2024 U.S. News Omnibus Specialty Rankings

The new 2024 U.S. News Specialty Rankings include the rankings for 13 specialty programs at 196 law schools. Here are the Top 100 law schools, determined by giving equal weight to each of the 13 separate specialty rankings:

1. Business/Corporate Law
2. Clinical Law
3. Constitutional Law
4. Contracts/Commercial Law
5. Criminal Law
6. Dispute Resolution
7. Environmental Law
8. Health Care Law
9. Intellectual Property Law
10. International Law
11. Legal Writing
12. Tax Law
13. Trial Advocacy

	School	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Avg.
1	Georgetown*	12	1	15	14	4	21	12	6	7	5	8	3	22	10.0
2	Harvard*	1	13	1	3	2	1	9	6	19	3	121	13	37	17.6
3	Northwestern*	14	6	15	11	15	7	44	41	22	18	21	4	31	19.2
4	Michigan*	9	9	9	8	12	34	37	17	14	10	8	10	74	19.3
5	Stanford*	4	19	3	3	2	11	9	5	1	10	104	13	68	19.4
6	UC-Berkeley*	4	13	5	5	7	29	3	39	1	7	122	24	15	21.1
7	UCLA*	9	25	12	8	12	34	4	19	9	15	115	7	6	21.2
8	NYU*	4	5	5	5	1	29	4	52	3	1	104	1	68	21.7
9	Duke*	15	25	12	14	4	34	15	29	9	18	84	10	80	26.8
10	Virginia*	8	69	5	8	7	21	26	46	22	10	46	5	80	27.2
11	UC-Irvine*	47	6	24	35	25	43	32	35	9	25	8	6	80	28.8
12	Fordham	19	9	35	19	17	15	61	79	22	18	52	24	6	28.9
13	Columbia*	1	25	8	2	4	26	7	52	19	2	118	7	108	29.2
13	George Washington	32	34	35	54	30	34	12	20	4	7	46	24	47	29.2
13	Texas	19	34	9	14	22	16	39	46	18	25	84	16	37	29.2
16	Yale*	9	4	2	11	12	34	26	15	46	3	115	22	96	30.4
17	Penn*	4	25	12	5	7	34	42	20	14	18	110	18	96	31.2
18	UC-San Francisco*	36	22	29	29	36	11	18	11	31	25	122	18	24	31.7
19	Arizona State	44	45	35	38	36	14	19	14	46	25	4	36	74	33.1
20	Washington University	22	9	21	19	22	18	71	26	36	25	122	40	24	35.0
21	Cornell*	15	51	9	14	22	29	55	52	28	15	68	36	80	36.5
22	Ohio State	44	78	24	35	15	2	42	15	51	58	32	50	40	37.4
22	UC-Davis*	22	59	17	38	17	32	17	39	22	23	122	31	47	37.4
24	North Carolina	29	34	21	18	17	68	32	35	60	58	13	24	80	37.6
25	Denver	68	9	57	64	30	43	19	61	51	35	13	46	6	38.6
26	Vanderbilt*	12	45	17	13	7	34	7	46	28	18	122	62	96	39.0
27	Boston University	19	59	24	29	36	60	61	1	9	25	98	13	80	39.5
28	American*	60	1	57	64	30	64	44	20	7	5	104	50	15	40.1
29	Minnesota	22	25	24	19	30	68	32	26	42	23	68	22	126	40.5
30	Florida	25	69	29	38	45	18	19	46	67	58	68	2	59	41.8
30	Temple	60	59	57	38	61	68	71	17	46	10	25	29	2	41.8
32	Chicago	1	34	3	1	7	68	71	67	36	9	118	7	126	42.2
33	Houston	47	69	86	47	50	68	26	9	6	53	21	44	24	42.3
34	Maryland*	60	13	48	72	36	9	19	6	46	47	98	68	40	43.2
35	Emory	25	89	29	23	36	50	58	29	31	38	42	81	35	43.5
36	University of Arizona	36	45	35	59	45	34	39	29	67	38	8	62	80	44.4
37	Georgia	29	34	42	29	61	50	71	41	74	15	77	50	13	45.1
38	Boston College	25	34	35	25	61	60	44	41	42	38	52	16	139	47.1
39	University of Washington*	54	34	65	54	25	43	19	52	28	47	16	44	139	47.7
40	William & Mary	29	89	17	25	20	68	44	94	46	25	52	68	47	48.0
41	Wake Forest	47	89	48	38	36	68	55	20	74	67	5	62	40	49.9
42	USC	17	89	35	19	36	64	19	61	42	75	113	24	64	50.6
43	Indiana (Maurer)	36	89	42	47	45	68	32	46	36	25	52	18	126	50.9
44	Loyola-L.A.	54	69	65	59	30	60	125	52	51	67	32	10	5	52.2
45	Notre Dame	32	69	17	29	50	68	61	94	60	25	84	46	47	52.5
46	Brooklyn*	32	34	42	38	20	68	131	83	92	47	16	40	47	53.1
47	UNLV	66	34	65	45	50	9	80	41	60	90	2	46	108	53.5
48	San Diego	36	106	21	47	30	68	71	52	22	58	122	18	47	53.7
49	Colorado	47	78	53	54	25	68	15	79	36	58	68	50	80	54.7
49	Texas A&M	68	51	79	47	119	7	32	67	9	58	32	62	80	54.7
51	Miami	54	25	53	54	84	50	39	67	67	25	98	40	68	55.7
51	Wisconsin*	44	59	29	25	36	68	44	67	81	42	90	31	108	55.7
53	Loyola-Chicago*	74	59	57	95	73	43	88	4	74	58	46	50	13	56.5
