2023 U.S. News Omnibus Specialty Rankings

The new 2023 U.S. News Specialty Rankings include the rankings for 13 specialty programs at 192 law schools. Here are the Top 100 law schools, determined by giving equal weight to each of the 13 separate specialty rankings:

1. Business/Corporate Law
2. Clinical Law
3. Constitutional Law
4. Contracts/Commercial Law
5. Criminal Law
6. Dispute Resolution
7. Environmental Law
8. Health Law
9. Intellectual Property Law
10. International Law
11. Legal Writing
12. Tax Law
13. Trial Advocacy

	School	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Avg.
1	Georgetown	10	1	10	11	3	20	7	7	18	4	6	2	16	8.8
2	NYU	1	3	5	4	1	20	5	44	3	1	84	1	38	16.2
3	Northwestern	14	17	14	12	17	4	38	44	19	18	31	3	16	19.0
4	UC-Berkeley	1	8	8	7	2	43	1	33	1	7	115	24	10	20.0
5	Michigan	9	8	9	7	12	70	41	17	19	7	10	6	52	20.5
6	UCLA	7	26	11	15	8	15	1	23	15	12	128	6	6	21.0
7	Harvard	1	26	1	2	3	3	7	2	15	2	182	9	38	22.4
8	Stanford	6	15	5	4	3	15	13	7	2	10	149	9	61	23.0
9	Virginia	10	64	5	7	7	22	29	29	25	6	50	5	52	23.9
10	George Washington	27	23	21	34	28	47	13	23	5	10	39	27	31	25.2
11	Duke	14	35	11	16	14	56	17	21	12	12	39	18	67	25.5
12	Penn	5	26	14	7	3	22	44	20	12	14	74	18	89	26.8
13	UC-Irvine	44	5	18	27	24	22	34	29	19	18	10	9	106	28.1
14	Texas	17	35	11	12	14	22	31	33	19	21	104	15	38	28.6
15	Columbia	1	26	3	1	8	22	7	38	15	3	174	9	89	30.5
16	American	56	3	40	45	24	43	44	16	8	7	62	55	3	31.2
17	Ohio State	39	64	21	27	12	1	56	17	36	47	21	34	52	32.8
18	Washington Univ.	20	17	19	16	32	38	68	29	45	21	74	34	20	33.3
19	UC-Hastings	32	20	33	27	32	9	21	12	28	27	160	20	26	34.4
20	Fordham	18	17	30	20	18	13	73	65	25	21	115	28	7	34.6
21	North Carolina	23	26	21	20	18	56	41	23	55	62	10	20	89	35.7
22	Yale	12	5	1	4	8	56	26	11	63	4	180	20	79	36.1
23	Arizona State	56	73	40	45	28	13	17	13	55	32	4	39	61	36.6
24	Vanderbilt	12	35	17	16	14	32	7	33	45	17	128	45	79	36.9
25	Boston Univ.	20	26	21	27	28	84	68	5	11	39	62	15	89	38.1
26	Cornell	14	46	14	12	21	22	56	55	45	14	50	34	120	38.7
27	Temple	44	57	61	45	53	56	89	23	36	18	15	28	1	40.5
28	Minnesota	23	57	26	16	21	84	26	23	55	21	62	24	89	40.5
29	William & Mary	27	73	19	23	18	38	56	75	45	32	31	67	38	41.7
30	Emory	23	104	26	23	39	70	63	23	45	32	39	39	31	42.8
31	Boston College	27	26	33	27	46	56	34	48	32	36	50	13	135	43.3
32	Chicago	7	46	3	2	8	70	63	44	36	14	178	6	89	43.5
33	Denver	69	8	61	64	46	22	21	85	66	47	6	62	10	43.6
34	UC-Davis	23	57	21	27	21	32	17	55	36	29	169	28	67	44.8
35	Univ. of Washington	44	35	61	41	32	47	31	40	28	39	50	34	106	45.2
36	Wake Forest	44	86	54	41	24	47	44	21	79	67	6	67	26	46.6
37	Maryland	56	8	40	59	39	12	13	6	87	67	115	76	31	46.8
38	Houston	44	92	71	59	66	47	21	7	6	57	62	49	31	47.1
39	Indiana (Maurer)	44	92	35	37	32	47	34	55	28	32	31	15	135	47.5
40	Florida	27	104	48	34	46	38	21	60	66	67	84	3	26	48.0
41	Loyola-L.A.	56	57	65	64	32	70	96	48	32	62	31	13	7	48.7
42	Arizona	44	64	40	53	53	77	31	40	66	42	13	70	52	49.6
43	Brooklyn	27	23	48	41	24	56	139	85	79	42	27	28	38	50.5
44	Wisconsin	41	46	35	23	32	56	44	48	72	36	104	55	89	52.4
45	Washington & Lee	32	46	48	37	39	43	89	48	72	36	84	45	67	52.8
46	Georgia	32	46	35	45	60	47	73	40	79	21	149	39	21	52.8
47	USC	18	92	26	23	46	32	38	55	45	42	149	20	120	54.3
48	Tulane	32	35	54	41	46	77	17	60	72	29	115	70	61	54.5
49	Texas A&M	69	23	84	59	111	4	38	75	6	57	50	70	67	54.8
50	Notre Dame	32	80	26	45	46	56	56	85	36	27	128	45	52	54.9
51	Colorado	44	80	40	53	32	84	12	65	45	62	62	62	89	56.2
51	Loyola-Chicago	78	86	65	84	72	38	73	3	36	57	62	55	21	56.2
53	Rutgers	69	8	54	84	39	84	80	48	79	62	13	67	49	56.6
