Thursday, March 19, 2020
2021 U.S. News Business/Corporate Law Rankings
The new 2021 U.S. News Business/Corporate Law Rankings include the business/corporate law programs at 188 law schools (the faculty survey had a 52% response rate). Here are the Top 50:
Rank | Score | School |
1 | 4.8 | Columbia |
1 | 4.8 | Harvard |
3 | 4.7 | NYU |
4 | 4.6 | UC-Berkeley |
5 | 4.5 | Stanford |
6 | 4.4 | Penn |
7 | 4.3 | Chicago |
8 | 4.2 | Georgetown |
8 | 4.2 | UCLA |
8 | 4.2 | Virginia |
8 | 4.2 | Yale |
12 | 4.1 | Duke |
12 | 4.1 | Northwestern |
12 | 4.1 | Michigan |
12 | 4.1 | Vanderbilt |
16 | 3.9 | Cornell |
17 | 3.8 | Fordham |
17 | 3.8 | Texas |
19 | 3.6 | Boston University |
19 | 3.6 | BYU |
19 | 3.6 | Minnesota |
22 | 3.5 | USC |
23 | 3.4 | Indiana (Maurer) |
23 | 3.4 | UC-Davis |
23 | 3.4 | Georgia |
26 | 3.3 | Boston College |
26 | 3.3 | Emory |
26 | 3.3 | North Carolina |
26 | 3.3 | Washington University |
30 | 3.2 | Brooklyn |
30 | 3.2 | George Washington |
30 | 3.2 | Colorado |
30 | 3.2 | Illinois |
30 | 3.2 | Iowa |
30 | 3.2 | San Diego |
30 | 3.2 | Utah |
37 | 3.1 | Ohio State |
37 | 3.1 | Tulane |
37 | 3.1 | UC-Hastings |
37 | 3.1 | UC-Irvine |
37 | 3.1 | Florida |
37 | 3.1 | Notre Dame |
37 | 3.1 | Richmond |
37 | 3.1 | Tennessee |
37 | 3.1 | Wake Forest |
37 | 3.1 | Widener (DE) |
37 | 3.1 | William & Mary |
48 | 3.0 | Florida State |
48 | 3.0 | George Mason |
48 | 3.0 | Loyola-L.A. |
48 | 3.0 | Wisconsin |
2021 U.S. News Specialty Rankings:
- Omnibus Specialty Rankings (compilation of all 13 specialty rankings)
- Omnibus Specialty Rankings v. Overall Rankings
- Business/Corporate Law
- Clinical Law
- Constitutional Law
- Contracts/Commercial Law
- Criminal Law
- Dispute Resolution
- Environmental Law
- Health Care Law
- Intellectual Property Law
- International Law
- Legal Writing
- Tax Law
- Trial Advocacy
https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2020/03/2021-us-news-businesscorporate-law-rankings.html