March 8, 2016

2017 (2016 release) USNWR Law School Rankings Are HERE!

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2017 (2016 release) USNWR Law School Rankings Are HERE!Spivey Consulting Group

1 Yale

2 Stanford

2 Harvard

4 Columbia

4 Chicago

6 NYU

7 Penn

8 Berkeley

8 Michigan

8 UVa

11 Duke

12 Northwestern

13 Cornell

14 Georgetown

15 Texas

16 Vanderbilt

17 UCLA

18 Washington University in St. Louis

19 USC

20 Boston University

20 Iowa

22 Emory

22 Minnesota

22 Notre Dame

25 Arizona State

25 George Washington

25 Indiana

28 Alabama

28 UC-Irvine

30 Boston College

30 Ohio State

30 UC- Davis

33 William & Mary

33 Georgia

33 Washington

33 Wisconsin

37 Fordham

38 BYU

38 North Carolina

40 Arizona

40 Colorado

40 Illinois

40 Wake Forest

40 Washington and Lee

45 George Mason

45 SMU

45 Utah

48 Florida

48 Maryland

50 FSU

50 Temple

50 Tulane

50 UC-Hastings

50 Houston

55 Baylor

55 Richmond

57 Case Western

57 Georgia State

57 Nebraska

60 Cincinnati

60 Kentucky

60 Miami

60 New Mexico

60 Oklahoma

65 Loyola (CA)

65 Pepperdine

65 Seton Hall

65 Connecticut

65 Kansas

65 Missouri

65 Tennessee

72 Loyola - Chicago

72 Denver

74 St. John's

74 San Diego

74 Villanova

74 Cardozo

78 American

78 UNLV

78 Oregon

78 Pittsburgh

82 LSU

82 Northeastern

82 St. Louis

82 New Hampshire

86 Chicago - Kent

86 Penn State - Dickinson

86 Penn State - University Park

86 Syracuse

86 Arkansas

86 Tulsa

92 Lewis & Clark

92 Rutgers

92 Hawaii

92 Louisville

92 South Carolina

97 Brooklyn

97 Wayne State

97 West Virginia

100 Indiana University - Indianapolis

100 Michigan State

100 SUNY Buffalo

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