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Rankings for 2009-10

[Updated August 9, 2009]

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 Cornell Law School 
  7 Georgetown University Law Center 
 7 Northwestern University School of Law 
7 UC Berkeley 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 Southern California Law School
14 Vanderbilt University Law School

18 Boston College Law School  
18 Boston University School of Law  
18 University of Minnesota Law School
18 University of Texas School of Law 
18 Washington University School of Law

23 Emory University School of Law 
23 Fordham University Law School 
23 George Washington University Law School
23 Notre Dame Law School  
23 University of Illinois College of Law 
23 University of Iowa College of Law  

29 Carolina Law (UNC)
29 University of Washington School of Law
29 University of Wisconsin Law School
29 Washington and Lee University School of Law  
29 William and Mary School of Law

34 George Mason School of Law
34 Ohio State University College of Law 
34 Tulane Law School
34 UC Davis School of Law
34 UC Hastings College of the Law
34 University of Georgia School of Law

40 American Univ., Washington College of Law 
40 Baylor University Law School
40 Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (Yeshiva)
40 Indiana U. School of Law--Bloomington  
40 University of Arizona College of Law
40 University of Connecticut School of Law
40 University of Florida Levin College of Law
40 University of Maryland School of Law
40 Wake Forest University School of Law

49 Arizona State University College of Law
49 BYU, J. Reuben Clark Law School   
49 Case Western Reserve U. School of Law
49 University of Alabama School of Law
49 University of Cincinnati College of Law
49 University of Colorado School of Law
49 University of Miami School of Law
49 University of Utah College of Law

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

63 Dickinson School of Law (Penn State)  
63 Loyola Law School, Los Angeles  
63 Loyola University Chicago School of Law  
63 Rutgers School of Law - Newark
63 University at Buffalo Law School
63 University of Houston Law Center 
63 University of Kansas School of Law
63 University of Oklahoma College of Law
63 University of Pittsburgh School of Law
63 University of San Diego School of Law
63 Villanova University School of Law

74 Chicago-Kent College of Law, Ill. Inst. of Tech. 
74 Florida State University College of Law
74 Hofstra University School of Law
74 Indiana Univ. School of Law--Indianapolis
74 Louis D. Brandeis School of Law (Louisville)  
74 Pepperdine University School of Law   
74 Rutgers School of Law - Camden
74 St. John's University School of Law
74 Seton Hall Law School
74 University of Denver College of Law
74 University of Nebraska College of Law
74 University of New Mexico School of Law
74 University of Oregon School of Law
74 University of Richmond School of Law

88 Catholic U., Columbus School of Law
88 DePaul College of Law
88 Georgia State University College of Law
88 Lewis & Clark Northwestern School of Law 
88 New York Law School
88 Santa Clara University School of Law
88 Syracuse University College of Law
88 Univ. of Arkansas School of Law (Fayetteville)
88 University of Mississippi School of Law 
88 William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV 

98 Albany Law School 
98 Chapman University School of Law 
98 Gonzaga University School of Law 
98 Marquette University Law School  
98 McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific  
98 Northeastern University School of Law  
98 Pace Law School 
98 Saint Louis University School of Law
98 Stetson University College of Law
98 Suffolk University Law School
98 University of Idaho College of Law  
98 University of San Francisco School of Law 
98 University of South Carolina School of Law
98 Vermont Law School
98 Wayne State University Law School
98 William S. Richardson School of Law (Hawaii)

Second-Tier Law Schools
(in alphabetical order)

Appalachian School of Law 
Ave Maria School of Law 

Barry University Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law 

California Western School of Law  
Campbell University, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law  
Capital University Law School 
Charleston School of Law 
Charlotte 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 

Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law
Duquesne University School of Law 

Elon University School of Law 

Faulkner University Thomas Goode Jones School of Law 
Florida A&M University College of Law 
Florida Coastal School of Law 
Florida International University College of Law 
Franklin Pierce Law Center 

Golden Gate 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 (Atlanta) 
John Marshall Law School (Chicago) 

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

Massachusetts School of Law  
Mercer University Law School  
Michigan State University College of Law  
Mississippi College School of Law 

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

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

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

Quinnipiac University 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 California, Irvine 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 La Verne College 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 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