2024 U.S. News Criminal Law Rankings

The new 2024 U.S. News Criminal Law Rankings include the criminal law programs at 196 law schools (the faculty survey had a 46% response rate). Here are the Top 50:

Rank	Score	School
1	4.4	NYU*
2	4.2	Harvard*
2	4.2	Stanford*
4	4.1	Columbia*
4	4.1	Duke*
4	4.1	Georgetown*
7	3.9	Chicago
7	3.9	Penn*
7	3.9	UC-Berkeley*
7	3.9	Vanderbilt*
7	3.9	Virginia*
12	3.8	Michigan*
12	3.8	UCLA*
12	3.8	Yale*
15	3.7	Northwestern*
15	3.7	Ohio State
17	3.6	Fordham
17	3.6	North Carolina
17	3.6	UC-Davis*
20	3.5	Brooklyn*
20	3.5	William & Mary
22	3.4	Cornell*
22	3.4	Texas
22	3.4	Washington University
25	3.3	Cardozo
25	3.3	Colorado
25	3.3	UC-Irvine*
25	3.3	University of Washington*
25	3.3	Utah
30	3.2	American*
30	3.2	Denver
30	3.2	George Washington
30	3.2	Loyola-L.A.
30	3.2	Minnesota
30	3.2	San Diego
36	3.1	Arizona State
36	3.1	Boston University
36	3.1	Emory
36	3.1	Maryland*
36	3.1	SMU
36	3.1	UC-San Francisco*
36	3.1	USC
36	3.1	Wake Forest
36	3.1	Wisconsin*
45	3.0	Florida
45	3.0	Howard
45	3.0	Indiana (Maurer)
45	3.0	Tulane*
45	3.0	University of Arizona
50	2.9	Alabama
50	2.9	CUNY
50	2.9	Florida State
50	2.9	Georgia State
50	2.9	Houston
50	2.9	Notre Dame
50	2.9	Richmond
50	2.9	Rutgers*
50	2.9	Seattle*
50	2.9	UNLV
50	2.9	Washington & Lee

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

2023 U.S. News Criminal Law Rankings

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