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    First-Tier Law Schools

 1 Harvard Law School 

 2 Stanford Law School 
 2 Yale Law School

 4 Columbia Law School
 4 NYU School of Law 
 4 University of Chicago Law School

 7 Boalt Hall School of Law 
 7 Cornell Law School 
  7 Georgetown University Law Center 
 7 Northwestern University School of Law 
 7 University of Michigan Law School 
 7 University of Pennsylvania Law School 
 7 University of Virginia School of Law

14 Duke University School of Law 
14 UCLA School of Law 
14 University of Minnesota Law School
14 University of Southern California Law School
14 University of Texas School of Law 

19 Boston College Law School  
19 Boston University School of Law  
19 George Washington University Law School
19 University of Illinois College of Law 
19 Vanderbilt University Law School
19 Washington and Lee University School of Law

25 Carolina Law (UNC)
25 Emory University School of Law 
25 Fordham University Law School 
25 Notre Dame Law School  
25 University of Iowa College of Law
25 Washington University School of Law

31 University of Georgia School of Law
31 University of Washington School of Law
31 University of Wisconsin Law School
31 William and Mary School of Law

35 George Mason School of Law
35 Ohio State University College of Law 
35 Tulane Law School
35 UC Davis School of Law
35 UC Hastings College of Law
35 Wake Forest University School of Law

41 Baylor University Law School
41 BYU, J. Reuben Clark Law School   
41 Indiana U. School of Law--Bloomington
41 University of Arizona College of Law
41 University of Connecticut School of Law
41 University of Florida Levin College of Law
41 University of Maryland School of Law

48 American Univ., Washington College of Law 
48 Arizona State University College of Law
48 Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (Yeshiva)
48 Case Western Reserve U. School of Law
48 University of Alabama School of Law
48 University of Cincinnati College of Law
48 University of Colorado School of Law
48 University of Houston Law Center 
48 University of Miami School of Law
48 University of Pittsburgh School of Law
48 University of Tennessee College of Law
48 University of Utah College of Law

60 Brooklyn Law School  
60 SMU Dedman School of Law  
60 Temple U.--James E. Beasley School of Law
60 University of Kentucky College of Law  
60 Univ. of Missouri-Columbia School of Law


65 Loyola Law School, Los Angeles  
65 Loyola University Chicago School of Law  
65 Rutgers School of Law - Newark
65 St. John's University School of Law
65 University at Buffalo Law School
65 University of Kansas School of Law
65 University of Oklahoma College of Law
65 University of Oregon School of Law
65 University of San Diego School of Law
65 Villanova University School of Law

75 Ave Maria School of Law 
75 Chicago-Kent College of Law, Ill. Inst. of Tech. 
75 Florida State University College of Law
75 Indiana Univ. School of Law--Indianapolis
75 Louis D. Brandeis School of Law (Louisville)  
75 Rutgers School of Law - Camden
75 Seton Hall Law School
75 University of Denver College of Law
75 University of Nebraska College of Law
75 University of New Mexico School of Law
75 University of Richmond School of Law

86 Catholic U., Columbus School of Law
86 DePaul College of Law
86 Dickinson School of Law (Penn State)  
86 Georgia State University College of Law
86 Hofstra University School of Law
86 Lewis & Clark Northwestern School of Law 
86 Santa Clara University School of Law
86 Syracuse University College of Law
86 Univ. of Arkansas School of Law (Fayetteville)
86 University of Idaho College of Law
86 University of Mississippi School of Law 

97 Albany Law School 
97 Marquette University Law School  
97 New York Law School
97 Pepperdine University School of Law   
97 Saint Louis University School of Law
97 Stetson University College of Law
97 Suffolk University Law School
97 University of South Carolina School of Law
97 Vermont Law School
97 Wayne State University Law School
97 William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV 
97 William S. Richardson School of Law (Hawaii)

Second-Tier Law Schools
(in alphabetical order)

California Western School of Law  
Campbell University, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law  
Capital University Law School  
Chapman University School of Law  
City Univ. of New York (CUNY) School of Law at Queens College  
Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law 
Concord Law School 
Creighton University School of Law 

Drake University Law School  
Duquesne University School of Law 

Florida Coastal School of Law  
Franklin Pierce Law Center 

Golden Gate University School of Law  
Gonzaga University School of Law 

Hamline University School of Law  
Howard University School of Law 

Inter-American University of Puerto Rico Faculty of Law 

John Marshall Law School 

Louisiana State University Law Center  
Loyola University School of Law, New Orleans 

Manhattan Law School  
Massachusetts School of Law  
McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific  
Mercer University Law School  
Michigan State University College of Law  
Mississippi College School of Law 

New England School of Law  
Northern Illinois University College of Law  
Northern Kentucky University, Salmon P. Chase College of Law  
Northeastern University School of Law  
Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center 

Ohio Northern University, Pettit College of Law  
Oklahoma City University School of Law 

Pace Law School 
Pontifical Catholic U. of Puerto Rico School of Law 

Quinnipiac College School of Law 

Regent University School of Law 
Roger Williams University School of Law 

St. Mary's University of San Antonio School of Law  
St.Thomas University School of Law 
Samford University, Cumberland School of Law  
Seattle University School of Law  
South Texas College of Law  
Southern Illinois University School of Law  
Southern University Law Center 
Southwestern University School of Law 

Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law  
Texas Tech University School of Law  
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law  
Thomas Jefferson School of Law  
Thomas M. Cooley Law School  
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center  

University of Akron, C. Blake McDowell Law Center  
University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law  
University of Baltimore School of Law  
University of Dayton School of Law  
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law  
University of the District of Columbia School of Law  
University of Maine School of Law  
University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law  
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law  
University of Montana School of Law  
University of North Dakota School of Law  
University of Puerto Rico School of Law 
University of St. Thomas School of Law 
University of San Francisco School of Law  
University of South Dakota School of Law  
University of Toledo College of Law  
University of Tulsa College of Law  
University of Wyoming College of Law  

Valparaiso University School of Law  

Washburn University School of Law  
West Virginia University College of Law  
Western New England College School of Law 
Western State University College of Law 
Whittier Law School 
Widener University School of Law  
Willamette University College of Law  
William Mitchell College of Law