54	Miami	56	26	54	53	53	84	44	75	66	29	104	34	61	56.8
55	Cardozo	56	35	40	53	28	4	144	108	8	47	115	55	79	59.4
56	UNLV	69	35	71	45	72	8	96	40	72	105	1	55	106	59.6
57	Chicago-Kent	69	121	65	64	72	56	80	60	12	67	39	85	7	61.3
58	Iowa	32	92	48	27	39	110	96	65	55	47	39	55	106	62.4
59	San Diego	44	121	30	45	60	96	44	65	19	47	169	24	52	62.8
60	Alabama	44	64	30	53	60	84	80	75	105	81	74	39	38	63.6
60	Utah	41	92	48	53	39	110	16	44	36	47	104	49	148	63.6
62	Case Western	63	64	65	70	80	56	44	13	36	21	84	113	120	63.8
63	Florida State	56	132	35	34	46	77	21	65	72	47	160	45	52	64.8
64	Georgia State	63	35	54	64	60	96	96	3	66	105	128	62	31	66.4
65	Howard	78	35	54	70	53	96	96	85	45	81	50	95	26	66.5
66	Pepperdine Caruso	67	46	54	70	96	1	109	102	94	39	128	28	31	66.5
67	SMU	44	64	73	70	53	47	113	55	55	57	128	49	67	67.3
68	Northeastern	93	20	73	97	60	110	96	7	45	67	27	76	106	67.5
69	BYU	22	121	48	37	80	43	56	108	55	47	128	39	120	69.5
70	Suffolk	103	15	137	97	80	22	96	60	28	128	4	119	21	70.0
71	Seattle	93	26	93	84	72	22	80	108	72	81	6	85	89	70.1
72	Illinois	32	121	35	20	39	84	73	75	55	67	128	49	135	70.2
73	Lewis & Clark	83	73	93	84	90	38	4	102	63	67	27	95	106	71.2
74	Villanova	78	46	73	70	72	110	96	108	63	81	27	39	79	72.5
75	Seton Hall	78	73	65	84	66	110	80	13	94	97	84	62	52	73.7
76	Richmond	63	132	40	59	60	70	63	96	36	91	84	62	106	74.0
77	Oregon	69	121	84	59	80	9	7	185	87	91	1	55	135	75.6
78	South Carolina	69	35	104	80	53	110	68	65	115	101	115	49	38	77.1
79	Pittsburgh	78	92	65	80	80	110	109	38	45	42	128	28	120	78.1
80	Michigan State	67	104	73	70	72	84	96	102	55	62	84	102	49	78.5
81	Santa Clara	69	113	93	92	90	77	80	96	4	42	74	76	120	78.9
82	St. John's	63	86	73	70	66	32	153	124	87	81	39	124	38	79.7
83	Hofstra	83	73	93	97	66	96	139	75	79	81	50	85	21	79.8
84	Stetson	109	73	104	97	111	22	80	108	141	101	3	95	3	80.5
85	Drexel	83	64	84	97	96	110	144	33	94	118	21	119	10	82.5
86	George Mason	41	148	40	37	80	103	122	108	19	67	169	70	89	84.1
87	Syracuse	90	113	104	105	80	110	73	85	87	81	50	102	14	84.2
88	Tennessee	39	20	84	45	96	110	109	102	141	118	74	82	79	84.5
89	Connecticut	69	113	61	64	80	96	96	65	100	57	84	70	148	84.8
90	Baltimore	119	8	104	143	66	70	68	85	94	91	39	102	120	85.3
91	DePaul	103	92	84	113	96	110	139	29	25	81	74	85	89	86.2
91	St. Louis	93	57	73	84	96	110	134	1	87	91	104	70	120	86.2
91	Wayne State	119	35	73	97	72	110	80	60	105	67	128	85	89	86.2
94	John Marshall (IL)	119	80	121	125	96	110	122	75	32	97	15	132	21	88.1
95	Kansas	83	132	73	70	96	47	63	108	105	81	84	85	120	88.2
96	Penn State-Dickinson	90	73	93	92	96	110	89	65	105	67	84	95	106	89.6
97	New Mexico	119	8	104	80	90	110	29	85	121	128	74	113	106	89.8
98	Indiana (McKinney)	93	138	84	84	119	110	96	17	100	67	15	82	170	90.4
98	Pace	109	132	137	113	111	32	1	102	141	67	128	76	26	90.4
100	Penn State-University Park	93	64	73	105	111	56	44	85	121	67	115	85	161	90.8

If anyone at a law school outside the Top 100 would like the data for their school's rank, email me.

Methodology: U.S. News assigns a rank for all schools that receive at least 10 ratings from faculty in the field. For law schools that received less than 10 ratings, we assigned the school the next lowest ranking behind lowest rated school(s) with 10 or more ratings:

1. Business/Corporate Law: 187
2. Clinical Law: 173
3. Constitutional Law: 187
4. Contracts/Commercial Law: 187
5. Criminal Law: 187
6. Dispute Resolution: 109
7. Environmental Law: 180
8. Health Law: 184
9. Intellectual Property Law: 187
10. International Law: 185
11. Legal Writing: 186
12. Tax Law: 186
13. Trial Advocacy: 187

2022 U.S. News Omnibus Specialty Rankings