2024 U.S. News Contracts/Commercial Law Rankings

The new 2024 U.S. News Contracts/Commercial Law Rankings include the contracts/commercial law programs at 196 law schools (the faculty survey had a 42% response rate). Here are the Top 50:

Rank	Score	School
1	4.8	Chicago
2	4.6	Columbia*
3	4.4	Harvard*
3	4.4	Stanford*
5	4.3	NYU*
5	4.3	Penn*
5	4.3	UC-Berkeley*
8	4.2	Michigan*
8	4.2	UCLA*
8	4.2	Virginia*
11	4.1	Northwestern*
11	4.1	Yale*
13	4.0	Vanderbilt*
14	3.9	Cornell*
14	3.9	Duke*
14	3.9	Georgetown*
14	3.9	Texas
18	3.8	North Carolina
19	3.6	Fordham
19	3.6	Minnesota
19	3.6	USC
19	3.6	Washington University
23	3.5	Emory
23	3.5	Iowa
25	3.4	Boston College
25	3.4	Illinois
25	3.4	William & Mary
25	3.4	Wisconsin*
29	3.3	Boston University
29	3.3	Florida State
29	3.3	George Mason
29	3.3	Georgia
29	3.3	Notre Dame
29	3.3	UC-San Francisco*
35	3.2	Alabama
35	3.2	Ohio State
35	3.2	UC-Irvine*
38	3.1	Arizona State
38	3.1	Brooklyn*
38	3.1	BYU
38	3.1	Florida
38	3.1	Temple
38	3.1	UC-Davis*
38	3.1	Wake Forest
45	3.0	UNLV
45	3.0	Washington & Lee
47	2.9	Houston
47	2.9	Howard
47	2.9	Indiana (Maurer)
47	2.9	San Diego
47	2.9	Tennessee
47	2.9	Texas A&M
47	2.9	Tulane*

*Denotes schools that boycotted the U.S. News rankings

2023 U.S. News Contracts/Commercial Law Rankings

2024 U.S. News Specialty Rankings:

• Business/Corporate Law
• Clinical Law
• Constitutional Law
• Contracts/Commercial Law
• Criminal Law
• Dispute Resolution
• Environmental Law
• Health Care Law
• Intellectual Property Law
• International Law
• Legal Writing
• Tax Law
• Trial Advocacy