2020 Meta-Ranking Of Flagship U.S. Law Reviews

Update:  2023 Meta-Ranking Of Flagship U.S. Law Reviews

Bryce Clayton Newell (Oregon), 2020 Meta-Ranking of Flagship US Law Reviews:

This is an updated ranking of the top flagship law reviews at US law schools (updated as of July 15, 2020). ... The ranking table below includes 191 flagship law reviews from ABA accredited law schools. Even if you ignore the “MetaRank,” the table provides access to the updated rankings from US News (peer reputation and overall rankings, averaged over the 10-year period from 2012 through the 2021 edition) and the current W&L (2015-2019; released on June 1, 2020) and Google Scholar (July 2020) rankings.. ...

prRank = Average 10-year US News Peer Reputation score ranking;
usnRank = Average 10-year overall US News school ranking; 
wluRank = Washington & Lee Law Journal Ranking; 
gRank = Google Scholar Metrics ranking; 
wlu(IF)Rank = Washington & Lee Law Journal Impact Factor Ranking (NOT included in meta-rank).

Journal	MetaRank	prRank	usnRank	wluRank	gRank	wlu(IF)Rank
Yale Law Journal	1	2	1	1	1	2
Harvard Law Review	2	1	3	2	2	20
Stanford Law Review	3	3	2	3	3	1
Columbia Law Review	4	4	5	4	4	19
University of Chicago Law Review	5	5	4	9	6	15
Univ. of Pennsylvania Law Rev.	6	9	7	5	7	4
California Law Review	7	7	9	7	10	6
New York University Law Review	8	6	6	10	12	14
Georgetown Law Journal	9	14	14	6	5	10
Virginia Law Review	10	9	8	16	12	17
Michigan Law Review	11	8	9	15	16	8
Texas Law Review	12	15	15	14	8	20
UCLA Law Review	13	16	16	12	9	3
Duke Law Journal	13	11	11	17	14	5
Vanderbilt Law Review	15	17	17	19	15	13
Notre Dame Law Review	16	24	21	8	16	6
Cornell Law Review	17	12	13	23	22	12
Minnesota Law Review	18	20	20	13	18	15
Iowa Law Review	19	28	25	11	10	23
Northwestern Univ. Law Review	20	13	12	24	26	27
Washington Univ. Law Review	21	18	18	26	28	18
Boston University Law Review	22	25	24	22	20	22
Southern California Law Review	23	19	19	27	30	11
George Washington Law Review	24	23	22	29	22	42
Emory Law Journal	24	21	23	30	22	29
Boston College Law Review	26	29	30	21	19	27
William & Mary Law Review	27	33	35	18	21	8
UC Davis Law Review	28	26	36	28	22	26
Fordham Law Review	29	34	38	20	27	46
Indiana Law Journal	30	32	29	35	34	33
Washington Law Review	30	35	31	34	30	32
Wisconsin Law Review	32	26	34	39	37	38
Ohio State Law Journal	33	31	37	33	36	25
Univ. of Illinois Law Review	34	36	41	32	29	39
North Carolina Law Review	35	22	39	36	45	37
Florida Law Review	36	38	44	31	30	34
Washington & Lee Law Review	37	39	33	43	40	43
Alabama Law Review	38	40	27	40	52	35
