2023 U.S. News Environmental Law Rankings

The new 2023 U.S. News Environmental Law Rankings include the environmental law programs at 180 law schools (the faculty survey had a 61% response rate). Here are the Top 50:

Rank	Score	School
1	4.4	Pace
1	4.4	UC-Berkeley
1	4.4	UCLA
4	4.3	Lewis & Clark
5	4.1	NYU
5	4.1	Vermont
7	4.0	Columbia
7	4.0	Georgetown
7	4.0	Harvard
7	4.0	Oregon
7	4.0	Vanderbilt
12	3.9	Colorado
13	3.8	George Washington
13	3.8	Maryland
13	3.8	Stanford
16	3.7	Utah
17	3.6	Arizona State
17	3.6	Duke
17	3.6	Tulane
17	3.6	UC-Davis
21	3.5	Denver
21	3.5	Florida
21	3.5	Florida State
21	3.5	Houston
21	3.5	UC-Hastings
26	3.4	Hawaii
26	3.4	Minnesota
26	3.4	Yale
29	3.3	New Mexico
29	3.3	Virginia
31	3.2	Arizona
31	3.2	Texas
31	3.2	Univ. of Washington
34	3.1	Boston College
34	3.1	Indiana (Maurer)
34	3.1	Montana
34	3.1	UC-Irvine
38	3.0	Northwestern
38	3.0	Texas A&M
38	3.0	USC
41	2.9	Michigan
41	2.9	North Carolina
41	2.9	Widener (DE)
44	2.8	American
44	2.8	Case Western
44	2.8	CUNY
44	2.8	Loyola-New Orleans
44	2.8	Maine
44	2.8	Miami
44	2.8	Penn
44	2.8	Penn State-University Park
44	2.8	San Diego
44	2.8	Wake Forest
44	2.8	Wisconsin
44	2.8	Wyoming

2022 U.S. News Environmental 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
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