Wednesday, April 7, 2021
2022 U.S. News Legal Writing Rankings
The new 2022 U.S. News Legal Writing Rankings include the legal writing programs at 176 law schools (the faculty survey had a 60% response rate). Here are the Top 50:
| Rank | Score | School |
| 1 | 4.3 | Oregon |
| 1 | 4.3 | UNLV |
| 3 | 4.1 | Arizona State |
| 4 | 4.0 | Suffolk |
| 5 | 3.9 | Stetson |
| 5 | 3.9 | Wake Forest |
| 7 | 3.8 | Seattle |
| 7 | 3.8 | Temple |
| 9 | 3.7 | Denver |
| 9 | 3.7 | Drake |
| 9 | 3.7 | Georgetown |
| 9 | 3.7 | Michigan |
| 9 | 3.7 | North Carolina |
| 9 | 3.7 | Rutgers |
| 9 | 3.7 | UC-Irvine |
| 16 | 3.6 | Indiana (McKinney) |
| 16 | 3.6 | Marquette |
| 16 | 3.6 | Nova SE |
| 16 | 3.6 | UIC-John Marshall |
| 16 | 3.6 | Washburn |
| 21 | 3.5 | Arizona |
| 21 | 3.5 | Drexel |
| 21 | 3.5 | Lewis & Clark |
| 21 | 3.5 | Pacific |
| 25 | 3.4 | Arkansas-Little Rock |
| 25 | 3.4 | Duquesne |
| 25 | 3.4 | Loyola-Chicago |
| 25 | 3.4 | Northeastern |
| 25 | 3.4 | Northwestern |
| 25 | 3.4 | Ohio State |
| 25 | 3.4 | South Texas |
| 25 | 3.4 | Texas A&M |
| 25 | 3.4 | Texas Tech |
| 34 | 3.3 | Arkansas-Fayetteville |
| 34 | 3.3 | Brooklyn |
| 34 | 3.3 | Duke |
| 34 | 3.3 | Elon |
| 34 | 3.3 | George Washington |
| 34 | 3.3 | Mercer |
| 34 | 3.3 | Missouri-Kansas City |
| 41 | 3.2 | DePaul |
| 41 | 3.2 | Howard |
| 41 | 3.2 | Tennessee |
| 41 | 3.2 | Univ. of Washington |
| 41 | 3.2 | Villanova |
| 46 | 3.1 | Boston College |
| 46 | 3.1 | CUNY |
| 46 | 3.1 | Baltimore |
| 46 | 3.1 | Chicago-Kent |
| 46 | 3.1 | Emory |
| 46 | 3.1 | Hofstra |
| 46 | 3.1 | Houston |
| 46 | 3.1 | Iowa |
| 46 | 3.1 | Loyola-L.A. |
| 46 | 3.1 | Minnesota |
| 46 | 3.1 | New York Law School |
| 46 | 3.1 | St. John's |
| 46 | 3.1 | Touro |
| 46 | 3.1 | William & Mary |
| 46 | 3.1 | Wyoming |
2021 U.S. News Legal Writing 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
https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2021/04/2022-us-news-legal-writing-rankings.html
