Duquesne, FIU, Kansas, Oklahoma, And Texas A&M Are Among The Biggest U.S. News Law School Rankings Winners

Following up on my previous post, The Law Schools Most Impacted By The Methodology Changes In The 2024 U.S. News Rankings:  Law.com, Ahead of the Curve: Some Law Schools Are Happy About the US News Rankings:

In last week’s column, I questioned whether the 63 schools that boycotted the Best Law Schools list, along with the massive amount of unflattering press those moves garnered for U.S. News, would put a dent in the rankings’ reputation.

This week, though, I want to look at some of the institutions that performed particularly well in the rankings, which were finally released on May 11, and show that not every law school is unhappy with U.S. News.

Texas A&M University School of Law, for example, now ranks 29th nationally—tied with Boston College Law School and Fordham Law School—one of the fastest and furthest increases in U.S. News law school rankings history, according to an announcement put out by the school. The school rose 17 spots from No. 46 last year. The previous year, it had been tied for No. 53.

This year, 15 law schools increased by 20 or more spots as compared to last year’s rankings. and among the top 50, the University of Kansas School of Law rose to tied at 40th up from tied at 67th last year.

FIU Law climbed 38 spots to rank tied with eight other schools at No. 60 putting the school among the top three law schools in the state alongside the University of Florida Levin College of Law (tied at No. 22) and Florida State University College of Law (tied at 56th). ...

Additionally, the University of Oklahoma College of Law jumped significantly from tied at 88 to tied at 51, also bringing it above ranking tied at No. 67 two years ago. Lastly, the Thomas R. Kline School of Law at Duquesne University jumped the most—40 spots—from tied at 129 to tied at 89.