Baylor	51
76	2.4	Penn State	51
76	2.4	Lewis & Clark	72
76	2.4	New Mexico	72
76	2.4	Cincinnati	79
76	2.4	Rutgers (Camden)	81
76	2.4	Rutgers (Newark)	83
76	2.4	Indiana (Indianapolis)	87
76	2.4	Marquette	93
76	2.4	Hawaii	100
76	2.4	Santa Clara	107
87	2.3	Arkansas (Fayetteville)	61
87	2.3	Seton Hall	68
87	2.3	UNLV	83
87	2.3	Michigan State	87
87	2.3	Seattle	87
87	2.3	Northeastern	93
87	2.3	South Carolina	93
87	2.3	Villanova	93
87	2.3	SUNY (Buffalo)	100
87	2.3	Catholic	107
87	2.3	Syracuse	107
87	2.3	DePaul	121
99	2.2	LSU	72
99	2.2	Louisville	87
99	2.2	Mississippi	104
99	2.2	Missouri (Kansas City)	104
99	2.2	Gonzaga	107
99	2.2	St. John's	107
99	2.2	Arkansas (Little Rock)	121
99	2.2	Maine	129
99	2.2	Hofstra	135
99	2.2	Howard	135
109	2.1	West Virginia	83
109	2.1	Wayne State	87
109	2.1	Stetson	93
109	2.1	St. Louis	93
109	2.1	Vermont	129
109	2.1	Loyola (New Orleans)	Tier 2
109	2.1	San Francisco	Tier 2
116	2.0	Tulsa	72
116	2.0	Mercer	104
116	2.0	Texas Tech	107
116	2.0	CUNY	113
116	2.0	Albany	118
116	2.0	Idaho	118
116	2.0	Montana	121
116	2.0	Willamette	121
116	2.0	Drexel	129
116	2.0	Wyoming	129
116	2.0	Baltimore	135
116	2.0	Suffolk	Tier 2
128	1.9	New Hampshire	93
128	1.9	Drake	113
128	1.9	Cleveland State	115
128	1.9	Creighton	115
128	1.9	Washburn	115
128	1.9	Quinnipiac	118
128	1.9	North Dakota	129
128	1.9	New York Law School	140
128	1.9	Pace	140
128	1.9	McGeorge	147
128	1.9	Southwestern	Tier 2
139	1.8	Duquesne	121
139	1.8	Hamline	121
139	1.8	Akron	121
139	1.8	St. Thomas (Minneapolis)	129
139	1.8	Samford	135
139	1.8	William Mitchell	135
139	1.8	Chapman	140
139	1.8	Memphis	140
139	1.8	Toledo	140
139	1.8	South Dakota	145
139	1.8	Southern Illinois	Tier 2
139	1.8	Dayton	Tier 2
139	1.8	Widener	Tier 2
152	1.7	Florida International	100
152	1.7	South Texas	146
152	1.7	John Marshall (Chicago)	Tier 2
152	1.7	Roger Williams	Tier 2
152	1.7	Texas A&M	Tier 2
152	1.7	Valparaiso	Tier 2
158	1.6	California Western	Tier 2
158	1.6	Elon	Tier 2
158	1.6	Golden Gate	Tier 2
158	1.6	Mississippi College	Tier 2
158	1.6	Northern Illinois	Tier 2
158	1.6	Northern Kentucky	Tier 2
158	1.6	Nova Southeastern	Tier 2
158	1.6	Oklahoma City	Tier 2
158	1.6	St. Mary's	Tier 2
158	1.6	Touro	Tier 2
168	1.5	Campbell	121
168	1.5	Capital	Tier 2
168	1.5	New England	Tier 2
168	1.5	North Carolina Central	Tier 2
168	1.5	Ohio Northern	Tier 2
173	1.4	John Marshall (Atlanta)	Tier 2
173	1.4	Southern Illinois	Tier 2
173	1.4	St. Thomas (Miami)	Tier 2
173	1.4	Texas Southern	Tier 2
173	1.4	Detroit	Tier 2
173	1.4	District of Columbia	Tier 2
173	1.4	Western New England	Tier 2
173	1.4	Whittier	Tier 2
181	1.3	Appalachian	Tier 2
181	1.3	Charleston	Tier 2
181	1.3	Faulkner	Tier 2
181	1.3	Florida A&M	Tier 2
181	1.3	Thomas Jefferson	Tier 2
186	1.2	Arizona Summit	Tier 2
186	1.2	Barry	Tier 2
186	1.2	Charlotte	Tier 2
186	1.2	Florida Coastal	Tier 2
186	1.2	Liberty	Tier 2
186	1.2	Regent	Tier 2
186	1.2	Thomas M. Cooley	Tier 2
186	1.2	Western State	Tier 2
194	1.1	Ave Maria	Tier 2

Prior years' rankings:

• 2014
• 2013
• 2012
• 2011
• 2010
• 2009

Press and blogosphere coverage:

• ABA Journal, Yale Tops Law School Rankings; Duke Moves Into the Top 10
• American Lawyer, Duke Law Cracks Top 10; NY Law School Gets Ranking
• Kyle McEntee (Law School Transparency), Five Failures of the U.S. News Rankings
• Derek Muller (Pepperdine), If U.S. News Rankings Were a Cake, You Wouldn't Want to Follow the Recipe
• National Law Journal, Once Again, U.S. News Ranks Yale No. 1 Law School
• National Law Journal, Up and Down the 'U.S. News' Rankings:  "Here are the 10 law schools that saw the biggest increase in their rank, and the 10 that saw their rank fall the most compared to last year."
• Wall Street Journal Law Blog, The Upshot of the Latest U.S. News Law School Rankings

Update:   Brian Leiter (Chicago):    "Schools clearly underranked in this year's academic survey include Southern California, Illinois, Florida State, and San Diego (2.7).  In the case of Illinois, they are clearly still suffering from the scandal about student credentials."