Saturday, March 21, 2020
2021 U.S. News Constitutional Law Rankings
The new 2021 U.S. News Constitutional Law Rankings include the constitutional law programs at 188 law schools (the faculty survey had a 57% response rate). Here are the Top 50:
Rank | Score | School |
1 | 4.9 | Yale |
2 | 4.8 | Harvard |
3 | 4.7 | Stanford |
4 | 4.6 | Chicago |
5 | 4.5 | Columbia |
5 | 4.5 | NYU |
7 | 4.4 | UC-Berkeley |
7 | 4.4 | Virginia |
9 | 4.3 | Duke |
9 | 4.3 | Georgetown |
11 | 4.2 | Penn |
11 | 4.2 | Texas |
13 | 4.1 | Cornell |
13 | 4.1 | Northwestern |
13 | 4.1 | UCLA |
13 | 4.1 | Michigan |
17 | 3.8 | Vanderbilt |
18 | 3.6 | Notre Dame |
19 | 3.5 | Boston University |
19 | 3.5 | UC-Davis |
19 | 3.5 | UC-Irvine |
19 | 3.5 | Minnesota |
19 | 3.5 | Washington University |
19 | 3.5 | William & Mary |
25 | 3.4 | Fordham |
25 | 3.4 | George Washington |
25 | 3.4 | North Carolina |
28 | 3.3 | Emory |
28 | 3.3 | Ohio State |
28 | 3.3 | San Diego |
31 | 3.2 | Boston College |
31 | 3.2 | Alabama |
31 | 3.2 | Georgia |
31 | 3.2 | USC |
35 | 3.1 | Brooklyn |
35 | 3.1 | Illinois |
35 | 3.1 | Richmond |
38 | 3.0 | Arizona State |
38 | 3.0 | George Mason |
38 | 3.0 | Arizona |
38 | 3.0 | Iowa |
38 | 3.0 | Wisconsin |
38 | 3.0 | Cardozo |
44 | 2.9 | American |
44 | 2.9 | Florida State |
44 | 2.9 | Georgia State |
44 | 2.9 | Indiana (Maurer) |
44 | 2.9 | Pepperdine |
44 | 2.9 | UC-Hastings |
44 | 2.9 | Colorado |
44 | 2.9 | Maryland |
44 | 2.9 | Utah |
44 | 2.9 | Washington & Lee |
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-constitutional-law-rankings.html