54	Georgia State	78	19	42	72	50	67	103	1	42	67	122	50	24	56.7
55	SMU	47	51	79	64	36	50	80	29	60	42	104	50	47	56.8
56	Case Western	66	59	57	72	84	68	44	11	60	10	46	119	47	57.2
57	Rutgers*	92	19	57	64	50	68	80	41	81	53	16	68	68	58.2
58	Florida State	47	106	29	29	50	68	19	52	60	75	122	36	74	59.0
59	Tulane*	32	45	74	47	45	43	26	94	60	35	122	50	108	60.1
60	Washington & Lee	36	45	53	45	50	68	80	61	74	42	77	40	126	61.3
61	Utah	54	89	42	72	25	68	12	25	31	35	122	68	166	62.2
62	Alabama	47	51	24	35	50	68	101	67	105	90	90	36	47	62.4
63	Pepperdine Caruso	54	34	53	59	84	2	113	103	88	53	110	29	59	64.7
64	Villanova	68	51	65	64	73	68	101	61	67	84	68	31	47	65.2
65	Iowa	25	59	48	23	61	68	88	67	51	58	110	50	158	66.6
66	Howard	92	34	74	47	45	68	125	103	51	50	52	109	40	68.5
67	Illinois	36	89	29	25	61	43	80	83	51	67	122	68	139	68.7
68	Cardozo	60	83	48	54	25	5	131	118	14	84	122	46	108	69.1
69	Seton Hall	92	89	65	59	68	68	71	11	74	80	122	50	64	70.2
70	Chicago-Kent	92	114	86	72	68	68	103	67	14	90	32	99	9	70.3
71	Suffolk	125	17	140	95	84	26	103	52	31	90	5	119	31	70.6
72	Northeastern*	140	22	86	144	61	68	94	9	36	67	21	91	80	70.7
73	BYU	17	133	48	38	68	50	71	118	74	58	122	31	96	71.1
74	Oregon	60	114	74	80	84	11	9	118	92	67	1	68	166	72.6
75	Syracuse*	100	106	79	95	61	68	80	67	67	90	42	81	15	73.2
76	Pittsburgh*	78	89	65	80	73	68	80	29	51	50	122	31	139	73.5
77	Santa Clara	74	89	107	80	84	68	94	113	4	42	52	74	96	75.2
78	South Carolina	60	25	97	80	73	68	71	79	123	127	122	50	15	76.2
79	Richmond	74	89	35	95	50	68	58	118	31	75	122	50	126	76.2
80	Indiana (McKinney)	92	106	97	87	84	68	103	20	92	67	16	74	108	78.0
81	Tennessee	36	22	57	47	94	68	103	61	117	175	46	81	108	78.1
82	Hofstra	78	89	86	109	73	50	138	83	81	103	42	74	22	79.1
83	Seattle*	92	25	107	95	50	68	61	103	92	75	8	91	166	79.5
84	George Mason	36	133	42	29	94	68	125	135	22	90	122	74	64	79.5
84	Michigan State	68	83	74	64	108	21	94	135	67	67	90	99	64	79.5
86	Drexel	92	51	97	121	94	68	157	29	92	84	25	119	15	80.3
87	Stetson	125	89	107	80	94	18	88	94	130	127	3	91	1	80.5
88	Lewis & Clark	125	51	79	109	73	68	2	135	88	75	16	119	108	80.6
89	St. John's*	87	106	65	64	84	50	131	113	92	90	25	109	37	81.0
90	New Mexico	100	17	86	87	94	68	26	83	130	116	52	90	126	82.7
91	Wayne State	100	69	97	80	73	68	94	46	130	53	122	81	80	84.1
92	Connecticut*	68	89	57	87	73	68	88	79	105	53	90	81	166	84.9
93	Kansas	78	106	65	72	108	26	44	135	105	84	68	91	139	86.2
94	St. Louis	125	69	79	72	94	68	145	1	81	119	68	74	139	87.2
95	Pacific	100	114	120	121	108	34	94	135	130	38	32	119	9	88.8
96	Baltimore	140	6	107	144	68	60	61	103	88	90	77	81	139	89.5
97	Illinois-Chicago	116	78	140	95	149	68	131	118	51	103	25	99	24	92.1
98	Pace	116	106	131	144	94	68	1	94	130	103	122	74	24	92.8
99	Missouri-Kansas City	87	114	120	95	94	68	118	94	105	127	13	119	59	93.3
100	Penn State-Dickinson*	87	78	115	87	108	68	61	52	92	80	122	109	158	93.6

If anyone at a law school outside the Top 100 would like the data for their school's rank, email me.

Methodology: U.S. News assigns a rank for all schools that receive at least 10 ratings from faculty in the field. For law schools that received less than 10 ratings, we assigned the school the next lowest ranking behind lowest rated school(s) with 10 or more ratings:

1. Business/Corporate Law: 196
2. Clinical Law: 188
3. Constitutional Law: 196
4. Contracts/Commercial Law: 196
5. Criminal Law: 196
6. Dispute Resolution: 67
7. Environmental Law: 195
8. Health Law: 189
9. Intellectual Property Law: 196
10. International Law: 174
11. Legal Writing: 121
12. Tax Law: 196
13. Trial Advocacy: 196

2023 U.S. News Omnibus Specialty Rankings