2024 U.S. News Omnibus Specialty Rankings v. Overall Rankings

Following up on yesterday's post, 2024 U.S. News Omnibus Specialty Rankings:

Here are the law schools whose U.S. News Omnibus Specialty Ranking most exceeds their overall U.S. News Ranking:

	School	Specialty Rank	Overall Rank	Difference
1	Santa Clara	77	158	+81
2	Brooklyn*	46	111	+65
3	Illinois-Chicago	97	159	+62
3	Suffolk	71	133	+62
5	American*	28	89	+61
6	Howard	66	125	+59
7	Hofstra	82	140	+58
8	Widener (DE)	119	175	+56
9	Denver	25	80	+55
10	Rutgers*	57	109	+52
11	CUNY	104	154	+50
11	Mitchell | Hamline*	117	167	+50
13	Syracuse*	75	122	+47
14	Pacific	95	141	+46
15	UC-San Francisco*	18	60	+42
15	UNLV	47	89	+42
17	Baltimore	96	135	+39
18	UC-Davis*	22	60	+38
19	Nova	134	171	+37
20	Missouri-Kansas City	99	135	+36
21	Golden Gate	145	180	+35
22	Pace	98	131	+33
23	Loyola-Chicago*	53	84	+31
23	Willamette	124	155	+31
25	Hawaii	105	135	+30
25	San Diego	48	78	+30
25	San Francisco*	135	165	+30
28	Chicago-Kent	70	99	+29
28	South Texas*	133	162	+29
30	Seattle*	83	111	+28
31	DePaul	108	135	+27
31	Houston	33	60	+27
31	Michigan State	84	111	+27
31	Vermont	137	164	+27
35	Creighton*	130	155	+25
36	Cal-Western*	151	175	+24
36	Case Western	56	80	+24
36	Temple	30	54	+24
36	UC-Irvine*	11	35	+24
40	District of Columbia	158	180	+22
40	George Washington	13	35	+22
42	Catholic	101	122	+21
43	Miami	51	71	+20
44	Indiana (McKinney)	80	99	+19
45	University of Arizona	36	54	+18
45	Widener (PA)	141	159	+18
47	Fordham	12	29	+17
47	Maryland*	34	51	+17
49	Loyola-L.A.	44	60	+16
49	North Dakota	164	180	+16

Here are the law schools whose U.S. News Omnibus Specialty Ranking most trails their overall U.S. News Ranking:

	School	Specialty Rank	Overall Rank	Difference
1	Florida Int'l	126	60	-66
2	Regent	189	125	-64
3	Belmont	165	105	-60
4	Baylor	107	49	-58
5	Oklahoma	106	51	-55
6	Kansas	93	40	-53
7	George Mason	84	32	-52
8	BYU	73	22	-51
8	Kentucky	111	60	-51
10	Dayton	161	111	-50
11	Liberty	183	135	-48
12	New Hampshire*	152	105	-47
12	St. Thomas (MN)	143	96	-47
14	Duquesne	135	89	-46
15	Chapman	154	109	-45
15	South Dakota	167	122	-45
15	Texas Tech	116	71	-45
15	Tulsa	156	111	-45
19	Campbell*	168	125	-43
20	Montana	138	96	-42
21	Marquette	112	71	-41
22	Wyoming	148	111	-37
23	Wayne State	91	56	-35
24	Drake	122	88	-34
25	Mercer	132	99	-33
25	Mississippi	144	111	-33
27	Missouri (Columbia)	103	71	-32
28	Nebraska*	120	89	-31
28	Ohio Northern	177	146	-31
30	Gonzaga*	129	99	-30
30	Iowa	65	35	-30
30	Tennessee	81	51	-30
33	Chicago	32	3	-29
33	Louisville	128	99	-29
33	Penn State-University Park*	109	80	-29
33	St. John's*	89	60	-29
33	Utah	61	32	-29
38	Alabama	62	35	-27
39	Cincinnati	110	84	-26
39	Elon	159	133	-26
39	Faulkner	185	159	-26
39	Oklahoma City	176	150	-26
39	USC	42	16	-26
44	Illinois	67	43	-24
44	Memphis	149	125	-24
46	Connecticut*	92	71	-21
46	Lincoln Memorial	196	175	-21
46	Villanova	64	43	-21
49	Arkansas-Fayetteville	125	105	-20
49	Texas A&M	49	29	-20
49	Washington & Lee	60	40	-20

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

2023 U.S. News Omnibus Specialty Rankings v. Overall Rankings

2024 U.S. News Specialty Rankings:

• Omnibus Specialty Rankings (compilation of all 13 special rankings)
• Omnibus Specialty Rankings v. Overall 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