The Law Schools Most Impacted By The Methodology Changes In The Projected 2024 U.S. News Rankings

Following up on Monday's post, Projected 2024 U.S. News Rankings For All 191 Law Schools:  here are the schools most impacted by the methodology changes in the 2024 U.S. News Rankings, using the projected median ranks in Mike Spivey's 15 models:

Largest increases in the projected 2024 rankings:

Rank	School	2023 Rank	Projected 2024 Rank	Difference
1	St. Thomas (MN)	127	94	+33
2	Florida Int'l	98	66	+32
3	Oklahoma	88	59	+29
3	Marquette	105	76	+29
5	Duquesne	129	102	+27
6	Stetson	111	85	+26
7	Wyoming	129	108	+21
8	Kansas	67	47	+20
8	Texas Tech	105	85	+20
10	St. John's	84	65	+19
11	South Carolina	84	66	+18
11	Chapman	118	100	+18
11	Dayton	122	104	+18
14	Drake	111	94	+17
15	Belmont	133	117	+16
15	Pace	142	126	+16
15	Regent	142	126	+16
18	Mercer	122	107	+15
19	Texas A&M	46	32	+14
19	Seattle	116	102	+14
19	West Virginia	118	104	+14
19	Samford	139	125	+14
23	Wake Forest	37	24	+13
23	Villanova	56	43	+13
25	Baylor	58	46	+12
25	Temple	63	51	+12
27	SMU	58	47	+11
28	Seton Hall	73	63	+10
28	New York Law School	129	119	+10

Largest decreases in the projected 2024 rankings:

Rank	School	2023 Rank	Projected 2024 Rank	Difference
1	Hawaii	91	129	-38
2	Penn State-Dickinson	58	91	-33
3	Maine	114	144	-30
4	Arkansas-Fayetteville	86	114	-28
5	SUNY-Buffalo	94	120	-26
5	Willamette	129	155	-26
7	Santa Clara	133	156	-23
8	DePaul	105	127	-22
8	Syracuse	103	125	-22
10	UNLV	67	88	-21
11	Missouri-Kansas City	114	134	-20
12	CUNY	133	151	-18
12	Penn State-Univ. Park	64	82	-18
12	UC-Davis	37	55	-18
15	Nebraska	78	95	-17
15	Oregon	67	84	-17
17	Creighton	139	155	-16
17	New Hampshire	105	121	-16
17	Vermont	142	158	-16
17	William & Mary	30	46	-16
21	Baltimore	122	136	-14
22	Michigan State	91	104	-13
23	Catholic	94	106	-12
23	San Diego	64	76	-12
23	UC-San Francisco	51	63	-12
26	Alabama	25	36	-11
26	American	73	84	-11
26	Iowa	28	39	-11
26	Pacific	133	144	-11
26	Suffolk	122	133	-11
31	Louisville	94	104	-10
31	Pittsburgh	78	88	-10
31	Rutgers	86	96	-10
31	Tulane	55	65	-10

The spreadsheet with the increases and decreases for all 191 law schools is here.

Prior TaxProf Blog coverage:

• In Response To Boycott, U.S. News Dramatically Changes Law School Rankings Methodology. Who Are The Winners And Losers? Will Harvard Be #1? (Jan. 2 2023)
• Modeling And Projecting The Forthcoming U.S. News Law School Rankings (Jan. 18 2023)