U.S. New and World Report - Top Law Schools 2004                                  Updated 3/17/04

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1

1. Yale University (CT)

 

 

 

??

??

??

2

2. Stanford University (CA)

Y

N

CS

1

0

1

3

3. Harvard University (MA)

Y

N

AW

1

0

1

4

4. Columbia University (NY)

Y

N

AW

1

0

1

5

5. New York University

Y

Y

 

1

1

0

6

6. University of Chicago

Y

Y

 

1

1

0

7

7. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Y

N

CS

1

0

1

8

  University of Pennsylvania

Y

N

AW

1

0

1

9

9. University of Virginia

 

 

 

??

??

??

10

10. Cornell University (NY)

 

 

 

??

??

??

11

  University of California–Berkeley

 

 

 

??

??

??

12

12. Duke University (NC)

Y

N

CS

1

0

1

13

  Northwestern University (IL)

 

 

 

??

??

??

14

14. Georgetown University (DC)

Y

N

CS

1

0

1

15

15. University of Texas–Austin

 

 

 

??

??

??

16

16. University of California–Los Angeles

 

 

 

??

??

??

17

17. Vanderbilt University (TN)

Y

N

CS/AW

1

0

1

18

18. University of Southern California

Y

N

CS

1

0

1

19

19. University of Minnesota–Twin Cities

Y

N

CS

1

0

1

20

  Washington and Lee University (VA)

Y

N

CS

1

0

1

21

21. University of Iowa

 

 

 

??

??

??

22

22. Boston College

 

 

 

??

??

??

23

  George Washington University (DC)

Y

N

AW

1

0

1

24

  University of Notre Dame (IN)

Y

N

???

1

0

1

25

25. University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign

Y

Y

 

1

1

0

26

  Washington University in St. Louis

 

 

 

??

??

??

27

27. Emory University (GA)

Y

N

AW

1

0

1

28

28. Boston University

 

 

 

??

??

??

29

  College of William and Mary (VA)

Y

N

AW

1

0

1

30

  University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill

Y

N

???

1

0

1

31

31. Brigham Young University

Y

Y

 

1

1

0

32

  Fordham University (NY)

 

 

 

??

??

??

33

  University of California–Davis

Y

N

CS

1

0

1

34

  University of Georgia

Y

N

CS

1

0

1

35

  University of Wisconsin–Madison

 

 

 

??

??

??

36

36. Wake Forest University (NC)

Y

N

AW

1

0

1

37

37. University of California (Hastings)

 

 

 

??

??

??

38

38. Indiana University–Bloomington

 

 

 

??

??

??

39

  Ohio State University (Moritz)

Y

N

AW

1

0

1

40

40. George Mason University (VA)

Y

N

CS

1

0

1

41

  University of Colorado–Boulder

Y

N

CS

1

0

1

42

  University of Connecticut

Y

N

CS

1

0

1

43

  University of Utah (S.J. Quinney)

Y

Y

 

1

1

0

44

44. University of Arizona (Rogers)

Y

N

CS

1

0

1

45

45. Tulane University (LA)

 

 

 

??

??

??

46

  University of Alabama

 

 

 

??

??

??

47

  University of Florida (Levin)

Y

Y

 

1

1

0

48

  University of Maryland

Y

N

CS

1

0

1

49

  University of Washington

Y

N

CS

1

0

1

50

50. Southern Methodist University (TX)

Y

N

AW

1

0

1

51

51. Baylor University (TX)

Y

Y

 

1

1

0

52

  University of Cincinnati

 

 

 

??

??

??

53

  University of Kentucky

Y

Y

 

1

1

0

54

  University of Pittsburgh

Y

N

CS

1

0

1

55

55. American University (Washington College of Law) (DC)

Y

Y

 

1

1

0

56

  University of Tennessee–Knoxville

 

 

 

??

??

??

57

57. Cardozo-Yeshiva University (NY)

Y

N

AW

1

0

1

58

  Case Western Reserve University (OH)

Y

N

AW

1

0

1

59

59. Arizona State University

Y

N

CS

1

0

1

60

  Brooklyn Law School (NY)

 

 

 

??

??

??

61

  University of Missouri–Columbia

 

 

 

??

??

??

62

  University of Oklahoma

 

 

 

??

??

??

63

  University of San Diego

Y

N

AW

1

0

1

64

64. Florida State University

Y

N

CS

1

0

1

65

  Indiana University–Indianapolis

Y

Y

 

1

1

0

66

  Temple University (Beasley) (PA)

 

 

 

??

??

??

67

  University of Kansas

 

 

 

??

??

??

68

  University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Y

Y

 

1

1

0

69

69. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent)

Y

N

AW

1

0

1

70

  Lewis and Clark College (Northwestern) (OR)

Y

N

AW

1

0

1

71

  Loyola Law School (CA)

 

 

 

??

??

??

72

  Loyola University Chicago

 

 

 

??

??

??

73

  St. John's University (NY)

Y

N

CS

1

0

1

74

  University of Houston

Y

N

CS

1

0

1

75

  University of Louisville (Brandeis) (KY)

Y

Y

 

1

1

0

76

  University of New Mexico

Y

N

CS

1

0

1

77

  Villanova University (PA)

 

 

 

??

??

??

78

78. Rutgers State University–Camden (NJ)

Y

Y

 

1

1

0

79

  Rutgers State University–Newark (NJ)

Y

Y

 

1

1

0

80

  University of Denver

Y

N

AW

1

0

1

81

  University of Oregon

 

 

 

??

??

??

82

  University of Richmond (VA)

 

 

 

??

??

??

83

  University of South Carolina

Y

Y

 

1

1

0

84

84. Catholic University of America (DC)

Y

N

CS

1

0

1

85

  University of Miami (FL)

Y

N

CS

1

0

1

86

86. Seton Hall University (NJ)

 

 

 

??

