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Thursday, June 29, 2023

Law Schools Attended By Current Federal Judges

There was an interesting thread recently on the Reddit law school admissions site on the law schools attended by current U.S. Circuit Court Judges and District Court Judges:

Law Schools Attended by Current Federal Judges

Rank

Law School (US News Rank)

Total Judges

Circuit Judges

District Judges

1 Harvard (5) 127 45 82
2 Yale (1) 82 36 46
3 Georgetown (15) 41 10 31
4 Texas (16) 38 4 34
4 Virginia (8) 38 11 27
6 Michigan (10) 33 15 18
7 Chicago (3) 29 14 15
7 UC-Berkeley (10) 29 5 24
9 Columbia (8) 28 6 22
10 NYU (5) 25 6 19
10 Stanford (1) 25 10 15
12 Florida (22) 22 3 19
13 Georgia (20) 20 3 17
14 Louisiana State (99) 19 3 16
15 Notre Dame (27) 18 2 16
15 Tulane (71) 18 8 10
17 Penn (4) 17 3 14
17 UCLA (14) 17 5 12
17 Vanderbilt (16) 17 2 15
20 Oklahoma (51) 16 0 16
20 South Carolina (60) 16 5 11
20 West Virginia (111) 16 2 14
23 Alabama (35) 15 1 14
23 Cornell (13) 15 4 11
23 Northwestern (10) 15 5 10
26 Emory (35) 14 3 11
26 George Washington (35) 14 3 11
26 Temple (54) 14 1 13
29 Duke (5) 13 4 9
30 American (89) 12 1 11
30 Arkansas-Fayetteville (105) 12 3 9
30 University of Arizona (54) 12 2 10
33 Arizona State (32) 11 3 8
33 Fordham (29) 11 3 8
33 Howard (125) 11 0 11
33 Kansas (40) 11 3 8
33 Mississippi (111) 11 2 9
33 Ohio State (22) 11 1 10
33 Rutgers (109) 11 1 10
40 North Carolina (22) 10 2 8
40 Seton Hall (56) 10 2 8
40 University of Washington (49) 10 0 10
43 Minnesota (16) 9 1 8
43 SMU (45) 9 0 9
43 Utah (32) 9 2 7
43 Washington University (20) 9 3 6
47 Denver (80) 8 1 7
47 Kentucky (60) 8 0 8
47 Miami (71) 8 2 6
47 Missouri-Kansas City (135) 8 0 8
47 New Mexico (96) 8 2 6
47 Puerto Rico (Tier 2) 8 0 8
47 St. Louis (89) 8 0 8
47 Syracuse (122) 8 2 6
55 Baylor (49) 7 1 6
55 Boston College (29) 7 1 6
55 BYU (22) 7 3 4
55 Penn State-Dickinson (89) 7 1 6
55 UC-San Francisco (60) 7 1 6
55 Wake Forest (22) 7 0 7
55 Wyoming (111) 7 4 3
62 Boston University (27) 6 2 4
62 Indiana (Maurer) (45) 6 1 5
62 Iowa (35) 6 1 5
62 Samford (131) 6 1 5
62 Villanova (43) 6 1 5
62 Wayne State (56) 6 0 6
62 William & Mary (45) 6 1 5
62 Wisconsin (40) 6 0 6
70 Akron (150) 5 2 3
70 Brooklyn (111) 5 0 5
70 Colorado (56) 5 1 4
70 Connecticut (71) 5 0 5
70 Duquesne (89) 5 0 5
70 Florida State (56) 5 0 5
70 Illinois (43) 5 0 5
70 Loyola-Chicago (84) 5 0 5
70 Loyola-New Orleans (111) 5 2 3
70 Maryland (51) 5 0 5
70 Missouri (Columbia) (71) 5 0 5
70 Montana (96) 5 0 5
70 North Dakota (Tier 2) 5 1 4
70 Pacific (141) 5 2 3
70 Pittsburgh (89) 5 0 5
70 St. John's (60) 5 0 5
70 St. Mary's (153) 5 0 5
70 SUNY-Buffalo (125) 5 1 4
88 Cal-Western (175) 4 0 4
88 Case Western (80) 4 0 4
88 Cincinnati (84) 4 0 4
88 Cleveland State (111) 4 0 4
88 Creighton (155) 4 0 4
88 DePaul (135) 4 1 3
88 Detroit Mercy (141) 4 1 3
88 George Mason (32) 4 1 3
88 Houston (60) 4 0 4
88 Idaho (141) 4 1 3
88 Indiana (McKinney) (99) 4 1 3
88 Marquette (71) 4 2 2
88 Michigan State (111) 4 1 3
88 Northeastern (71) 4 0 4
88 Richmond (60) 4 0 4
88 Stetson (84) 4 0 4
88 Suffolk (133) 4 1 3
88 Tennessee (51) 4 0 4
88 Valparaiso (N/A) 4 0 4
107 Capital (175) 3 0 3
107 Illinois-Chicago (159) 3 0 3
107 Lewis & Clark (84) 3 0 3
107 Memphis (125) 3 1 2
107 Mercer (99) 3 0 3
107 Mitchell | Hamline (167) 3 0 3
107 Nebraska (89) 3 2 1
107 New York Law School (125) 3 0 3
107 Pepperdine Caruso (45) 3 0 3
107 San Diego (78) 3 0 3
107 South Dakota (122) 3 1 2
107 South Texas (162) 3 0 3
107 Texas Southern (Tier 2) 3 0 3
107 Toledo (141) 3 0 3
107 Washburn (111) 3 1 2
107 Washington & Lee (40) 3 0 3
123 Albany (105) 2 0 2
123 Catholic (122) 2 0 2
123 Golden Gate (Tier 2) 2 1 1
123 Gonzaga (99) 2 0 2
123 Louisville (99) 2 0 2
123 Loyola-L.A. (60) 2 0 2
123 Maine (146) 2 0 2
123 Mississippi College (165) 2 0 2
123 North Carolina Central (175) 2 0 2
123 Northern Kentucky (149) 2 0 2
123 Oregon (78) 2 0 2
123 Pace (131) 2 0 2
123 Seattle (111) 2 0 2
123 Southern (Tier 2) 2 0 2
123 Southern Illinois (174) 2 0 2
123 Tulsa (111) 2 0 2
123 UC-Davis (60) 2 0 2
123 Willamette (155) 2 0 2
141 California Pacific (N/A) 1 0 1
141 Chicago-Kent (99) 1 1 0
141 Dayton (111) 1 0 1
141 District of Columbia (Tier 2) 1 0 1
141 Drake (88) 1 0 1
141 Inter-American (PR) (Tier 2) 1 0 1
141 Northern Illinois (162) 1 0 1
141 Nova (171) 1 0 1
141 Ohio Northern (146) 1 0 1
141 Pontifical Catholic (PR) (Tier 2) 1 0 1
141 San Francisco (165) 1 0 1
141 Santa Clara (158) 1 0 1
141 Southwestern (141) 1 0 1
141 Texas Tech (71) 1 0 1
141 USC (16) 1 1 0
141 Western New England (Tier 2) 1 0 1
141 Western State (Tier 2) 1 0 1

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