2021 U.S. News Environmental Law Rankings

The new 2021 U.S. News Environmental Law Rankings include the environmental law programs at 184 law schools (the faculty survey had a 56% response rate). Here are the Top 50:

Rank	Score	School
1	4.5	Lewis & Clark
1	4.5	UC-Berkeley
3	4.4	Pace
4	4.3	UCLA
5	4.2	Vermont
6	4.1	Columbia
6	4.1	NYU
6	4.1	Oregon
9	4.0	Utah
10	3.9	Georgetown
10	3.9	Harvard
10	3.9	Stanford
10	3.9	Colorado
10	3.9	Maryland
15	3.8	Florida State
15	3.8	George Washington
17	3.7	Tulane
17	3.7	Vanderbilt
19	3.6	Duke
20	3.5	Arizona State
20	3.5	UC-Hastings
20	3.5	UC-Davis
20	3.5	Florida
20	3.5	Minnesota
20	3.5	Yale
26	3.4	Denver
26	3.4	Houston
26	3.4	Texas
26	3.4	Virginia
30	3.3	Hawaii
31	3.2	Indiana (Maurer)
31	3.2	Washington
33	3.1	Boston College
33	3.1	Arizona
33	3.1	UC-Irvine
33	3.1	New Mexico
37	3.0	American
37	3.0	Texas A&M
37	3.0	Michigan
37	3.0	North Carolina
41	2.9	Cornell
41	2.9	Penn State (Univ. Park)
41	2.9	Montana
41	2.9	Penn
41	2.9	Wisconsin
41	2.9	Wake Forest
41	2.9	Widener (PA)
41	2.9	William & Mary
49	2.8	Emory
49	2.8	Loyola-New Orleans
49	2.8	Northwestern
49	2.8	Idaho
49	2.8	Wyoming
49	2.8	Widener (DE)

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