??

??

87

  University at Buffalo (NY)

Y

Y

 

1

1

0

88

  University of Hawaii

 

 

 

??

??

??

89

89. Northeastern University (MA)

 

 

 

??

??

??

90

  University of Mississippi

 

 

 

??

??

??

91

91. Georgia State University

Y

N

CS

1

0

1

92

  Marquette University (WI)

 

 

 

??

??

??

93

  Mercer University (GA)

 

 

 

??

??

??

94

  Santa Clara University (CA)

Y

N

CS

1

0

1

95

  Seattle University

Y

N

CS

1

0

1

96

  University of Arkansas–Fayetteville

 

 

 

??

??

??

97

97. Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge

Y

Y

 

1

1

0

98

  Syracuse University (NY)

 

 

 

??

??

??

99

  University of San Francisco

Y

N

CS

1

0

1

100

  Wayne State University (MI)

 

 

 

??

??

??

Tier 3

Albany Law School-Union University (NY)

Y

N

AW

1

0

1

 

Campbell University (NC)

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

Chapman University (CA)

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

Creighton University (NE)

Y

N

CS

1

0

1

 

DePaul University (IL)

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

Drake University (IA)

Y

Y

 

1

1

0

 

Duquesne University (PA)

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

Franklin Pierce Law Center (NH)

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

Hofstra University (NY)

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

Howard University (DC)

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

Loyola University–New Orleans

Y

Y

 

1

1

0

 

New York Law School

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

Pace University (NY)

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

Penn State University (Dickinson School of Law)

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

Pepperdine University (CA)

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

Samford University (Cumberland) (AL)

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

Southern Illinois University–Carbondale

Y

Y

 

1

1

0

 

Southwestern University School of Law (CA)

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

Stetson University (FL)

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

St. Louis University

Y

Y

 

1

1

0

 

Suffolk University (MA)

Y

N

CS

1

0

1

 

University of Akron (OH)

Y

N

CS

1

0

1

 

University of Arkansas–Little Rock (Bowen)

Y

Y

 

1

1

0

 

University of Idaho

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

University of Maine

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

University of Memphis

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

University of Montana

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

University of North Dakota

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

University of South Dakota

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

University of the Pacific (McGeorge) (CA)

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

University of Toledo (OH)

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

University of Wyoming

Y

N

CS

1

0

1

 

Valparaiso University (IN)

Y

N

CS

1

0

1

 

Vermont Law School

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

Washburn University (KS)

Y

N

CS

1

0

1

 

West Virginia University

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

William Mitchell College of Law (MN)

 

 

 

??

??

??

Tier 4

California Western School of Law

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

Capital University (OH)

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

Cleveland State University (Marshall)

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

CUNY–Queens College

Y

Y

 

1

1

0

 

Florida Coastal School of Law

Y

N

AW

1

0

1

 

Golden Gate University (CA)

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

Gonzaga University (WA)

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

Hamline University (MN)

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

John Marshall Law School (IL)

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

Michigan State Univ.–DCL Col. of Law

Y

N

AW

1

0

1

 

Mississippi College

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

New England School of Law (MA)

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

North Carolina Central University 1

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

Northern Illinois University

Y

Y

 

1

1

0

 

Northern Kentucky University (Chase)

Y

Y

 

1

1

0

 

Nova Southeastern University 1 (FL)

Y

N

AW

1

0

1

 

Ohio Northern University

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

Oklahoma City University

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

Quinnipiac University (CT)

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

Regent University (VA)

Y

Y

 

1

1

0

 

Roger Williams University (RI)

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

Southern University 1 (LA)

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

South Texas College of Law

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

St. Mary's University (TX)

Y

Y

 

1

1

0

 

St. Thomas University (FL)

Y

N

AW

1

0

1

 

Texas Southern University (Thurgood Marshall)1

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

Texas Tech University

Y

N

CS

1

0

1

 

Texas Wesleyan University

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

Thomas Jefferson School of Law (CA)

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

Thomas M. Cooley Law School (MI)

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

Touro College (Jacob D. Fuchsberg) (NY)

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

University of Baltimore

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

University of Dayton (OH)

Y

Y

 

1

1

0

 

University of Detroit Mercy

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

University of Missouri–Kansas City

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

University of Tulsa (OK)

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

Western New England College (MA)

Y

N

AW

1

0

1

 

Whittier Law School (CA)

 

 

 

??

??

??

 

Widener University (DE)

 

 

 

??

??

??

[178]

Willamette University (OR)

Y

N

CS

1

0

1

 

 

 

 

 

Replies:

Tenure:

Non-Tenure:

 

Summary: Top 25

 

 

 

16

3

13

 

 

 

 

 

64.0%

18.8%

81.3%

 

Summary: Second 25

 

 

 

17

3

14

 

 

 

 

 

68.0%

17.6%

82.4%

 

Summary: Third 25

 

 

 

16

6

10

 

 

 

 

 

64.0%

37.5%

62.5%

 

Summary: Fourth 25

 

 

 

13

5

8

 

 

 

 

 

52.0%

38.5%

61.5%

 

Summary: First 50

 

 

 

33

6

27

 

 

 

 

 

66.0%

18.2%

81.8%

 

Summary: Second 50

 

 

 

29

11

18

 

 

 

 

 

58.0%

37.9%

62.1%

 

Summary: Third Tier

 

 

 

12

5

7

 

 

 

 

 

32.4%

41.7%

58.3%

 

Summary: Fourth Tier

 

 

 

13

6

7

 

 

 

 

 

32.5%

46.2%

53.8%

 

Totals

 

 

 

87

28

59

 

 

 

 

 

49.2%

32.2%

67.8%