2021 U.S. News Criminal Law Rankings

The new 2021 U.S. News Criminal Law Rankings include the criminal law programs at 188 law schools (the faculty survey had a 53% response rate). Here are the Top 50:

Rank	Score	School
1	4.5	NYU
1	4.5	Stanford
3	4.4	Harvard
3	4.4	UC-Berkeley
5	4.3	Georgetown
6	4.2	Columbia
6	4.2	Penn
6	4.2	Virginia
6	4.2	Yale
10	4.1	Duke
10	4.1	UCLA
10	4.1	Chicago
10	4.1	Michigan
10	4.1	Vanderbilt
15	4.0	Ohio State
16	3.9	Northwestern
17	3.8	Cornell
17	3.8	Fordham
17	3.8	UC-Irvine
17	3.8	Texas
17	3.8	William & Mary
22	3.7	George Washington
22	3.7	UC-Davis
22	3.7	Minnesota
22	3.7	North Carolina
26	3.6	American
26	3.6	Brooklyn
26	3.6	Washington Univ.
29	3.5	Wake Forest
30	3.4	Boston University
30	3.4	Colorado
30	3.4	Cardozo
33	3.3	Arizona State
33	3.3	Emory
33	3.3	Loyola-L.A.
33	3.3	UC-Hastings
33	3.3	Florida
33	3.3	Georgia
33	3.3	Illinois
33	3.3	USC
33	3.3	Utah
33	3.3	Wisconsin
43	3.2	Boston College
43	3.2	Indiana (Maurer)
43	3.2	SMU
43	3.2	Alabama
43	3.2	Denver
43	3.2	Iowa
43	3.2	Notre Dame
43	3.2	Richmond
43	3.2	Washington
43	3.2	Washington & Lee

2021 U.S. News Specialty Rankings:

• Business/Corporate Law
• Clinical Law
• Constitutional Law
• Contracts/Commercial Law
• Dispute Resolution
• Environmental Law
• Health Care Law
• Intellectual Property
• International Law
• Legal Writing
• Tax Law
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