Arizona Law Review	39	43	43	42	34	36
Hastings Law Journal	40	41	53	37	37	40
Arizona State Law Journal	41	44	28	55	42	61
UC Irvine Law Review	42	30	26	66	51	58
Cardozo Law Review	43	53	59	25	37	24
Wake Forest Law Review	44	45	40	47	47	49
Maryland Law Review	45	47	48	44	42	43
American Univ. Law Review	46	49	71	38	30	40
Colorado Law Review	47	42	45	50	55	52
Georgia Law Review	48	37	32	58	66	52
BYU Law Review	49	50	42	60	49	66
Utah Law Review	50	51	47	53	52	54
Houston Law Review	51	64	56	46	48	43
Connecticut Law Review	52	52	57	41	66	29
George Mason Law Review	53	56	46	49	66	51
Case Western Reserve Law Rev.	54	63	64	52	42	66
Univ. of Richmond Law Review	55	73	55	54	52	49
Tulane Law Review	56	46	51	69	85	83
Univ. of Miami Law Review	57	54	67	68	63	62
Temple Law Review	57	58	54	61	79	47
Brooklyn Law Review	59	70	82	48	58	66
SMU Law Review	59	66	49	64	79	77
Pepperdine Law Review	61	67	58	71	63	66
Lewis & Clark Law Review	61	81	87	51	40	56
Florida State Univ. Law Review	63	48	50	89	75	74
Seton Hall Law Review	64	85	62	62	55	58
Missouri Law Review	64	68	73	65	58	65
Nevada Law Journal	66	84	68	45	75	48
Chicago-Kent Law Review	67	72	80	63	58	74
San Diego Law Review	68	58	77	80	61	72
Michigan State Law Review	69	95	90	59	45	63
Univ. of Kansas Law Review	70	62	74	85	70	88
Nebraska Law Review	71	80	70	83	61	80
Loyola Univ. Chicago Law Journal	72	75	76	72	72	66
Oklahoma Law Review	73	78	69	76	75	87
Denver University Law Review	74	57	72	88	85	88
Penn State Law Review	75	93	66	57	90	31
Tennessee Law Review	76	61	61	96	94	110
Seattle University Law Review	77	91	108	56	63	71
Indiana Law Review	78	76	98	77	79	83
Georgia State Univ. Law Review	78	69	60	109	92	147
Univ. of Cincinnati Law Review	80	83	75	82	96	81
Villanova Law Review	80	86	85	86	79	88
South Carolina Law Review	82	89	95	87	70	83
DePaul Law Review	83	98	112	67	66	56
Kentucky Law Journal	84	71	63	108	107	125
Hofstra Law Review	85	99	109	74	72	81
West Virginia Law Review	86	109	99	70	79	58
Buffalo Law Review	87	100	96	84	79	74
Saint Louis Univ. Law Journal	88	97	92	102	72	114
Marquette Law Review	89	92	100	78	94	79
Rutgers Univ. Law Review	90	74	83	123	85	142
Baylor Law Review	90	87	52	113	1000	103
Albany Law Review	92	127	119	73	49	83
Arkansas Law Review	93	96	84	105	85	129
Santa Clara Law Review	94	77	106	99	96	77
UMKC Law Review	95	106	118	81	75	108
Louisiana Law Review	96	102	89	98	96	125
St. John’s Law Review	97	104	86	112	99	136
Howard Law Journal	98	90	116	100	99	103
Catholic Univ. Law Review	99	101	100	107	102	114
Loyola of L.A. Law Review	100	64	65	150	133	150

