2024 U.S. News Legal Writing Rankings

The new 2024 U.S. News Legal Writing Rankings include the legal writing programs at 121 law schools (the faculty survey had a 63% response rate). Here are the Top 50:

Rank	Score	School
1	4.3	Oregon
2	4.2	UNLV
3	4.1	Stetson
4	4.0	Arizona State
5	3.9	Suffolk
5	3.9	Wake Forest
7	3.8	Nova
8	3.7	Georgetown*
8	3.7	Michigan*
8	3.7	Seattle*
8	3.7	UC-Irvine*
8	3.7	University of Arizona
13	3.6	Denver
13	3.6	Missouri-Kansas City
13	3.6	North Carolina
16	3.5	Brooklyn*
16	3.5	Indiana (McKinney)
16	3.5	Lewis & Clark
16	3.5	Rutgers*
16	3.5	University of Washington*
21	3.4	Houston
21	3.4	Mercer
21	3.4	Northeastern*
21	3.4	Northwestern*
25	3.3	Drake
25	3.3	Drexel
25	3.3	Illinois-Chicago
25	3.3	St. John's*
25	3.3	Temple
25	3.3	Washburn
25	3.3	Wyoming
32	3.2	Arkansas-Fayetteville
32	3.2	Chicago-Kent
32	3.2	Duquesne
32	3.2	Hawaii
32	3.2	Loyola-L.A.
32	3.2	Marquette
32	3.2	Ohio State
32	3.2	Pacific
32	3.2	Texas A&M
32	3.2	Texas Tech
42	3.1	Elon
42	3.1	Emory
42	3.1	Hofstra
42	3.1	Syracuse*
46	3.0	Case Western
46	3.0	George Washington
46	3.0	Loyola-Chicago*
46	3.0	Tennessee
46	3.0	Virginia*
46	3.0	Willamette

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

2023 U.S. News Legal Writing 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