2023 U.S. News Legal Writing Rankings

The new 2023 U.S. News Legal Writing Rankings include the legal writing programs at 186 law schools (the faculty survey had a 64% response rate). Here are the Top 50:

Rank	Score	School
1	4.3	Oregon
1	4.3	UNLV
3	4.2	Stetson
4	4.1	Arizona State
4	4.1	Suffolk
6	3.9	Denver
6	3.9	Georgetown
6	3.9	Seattle
6	3.9	Wake Forest
10	3.8	Michigan
10	3.8	North Carolina
10	3.8	UC-Irvine
13	3.7	Arizona
13	3.7	Rutgers
15	3.6	Indiana (McKinney)
15	3.6	John Marshall (IL)
15	3.6	Mercer
15	3.6	Nova SE
15	3.6	Temple
15	3.6	Washburn
21	3.5	Drake
21	3.5	Drexel
21	3.5	Marquette
21	3.5	Missouri-Kansas City
21	3.5	Ohio State
21	3.5	Texas Tech
27	3.4	Brooklyn
27	3.4	Lewis & Clark
27	3.4	Northeastern
27	3.4	Villanova
31	3.3	Arkansas-Little Rock
31	3.3	Elon
31	3.3	Indiana (Maurer)
31	3.3	Loyola-L.A.
31	3.3	Northwestern
31	3.3	Pacific
31	3.3	South Texas
31	3.3	William & Mary
39	3.2	Arkansas-Fayetteville
39	3.2	Baltimore
39	3.2	Chicago-Kent
39	3.2	Duke
39	3.2	Duquesne
39	3.2	Emory
39	3.2	George Washington
39	3.2	Iowa
39	3.2	Loyola-New Orleans
39	3.2	Mitchell | Hamline
39	3.2	St. John's
50	3.1	Boston College
50	3.1	Cornell
50	3.1	Florida Int'l
50	3.1	Hofstra
50	3.1	Howard
50	3.1	Louisville
50	3.1	Syracuse
50	3.1	Texas A&M
50	3.1	Univ. of Washington
50	3.1	Virginia
50	3.1	Widener (DE)
50	3.1	Wyoming

2022 U.S. News Legal Writing 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