2024 U.S. News Environmental Law Rankings

The new 2024 U.S. News Environmental Law Rankings include the environmental law programs at 195 law schools (the faculty survey had a 59% response rate). Here are the Top 50:

Rank	Score	School
1	4.6	Pace
2	4.5	Lewis & Clark
3	4.4	UC-Berkeley*
4	4.3	NYU*
4	4.3	UCLA*
4	4.3	Vermont
7	4.1	Columbia*
7	4.1	Vanderbilt*
9	4.0	Harvard*
9	4.0	Oregon
9	4.0	Stanford*
12	3.9	George Washington
12	3.9	Georgetown*
12	3.9	Utah
15	3.8	Colorado
15	3.8	Duke*
17	3.7	UC-Davis*
18	3.6	UC-San Francisco*
19	3.5	Arizona State
19	3.5	Denver
19	3.5	Florida
19	3.5	Florida State
19	3.5	Maryland*
19	3.5	University of Washington*
19	3.5	USC
26	3.4	Hawaii
26	3.4	Houston
26	3.4	New Mexico
26	3.4	Tulane*
26	3.4	Virginia*
26	3.4	Yale*
32	3.3	Indiana (Maurer)
32	3.3	Minnesota
32	3.3	North Carolina
32	3.3	Texas A&M
32	3.3	UC-Irvine*
37	3.2	Michigan*
37	3.2	Montana
39	3.1	Miami
39	3.1	Texas
39	3.1	University of Arizona
42	3.0	Ohio State
42	3.0	Penn*
44	2.9	American*
44	2.9	Boston College
44	2.9	Case Western
44	2.9	CUNY
44	2.9	Kansas
44	2.9	Loyola-New Orleans*
44	2.9	Northwestern*
44	2.9	Widener (DE)
44	2.9	William & Mary
44	2.9	Wisconsin*
44	2.9	Wyoming

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

2023 U.S. News Environmental 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
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