http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/law/brief/lawrank_brief.php
1. Yale University (CT)
2. Stanford University (CA)
3. Harvard University (MA)
4. Columbia University (NY)
4. New York University
6. University of Chicago
7. University of Pennsylvania
8. University of CaliforniaBerkeley
8. University of MichiganAnn Arbor
8. University of Virginia
11. Duke University (NC)
12. Northwestern University (IL)
13. Cornell University (NY)
14. Georgetown University (DC)
15. University of CaliforniaLos Angeles
16. University of TexasAustin
17. University of Southern California (Gould)
17. Vanderbilt University (TN)
19. George Washington University (DC)
19. University of MinnesotaTwin Cities
19. Washington University in St. Louis
22. Boston University
22. University of Iowa
22. University of Notre Dame (IN)
22. Washington and Lee University (VA)
26. Emory University (GA)
27. Boston College
27. College of William and Mary (Marshall-Wythe) (VA)
27. University of IllinoisUrbana-Champaign
27. University of North CarolinaChapel Hill
27. University of Washington
32. Fordham University (NY)
32. University of WisconsinMadison
34. Brigham Young University (Clark) (UT)
34. University of CaliforniaDavis
34. University of Georgia
37. George Mason University (VA)
37. Indiana UniversityBloomington
39. Ohio State University (Moritz)
39. Wake Forest University (NC)
41. University of Florida (Levin)
42. University of Maryland
43. American University (Washington College of Law) (DC)
43. Southern Methodist University (TX)
43. Tulane University (LA)
43. University of AlabamaTuscaloosa
43. University of Arizona (Rogers)
43. University of California (Hastings)
43. University of ColoradoBoulder
50. University of Connecticut

Berkeley is significantly up.

Stanford is back to #2. Let's see how Harvard's lobby will react.

Hi Paul!

I will go to HLS... I am not surprised with the ranking: Stanford is awesome!

Hi! Last time Stanford was #2, many Harvard alumns critized the ranking and in the following year Harvard was back to #2. I am just saying that Yale and Harvard alumni is so powerful (which btw is a good reason to go there) that they can change things...

Hi, does anybody with access to the full US NEWS rankings for 2007 know how the ranking is for IP Law schools turned out? I know it's very biased and not too reliable, but as many, I'm a curious guy.

Law Specialties: Intellectual Property Law
New! Ranked in 2006*


1. University of California–Berkeley
2. Stanford University (CA)
3. George Washington University (DC)


There are many more schools on this list! Interested in seeing the complete rankings list, as well as a directory of more than 1,200 programs?
I have not paid for the new update. Anyone
Congratulations to HLS,

Hi! Last time Stanford was #2, many Harvard alumns critized the ranking and in the following year Harvard was back to #2. I am just saying that Yale and Harvard alumni is so powerful (which btw is a good reason to go there) that they can change things...

does anyone have the complete ranking for the international law program to post here?

Hi all,
1 NYU
2 Columbia
3 Harvard
4 Georgetown
5 Yale
6 GW U.
7 American U.
8 Univ. of Michigan--Ann Arbor
9 Berkeley
U of Virginia

Best regards,
Michelle

does anyone have the complete ranking for the international law program to post here?

does anyone have the complete 2007 ranking for Intellectual Property Law to post here? Have they changed with respect to those for 2006? Just curious (very curious). :) Best!

does anyone have the complete 2007 ranking for Intellectual Property Law to post here? Have they changed with respect to those for 2006? Just curious (very curious). :) Best!

thanks april! how's harvard in the ranking?

Michelle, Thanks a lot for sharing the ranking!! I'm very pleased.

thanks april! how's harvard in the ranking?

Could you please tell me the ranking for the International law and dispute resolution spcializations?

Thank you so much.

thanks april! how's harvard in the ranking?

Dear asterion,
Here is the complete ranking for IP laws.
1. University of California-Berkeley
2. Stanford University
3. George Washington University
4. Santa Clara University
5. University of Huston
6. Cardozo-Yeshiva University
7. Duke University
7. Franklin Pierce Law Center
9. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent)
10. Columbia University
11. DePaul University
12. Boston University
12. New York University
14. John Marshall Law School
15. Georgetown University
16. Harvard University
17. Michigan State University
17. University of Washington
19. Case Western Reserve University
19. Fordham University
21. Boston College
21. University of MinnesotaTwin Cities
21. University of TexasAustin
24. George Mason University
24. University of Akron
24. University of Pittsburgh
27. Washington University in St. Louis

Hi,

Is there any ranking for LLM in Banking ?

Thanks a lot.

Does any body have an idea on Alabama. Just got accepted there. But debating about it. It's ranked #43 on US news list..mmm!!!

Any inputs on teaching, opportunities, value after graduation would be helpful.

Thanks

Does any body have an idea on Alabama. Just got accepted there. But debating about it. It's ranked #43 on US news list..mmm!!!

Any inputs on teaching, opportunities, value after graduation would be helpful.

Thanks

I went to Alabama for J.D.

I would avoid it, unless you want to practice at a firm in Alabama. UA Law prides itself on its continuing socratic method of teaching (something they don't tell you in the brochures). Some of the professors can be notorious for targetting certain students for failure. And sad to say, it creates a dismal atmosphere among the students. Many students fall right in line with professors in taunting other students. It is not unheard of for some of the more competitive students to rip pages out of books before anyone else can get to assigned reading.

I really think that you can do better elsewhere. Alabama is an inexpensive law school, which is great. But just remember, you get what you pay for.

Additionally, the majority of students come from Alabama public universities, which are notorious for turning out mediocre students. I will never forget the first day of law school, when one of the students said, in class, that she spent her summer "teaching little n*gro children how to read." And this was 1996. Try a school that is in a larger area (Tuscaloosa is small, so, if you want to work at a law firm while going to school, your chances are slim) with a more diverse population.