2022 U.S. News Environmental Law Rankings

The new 2022 U.S. News Environmental Law Rankings include the environmental law programs at 181 law schools (the faculty survey had a 59% response rate). Here are the Top 50:

Rank	Score	School
1	4.5	Lewis & Clark
1	4.5	Pace
1	4.5	UC-Berkeley
4	4.3	NYU
4	4.3	UCLA
4	4.3	Vermont
7	4.1	Columbia
7	4.1	Georgetown
7	4.1	Harvard
10	4.0	Colorado
10	4.0	George Washington
10	4.0	Oregon
10	4.0	Stanford
10	4.0	Utah
15	3.9	Vanderbilt
16	3.8	Duke
16	3.8	Maryland
18	3.7	Florida State
18	3.7	Tulane
20	3.6	Arizona State
20	3.6	Florida
20	3.6	Houston
20	3.6	Yale
24	3.5	Boston College
24	3.5	Denver
24	3.5	Hawaii
24	3.5	Minnesota
24	3.5	UC-Davis
24	3.5	UC-Hastings
30	3.4	Texas
30	3.4	Virginia
32	3.3	Arizona
32	3.3	UC-Irvine
34	3.2	Texas A&M
34	3.2	New Mexico
34	3.2	Univ. of Washington
37	3.1	American
37	3.1	Indiana (Maurer)
37	3.1	Michigan
37	3.1	North Carolina
37	3.1	Widener (DE)
42	3.0	Montana
42	3.0	Wisconsin
44	2.9	Northwestern
44	2.9	Penn State-Univ. Park
44	2.9	South Carolina
44	2.9	Widener (PA)
48	2.8	Emory
48	2.8	Loyola-New Orleans
48	2.8	Miami
48	2.8	Notre Dame
48	2.8	Penn
48	2.8	Seattle
48	2.8	Wake Forest
48	2.8	Washington Univ.
48	2.8	Wyoming

2021 U.S. News Environmental Law Rankings

2022 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