2019 Law School Rankings

Below are listed the Top 2019 Law Schools according to US News. Please keep in mind rankings of a law school may be considered important in regards to prestige and when you apply to jobs. But if you did not get into any of the top 50 law schools this does not mean you will not be a great lawyer! Many of these 2019 law school rankings should be taken with a grain of salt. The Princeton Review, National Law Journal, and renewed rating Professor Brian Leiter all also have their own 2019 law school rankings. Below are the top 75 law schools in general. There order may differentiate from year to year:

• 1. Yale University
  2. Stanford University
  3. Harvard University
  4. University of Chicago
  5. Columbia University
  6. New York University
  7. University of Pennsylvania
  8. University of Michigan—Ann Arbor
  9. University of California—Berkeley (+3)
  9. University of Virginia (-1)
  11. Duke University (-1)
  11. Northwestern University (-1)
  13. Cornell University
  14. Georgetown University (+1)
  15. University of Texas—Austin (-1)
  16. University of California—Los Angeles (-1)
  17. Vanderbilt University
  18. Washington University in St. Louis
  19. University of Southern California
  20. University of Minnesota (+3)
  21. University of California—Irvine (+7)
  22. Boston University (+1)
  22. Emory University
  24. George Washington University (+6)
  24. University of Notre Dame (-4)
  26. Washington and Lee University (+2)
  27. Arizona State University (-2)
  27. Boston College (-1)
  27. University of Alabama (-1)
  27. University of Iowa (-7)
  27. University of Wisconsin—Madison (+3)
  32. Indiana University—Bloomington (-2)
  32. Ohio State University (-2)
  32. University of Georgia (-2)
  32. University of Washington (-2)
  32. Wake Forest University (+4)
  37. Fordham University (-1)
  37. University of California—Davis (+2)
  37. University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign (+7)
  37. William & Mary Law School (+4)
  41. Brigham Young University (+5)
  41. George Mason University
  41. University of Arizona (+7)
  41. University of Florida
  45. University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill (-6)
  46. University of Colorado—Boulder (-10)
  47. Florida State University (+1)
  47. Temple University (+6)
  49. University of Maryland (-1)
  50. Baylor University (+1)
  50. Southern Methodist University (-4)
  50. University of Connecticut (+4)
  50. University of Richmond (+7)
• 54. Tulane University (-3)
  54. University of Utah (-10)
  56. University of Houston (-2)
  56. Yeshiva University (Cardozo) (+9)
  58. University of California—Hastings (-4)
  59. Pennsylvania State University—Carlisle (Dickinson) (+6)
  59. Pepperdine University (+13)
  59. Seton Hall University (-2)
  59. University of Nevada—Las Vegas (+3)
  63. University of Denver (Sturm) (+13)
  63. University of Oklahoma (+9)
  65. Case Western Reserve University (-3)
  65. Georgia State University
  65. Loyola Marymount University
  65. University of Cincinnati (+7)
  65. University of Kentucky (-8)
  65. University of Miami (+12)
  65. University of Missouri
  65. University of Tennessee—Knoxville (-8)
  65. Villanova University (+12)
  74. Loyola University Chicago (+8)
  74. Northeastern University (-9)
  74. Pennsylvania State University—University Park (+8)
  74. Rutgers The State University of New Jersey (-12)
  74. University of Kansas (-9)
  74. University of Pittsburgh (+8)