Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Law Schools That Boycotted The U.S. News Rankings
| 2023-2024 (Rank) | 2024-2025 (Rank) | 2025-2026 (Rank) |
| Stanford (1) | Stanford (1) | Stanford (1) |
| Yale (1) | Yale (1) | Yale (1) |
| Virginia (8) | Virginia (4) | Virginia (4) |
| Penn (4) | Penn (4) | Penn (5) |
| Duke (5) | Duke (4) | Duke (6) |
| Harvard (5) | Harvard (4) | Harvard (6) |
| Michigan (10) | Michigan (9) | Michigan (8) |
| NYU (5) | NYU (9) | NYU (8) |
| Columbia (8) | Columbia (8) | Columbia (10) |
| Northwestern (10) | Northwestern (9) | Northwestern (10) |
| UCLA (14) | UCLA (13) | UCLA (12) |
| UC-Berkeley (10) | UC-Berkeley (12) | UC-Berkeley (13) |
| Georgetown (15) | Georgetown (14) | Georgetown (14) |
| Vanderbilt (16) | (19) | (14) |
| Cornell (13) | Cornell (14) | Cornell (18) |
| Wisconsin (40) | (36) | (28) |
| UC-Irvine (35) | UC-Irvine (42) | UC-Irvine (38) |
| Connecticut (71) | (55) | (50) |
| UC-Davis (60) | UC-Davis (55) | (50) |
| Univ. of Washington (49) | Univ. of Washington (48) | Univ. of Washington (50) |
| Penn State-Dickinson (89) | Penn State-Dickinson (75) | Penn State-Dickinson (59) |
| (69) | Cardozo (61) | (63) |
| Maryland (51) | (55) | (63) |
| St. John's (60) | St. John's (68) | (63) |
| Northeastern (71) | (68) | (68) |
| Penn State-Univ. Park (80) | Penn State-Univ. Park (68) | Penn State-Univ. Park (68) |
| Nebraska (89) | (82) | (71) |
| Tulane (71) | Tulane (78) | Tulane (71) |
| Loyola-Chicago (84) | (78) | (79) |
| Pittsburgh (89) | Pittsburgh (91) | Pittsburgh (79) |
| UC Law - SF (60) | UC Law - SF (82) | UC Law - SF (88) |
| American (89) | American (98) | (104) |
| Rutgers (109) | Rutgers (103) | (104) |
| Syracuse (122) | Syracuse (120) | (107) |
| Brooklyn (111) | Brooklyn (114) | (117) |
| New Hampshire (105) | New Hampshire (98) | New Hampshire (125) |
| Seattle (111) | Seattle (114) | (127) |
| Campbell (125) | Campbell (134) | Campbell (134) |
| Detroit Mercy (141) | (136) | (134) |
| Loyola-New Orleans (111) | Loyola-New Orleans (130) | (134) |
| South Texas (162) | (150) | (138) |
| Gonzaga (99) | Gonzaga (120) | Gonzaga (141) |
| Idaho (141) | Idaho (145) | Idaho (141) |
| Quinnipiac (146) | Quinnipiac (143) | Quinnipiac (141) |
| Creighton (155) | Creighton (153) | (148) |
| Mitchell | Hamline (167) | Mitchell | Hamline (164) | (154) |
| Southwestern (141) | Southwestern (145) | Southwestern (154) |
| San Francisco (165) | San Francisco (165) | San Francisco (166) |
| Roger Williams (171) | Roger Williams (172) | Roger Williams (169) |
| Touro (167) | (168) | (169) |
| Capital (175) | Capital (Tier 2) | Capital (174) |
| Puerto Rico (Tier 2) | Puerto Rico (Tier 2) | Puerto Rico (175) |
| (Tier 2) | Golden Gate (Tier 2) | (N/A) |
| Western Michigan (Tier 2) | Western Michigan (Tier 2) | (N/A) |
| Appalachian (Tier 2) | Appalachian (Tier 2) | Appalachian (Tier 2) |
| Barry (Tier 2) | Barry (Tier 2) | Barry (Tier 2) |
| Cal-Western (175) | Cal-Western (Tier 2) | Cal-Western (Tier 2) |
| Florida A&M (Tier 2) | Florida A&M (Tier 2) | Florida A&M (Tier 2) |
| Inter-American (Tier 2) | Inter-American (Tier 2) | Inter-American (Tier 2) |
| John Marshall (GA) (171) | John Marshall (GA) (176) | John Marshall (GA) (Tier 2) |
| North Carolina Central (175) | (Tier 2) | North Carolina Central (Tier 2) |
| Pontifical Catholic (Tier 2) | Pontifical Catholic (Tier 2) | Pontifical Catholic (Tier 2) |
| Southern (Tier 2) | Southern (Tier 2) | Southern (Tier 2) |
| Texas Southern (Tier 2) | Texas Southern (Tier 2) | Texas Southern (Tier 2) |
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