U.S. News Releases 2024-25 Law School Top 50 Rankings

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U.S. News announced today that, with the retirement of Chief Data Strategist Robert Morse at the age of 76, the 2024-25 and future law school rankings will be based on artificial intelligence licensed from ChatGPT. Here are the 2024-25 U.S. News-ChatGPT Top 50 law schools. The complete rankings of all 196 law schools will be released on April 9.

1. Yale Law School
2. Stanford Law School
3. Harvard Law School
4. Columbia Law School
5. University of Chicago Law School
6. New York University School of Law
7. University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
8. University of Michigan Law School
9. University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall)
10. Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
11. Duke University School of Law
12. University of Virginia School of Law
13. Cornell Law School
14. Georgetown University Law Center
15. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law
16. University of Texas School of Law
17. Vanderbilt University Law School
18. University of Southern California Gould School of Law
19. Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
20. University of Minnesota Law School
21. Boston University School of Law
22. University of Notre Dame Law School
23. Emory University School of Law
24. University of North Carolina School of Law
25. University of California, Irvine School of Law

26. University of Iowa College of Law
27. University of Washington School of Law
28. Fordham University School of Law
29. University of Wisconsin Law School
30. Boston College Law School
31. George Washington University Law School
32. University of Illinois College of Law
33. Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
34. University of Georgia School of Law
35. University of Alabama School of Law
36. University of Florida Levin College of Law
37. University of Colorado Law School
38. Indiana University Maurer School of Law
39. University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
40. University of Maryland Carey School of Law
41. Wake Forest University School of Law
42. University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law
43. University of Houston Law Center
44. Pennsylvania State University Dickinson Law
45. Pepperdine University School of Law
46. University of Pittsburgh School of Law
47. University of Kentucky College of Law
48. University of Oregon School of Law
49. Temple University Beasley School of Law
50. Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School

Keep in mind that specific rankings may vary depending on the methodology and priorities of different ranking systems. It's essential to research thoroughly and consider various factors when choosing a law school.

U.S. News also announced a rebranding of its Academic Insights product, which gives subscribing law schools access to data used in the rankings. The new product will be called AI Insights and will give subscribing law schools access to the prompt given to ChatGPT in generating the rankings.