2024-25 U.S. News Omnibus Specialty Rankings

Update: Omnibus Specialty Rankings v. Overall Rankings

The new 2024-25 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*	11	1	11	7	5	18	10	6	15	5	11	2	23	9.6
2	Michigan*	8	5	7	7	5	21	17	28	18	6	11	8	90	17.8
3	Harvard*	2	16	1	2	2	3	10	7	12	2	132	10	36	18.1
4	Northwestern*	16	5	11	11	15	7	45	36	27	20	40	3	20	19.7
5	Stanford*	1	12	3	4	2	16	10	10	2	13	115	15	82	21.9
6	UC-Berkeley*	7	5	5	11	4	18	2	74	1	7	119	20	13	22.0
7	UCLA*	11	23	16	15	7	29	5	19	15	16	127	6	4	22.5
8	NYU*	4	2	5	7	1	36	10	80	3	1	86	1	71	23.6
9	George Washington	35	16	29	36	24	42	17	19	5	9	40	28	42	26.3
10	Texas	17	30	11	15	20	26	30	36	15	25	71	13	36	26.5
11	Virginia*	8	53	7	5	7	36	25	47	23	9	66	5	82	28.7
12	Columbia*	2	19	7	1	7	26	6	60	12	4	128	6	103	29.3
13	Duke*	11	46	10	17	7	57	15	33	18	13	78	10	71	29.7
14	Fordham	17	23	29	18	15	13	70	67	8	18	86	25	4	30.2
15	Yale*	8	5	3	7	12	42	25	13	48	2	128	15	90	30.6
16	Penn*	4	30	11	5	7	36	36	24	12	24	102	23	126	33.8
17	Cornell*	11	30	11	11	20	42	50	47	27	7	51	32	103	34.0
18	UC-Irvine*	54	12	25	29	24	29	23	80	36	18	7	8	103	34.5
19	Washington Univ.	20	12	19	18	18	21	70	24	30	29	134	32	25	34.8
20	Boston University	20	38	25	24	24	51	65	3	8	26	78	15	90	35.9
21	Vanderbilt	11	46	17	11	14	57	10	47	23	20	94	40	82	36.3
22	Ohio State	35	58	29	36	15	1	65	15	44	45	32	49	55	36.8
23	Arizona State	47	71	45	41	24	11	17	13	48	38	5	40	82	37.1
24	Minnesota	22	46	19	18	24	42	30	28	36	38	57	25	103	37.5
25	UC-Davis*	35	38	19	24	18	26	15	60	44	20	128	25	60	39.4
26	Emory	22	95	25	21	34	51	42	21	44	33	51	49	27	39.6
27	American*	57	2	62	58	24	57	53	15	8	9	86	54	36	40.1
28	Temple	57	58	57	48	61	57	70	15	30	16	26	28	1	40.3
29	Denver	64	5	52	54	43	64	21	52	53	38	20	62	8	41.2
29	Florida	22	85	39	29	48	17	25	41	68	45	66	3	48	41.2
31	Chicago	4	46	2	2	12	93	53	60	36	9	124	10	90	41.6
32	North Carolina	22	23	29	23	20	93	45	28	53	52	20	20	118	42.0
33	Maryland	35	5	39	64	34	7	21	4	53	71	111	70	36	42.3
34	William & Mary	28	80	17	24	24	51	65	74	30	33	40	54	42	43.2
35	Houston	57	108	78	58	80	42	30	7	8	38	16	32	13	43.6
36	Boston College	22	38	34	29	52	42	53	41	36	29	71	15	118	44.6
37	Texas A&M	54	80	78	41	52	5	25	52	6	52	11	76	66	46.0
38	Indiana (Maurer)	28	85	45	41	34	93	36	36	30	29	40	23	90	46.9
39	Loyola-L.A.	57	46	62	64	34	57	94	41	44	59	40	13	8	47.6
40	Georgia	28	38	39	29	48	36	70	47	68	20	134	36	27	47.7
41	University of Arizona	42	53	52	48	43	57	30	34	82	38	8	54	90	48.5
42	Case Western	64	58	57	58	73	51	36	15	53	13	37	92	42	49.9
43	Univ. of Washington*	47	23	52	48	52	93	30	41	27	59	26	36	134	51.4
44	Colorado	42	58	39	54	52	74	7	74	36	45	78	40	71	51.5
45	Wisconsin	40	53	22	24	34	93	53	67	82	26	51	40	90	51.9
46	UNLV	64	38	68	41	61	7	81	36	48	104	2	49	90	53.0
47	USC	17	85	25	21	34	29	36	80	36	59	126	15	134	53.6
48	Loyola-Chicago	73	38	68	80	68	29	81	4	53	45	86	62	23	54.6
48	SMU	42	58	68	41	33	93	53	36	53	52	86	40	55	54.6
50	Wake Forest	47	85	57	48	24	93	53	21	78	77	5	76	55	55.3
51	Tulane*	28	53	52	36	34	67	30	74	82	38	115	62	55	55.8
52	Notre Dame	22	71	22	29	52	93	53	91	68	26	94	49	60	56.2
53	Utah	47	85	34	41	34	93	7	34	26	38	134	70	103	57.4
54	UC-San Francisco*	73	30	68	91	61	14	36	12	53	77	134	32	71	57.8
55	San Diego	42	71	22	48	61	93	65	67	18	52	134	20	60	57.9
56	Miami	54	30	57	64	68	51	36	80	68	29	111	40	71	58.4
57	Brooklyn*	40	38	45	54	20	74	120	121	78	52	20	49	52	58.7
58	Georgia State	64	19	45	64	52	74	108	1	62	77	134	54	36	60.8
