2022 U.S. News Criminal Law Rankings

The new 2022 U.S. News Criminal Law Rankings include the criminal law programs at 187 law schools (the faculty survey had a 57% response rate). Here are the Top 50:

Rank	Score	School
1	4.5	NYU
2	4.3	Harvard
2	4.3	UC-Berkeley
4	4.2	Stanford
4	4.2	Virginia
4	4.2	Yale
7	4.1	Columbia
7	4.1	Georgetown
7	4.1	Penn
10	4.0	Chicago
10	4.0	Michigan
10	4.0	UCLA
13	3.9	Duke
13	3.9	Northwestern
13	3.9	Ohio State
13	3.9	Vanderbilt
17	3.8	Texas
18	3.7	Fordham
18	3.7	Minnesota
18	3.7	North Carolina
18	3.7	William & Mary
22	3.6	Cornell
23	3.5	American
23	3.5	Boston Univ.
23	3.5	UC-Davis
23	3.5	Cardozo
27	3.4	Brooklyn
27	3.4	George Washington
27	3.4	UC-Irvine
30	3.3	Arizona State
30	3.3	UC-Hastings
30	3.3	Utah
30	3.3	Wisconsin
30	3.3	Wake Forest
30	3.3	Washington Univ.
36	3.2	Colorado
36	3.2	Denver
36	3.2	Loyola-L.A.
36	3.2	Univ. of Washington
40	3.1	Alabama
40	3.1	Arizona
40	3.1	Emory
40	3.1	Florida State
40	3.1	Georgia
40	3.1	Illinois
40	3.1	Indiana (Maurer)
40	3.1	Iowa
40	3.1	San Diego
40	3.1	USC
50	3.0	Boston College
50	3.0	Florida
50	3.0	Howard
50	3.0	Maryland
50	3.0	Miami
50	3.0	Northeastern
50	3.0	Richmond
50	3.0	SMU
50	3.0	Tulane
50	3.0	Washington & Lee

2021 U.S. News Criminal Law Rankings

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