Oregon Law Review	101	55	88	136	1000	142
Texas A&M Law Review	101	123	115	75	102	63
Syracuse Law Review	103	94	96	101	126	99
Drake Law Review	103	132	110	90	85	91
Idaho Law Review	105	117	129	119	55	106
Univ. of Pittsburgh Law Review	106	60	81	141	112	136
New Mexico Law Review	107	88	79	131	1000	119
Chapman Law Review	108	141	131	79	1000	54
Texas Tech Law Review	109	135	113	91	92	99
Mississippi Law Journal	110	103	107	110	119	114
Cleveland State Law Review	111	140	117	94	90	91
Vermont Law Review	112	112	133	95	102	103
Univ. of Louisville Law Review	113	108	93	122	1000	97
Univ. of San Francisco Law Rev.	114	119	142	93	1000	73
Washburn Law Journal	115	136	128	97	1000	96
Northeastern Univ. Law Journal	116	82	77	150	1000	150
Maine Law Review	117	105	124	130	102	110
Mercer Law Review	118	121	121	111	115	136
Akron Law Review	119	144	135	92	102	91
Univ. of Hawai'i Law Review	119	79	94	150	1000	150
CUNY Law Review	121	114	120	121	1000	112
Tulsa Law Review	122	125	91	150	112	150
Montana Law Review	122	120	126	116	1000	95
Creighton Law Review	124	134	122	106	119	119
Stetson Law Review	125	110	104	134	1000	149
Quinnipiac Law Review	126	131	130	114	1000	99
Wayne Law Review	127	116	100	150	131	150
Univ. of Memphis Law Review	128	143	147	103	107	133
Univ. of St. Thomas Law Journal	129	139	125	139	99	125
Pace Law Review	130	132	136	128	109	136
Wyoming Law Review	131	118	126	132	1000	122
Duquesne Law Review	132	148	134	115	1000	99
Drexel Law Review	132	115	111	143	1000	130
Univ. of Baltimore Law Review	134	122	123	134	1000	112
Loyola Law Review	135	113	140	137	126	128
Suffolk Univ. Law Review	135	130	151	120	115	136
FIU Law Review	137	147	105	146	119	136
Gonzaga Law Review	138	111	114	147	1000	148
New York Law School Law Rev.	139	129	132	142	119	130
Southwestern Law Review	140	138	150	129	109	114
Univ. of Toledo Law Review	141	142	141	125	119	142
Univ. of Arkansas LR Law Rev.	142	107	137	150	134	150
Univ. of the Pacific Law Review	143	128	139	150	112	150
Univ. of New Hampshire Law Rev.	143	126	103	150	1000	150
Ohio Northern Univ. Law Review	145	169	153	104	1000	122
St. Mary's Law Journal	146	157	158	117	119	119
Mitchell Hamline Law Review	147	145	144	150	115	150
South Dakota Law Review	147	146	147	133	128	133
Capital University Law Review	149	170	161	117	109	107
Willamette Law Review	150	124	138	150	1000	150
Touro Law Review	151	167	161	127	115	130
Northern Kentucky Law Review	152	162	161	124	1000	91
Campbell Law Review	153	170	146	140	119	122
John Marshall Law Review	154	149	152	149	131	145
North Dakota Law Review	155	137	149	150	1000	150
Univ. of Detroit Mercy Law Rev.	155	173	161	126	1000	97
South Texas Law Review	157	157	156	148	128	145
Roger Williams Univ. Law Rev.	158	155	161	150	128	150
Southern Illinois Univ. L.J.	159	154	156	150	135	150
Cumberland Law Review	160	153	145	150	1000	150
Widener Law Review	161	150	161	144	1000	114
Univ. of Dayton Law Review	162	151	154	150	1000	150
Northern Illinois Univ. Law Rev.	163	156	155	150	1000	150
Widener Commonwealth Law Rev.	163	152	159	150	1000	150
New England Law Review	165	168	161	145	1000	133
Nova Law Review	166	159	161	150	1000	150
Regent Univ. Law Review	167	184	161	138	1000	108
Elon Law Review	167	160	161	150	1000	150
Golden Gate Univ. Law Review	169	161	161	150	1000	150
California Western Law Review	170	163	161	150	1000	150
Belmont Law Review	170	181	143	150	1000	150
Oklahoma City Univ. Law Review	170	165	159	150	1000	150
Mississippi College Law Review	173	164	161	150	1000	150
University of Mass. Law Review	174	166	161	150	1000	150
N. Carolina Central Law Review	175	172	161	150	1000	150
Univ. of the D.C. Law Review	176	174	161	150	1000	150
Florida A&M Univ. Law Review	177	175	161	150	1000	150
W. New England Law Review	178	176	161	150	1000	150
St. Thomas Law Review	179	177	161	150	1000	150
Thurgood Marshall Law Review	179	177	161	150	1000	150
John Marshall Law Journal	181	179	161	150	1000	150
Southern Univ. Law Review	182	180	161	150	1000	150
Charleston Law Review	183	182	161	150	1000	150
Faulkner Law Review	184	183	161	150	1000	150
Florida Coastal Law Review	185	184	161	150	1000	150
Appalachian Journal of Law	186	186	161	150	1000	150
Liberty University Law Review	187	187	161	150	1000	150
Barry Law Review	188	188	161	150	1000	150
Western State Univ. Law Review	189	189	161	150	1000	150
Thomas M. Cooley Law Review	189	189	161	150	1000	150
Ave Maria Law Review	191	191	161	150	1000	150

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