Thursday, April 7, 2022
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
- Trial Advocacy
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