Tuesday, April 5, 2022
2023 U.S. News Criminal Law Rankings
The new 2023 U.S. News Criminal Law Rankings include the criminal law programs at 187 law schools (the faculty survey had a 51% response rate). Here are the Top 50:
Rank | Score | School |
1 | 4.6 | NYU |
2 | 4.4 | UC-Berkeley |
3 | 4.3 | Georgetown |
3 | 4.3 | Harvard |
3 | 4.3 | Penn |
3 | 4.3 | Stanford |
7 | 4.2 | Virginia |
8 | 4.1 | Chicago |
8 | 4.1 | Columbia |
8 | 4.1 | UCLA |
8 | 4.1 | Yale |
12 | 4.0 | Michigan |
12 | 4.0 | Ohio State |
14 | 3.9 | Duke |
14 | 3.9 | Texas |
14 | 3.9 | Vanderbilt |
17 | 3.8 | Northwestern |
18 | 3.7 | Fordham |
18 | 3.7 | North Carolina |
18 | 3.7 | William & Mary |
21 | 3.6 | Cornell |
21 | 3.6 | Minnesota |
21 | 3.6 | UC-Davis |
24 | 3.5 | American |
24 | 3.5 | Brooklyn |
24 | 3.5 | UC-Irvine |
24 | 3.5 | Wake Forest |
28 | 3.4 | Arizona State |
28 | 3.4 | Boston Univ. |
28 | 3.4 | Cardozo |
28 | 3.4 | George Washington |
32 | 3.3 | Colorado |
32 | 3.3 | Indiana (Maurer) |
32 | 3.3 | Loyola-L.A. |
32 | 3.3 | UC-Hastings |
32 | 3.3 | Univ. of Washington |
32 | 3.3 | Washington Univ. |
32 | 3.3 | Wisconsin |
39 | 3.2 | Emory |
39 | 3.2 | Illinois |
39 | 3.2 | Iowa |
39 | 3.2 | Maryland |
39 | 3.2 | Rutgers |
39 | 3.2 | Utah |
39 | 3.2 | Washington & Lee |
46 | 3.1 | Boston College |
46 | 3.1 | Denver |
46 | 3.1 | Florida |
46 | 3.1 | Florida State |
46 | 3.1 | Notre Dame |
46 | 3.1 | Tulane |
46 | 3.1 | USC |
2022 U.S. News Criminal Law Rankings
2023 U.S. News Specialty Rankings:
- Omnibus Specialty Rankings (compilation of all 13 special rankings)
- Omnibus Specialty Rankings v. Overall Rankings
- Business/Corporate Law
- Clinical Law
- Constitutional Law
- Contracts/Commercial Law
- Criminal Law
- Dispute Resolution
- Environmental Law
- Health Law
- Intellectual Property Law
- International Law
- Legal Writing
- Tax Law
- Trial Advocacy
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