59	Florida State	47	123	39	36	43	82	17	67	62	45	119	28	90	61.4
60	Rutgers*	73	30	62	64	48	93	88	52	91	59	11	76	71	62.9
61	Washington & Lee	28	71	45	36	68	67	88	80	62	33	71	54	118	63.2
62	Pepperdine Caruso	57	23	45	64	92	2	114	111	62	59	111	28	66	64.2
63	Illinois	42	113	34	29	24	42	70	91	68	71	134	70	48	64.3
64	Iowa	28	95	34	24	34	93	70	67	62	59	134	54	103	65.9
65	Northeastern	85	23	78	116	52	74	108	7	48	52	32	102	90	66.7
66	Suffolk	115	12	116	120	73	21	108	41	36	84	3	113	31	67.2
67	Alabama	47	71	29	48	43	93	101	60	111	101	86	36	55	67.8
68	Cardozo*	57	58	52	58	43	5	140	97	6	66	134	40	134	68.5
69	Oregon	64	85	78	75	73	11	7	97	97	94	1	62	150	68.8
70	Howard	107	30	68	64	48	93	108	97	68	77	57	92	25	71.8
71	BYU	28	129	45	29	80	81	94	121	53	66	94	40	90	73.1
71	Santa Clara	73	58	105	85	61	64	88	97	4	33	51	81	150	73.1
73	Villanova	73	46	68	64	80	82	101	80	82	77	134	36	42	74.2
74	Richmond	73	138	39	75	61	93	50	97	30	84	71	54	103	74.5
75	Tennessee	35	19	62	54	92	93	124	47	128	77	37	84	118	74.6
76	Wayne State	85	46	68	91	73	93	70	52	101	45	78	84	103	76.1
77	South Carolina	73	30	78	80	52	93	70	80	111	122	134	54	13	76.2
78	Connecticut	57	58	62	58	80	74	88	52	111	52	102	70	150	78.0
79	Hofstra	85	113	88	64	68	67	140	97	91	71	40	84	13	78.5
80	Kansas	64	85	78	58	73	36	47	132	101	84	57	81	126	78.6
81	Chicago-Kent	96	159	68	75	80	89	114	80	18	94	40	102	12	79.0
82	Baltimore	128	5	88	141	52	42	65	74	91	104	37	76	126	79.2
83	Lewis & Clark	96	71	99	85	80	93	3	132	68	71	16	113	103	79.2
84	Pittsburgh*	85	123	68	64	61	93	94	28	48	66	134	40	150	81.1
85	Drexel	85	58	88	91	124	93	151	24	101	104	26	113	8	82.0
85	Seattle*	73	23	105	91	92	82	70	91	53	104	8	92	182	82.0
87	Seton Hall	85	95	88	80	92	93	88	10	82	104	134	62	60	82.5
88	St. John's*	83	123	68	64	104	42	151	108	82	94	20	113	27	83.0
89	Syracuse*	85	108	105	91	80	93	88	67	97	84	78	92	13	83.2
90	Indiana (McKinney)	96	95	88	91	110	93	101	24	101	71	20	70	150	85.4
91	Michigan State	73	80	88	75	80	93	81	121	82	94	111	84	60	86.3
92	St. Louis	85	80	99	104	92	93	140	2	68	71	134	62	103	87.2
93	George Mason	47	142	34	41	117	93	131	121	23	66	134	84	103	87.4
94	Stetson	128	95	116	91	92	51	81	121	156	122	3	81	1	87.5
95	DePaul	107	113	105	104	80	74	151	23	30	104	78	113	71	88.7
96	Pacific	96	148	139	104	124	21	81	132	97	33	40	126	20	89.3
97	Illinois-Chicago	115	71	116	130	124	93	131	97	62	94	20	92	31	90.5
98	Baylor	64	127	116	80	92	93	140	91	128	116	51	92	3	91.8
99	Louisiana State	96	108	105	104	124	93	47	111	118	104	40	102	42	91.8
100	Missouri-Columbia	64	129	78	75	80	3	124	108	78	104	134	92	134	92.5

*Denotes schools that did not submit statistical information to U.S.News. From the U.S News methodology:  "schools that declined to provide statistical information to U.S. News and its readers had their academic peer ratings programmatically discarded before any computations were made. To be clear, nonresponders were still scored using the full complement of eligible ratings submitted by peer schools; but any ratings they made of other schools were omitted."

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: 158
3. Constitutional Law: 196
4. Contracts/Commercial Law: 196
5. Criminal Law: 196
6. Dispute Resolution: 92
7. Environmental Law: 195
8. Health Care Law: 191
9. Intellectual Property Law: 195
10. International Law: 193
11. Legal Writing: 133
12. Tax Law: 196
13. Trial Advocacy: 196

2023-24 U.S. News Omnibus Specialty Rankings