US News 2008 Law School Rankings


Aurelius

Does anybody have the rankings for corporate law?



You should check Leiter's ranking:


Coverage includes commercial law, corporate law, securities regulation, and antitrust.
1. Harvard University 4.7
2. Columbia University 4.5
3. Stanford University 4.4
University of Chicago 4.4
5. New York University 4.2
6. Yale University 4.1
7. Cornell University 3.9
University of California, Berkeley 3.9
University of Pennsylvania 3.9
10. University of Southern California 3.8
11. Northwestern University 3.7
University of California, Los Angeles 3.7
University of Texas, Austin 3.7
University of Virginia 3.7
15. Georgetown University 3.6
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 3.6
Vanderbilt University 3.6
18. University of Iowa 3.5
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 3.5
20. Duke University 3.4
Fordham University 3.4
George Mason University 3.4

Runners-up for the top 20:
George Washington University 3.2
University of San Diego 3.2

http://www.leiterrankings.com/faculty/2003faculty_businesslaw.shtml


Check also the version of 2002-03
http://www.leiterrankings.com/faculty/2002faculty_topchoices.shtml

Maybe useful is also: most downloaded papers, please note the correlation with business law
http://www.leiterrankings.com/faculty/2007faculty_downloads.shtml

<blockquote>Does anybody have the rankings for corporate law?</blockquote>


You should check Leiter's ranking:


Coverage includes commercial law, corporate law, securities regulation, and antitrust.
1. Harvard University 4.7
2. Columbia University 4.5
3. Stanford University 4.4
University of Chicago 4.4
5. New York University 4.2
6. Yale University 4.1
7. Cornell University 3.9
University of California, Berkeley 3.9
University of Pennsylvania 3.9
10. University of Southern California 3.8
11. Northwestern University 3.7
University of California, Los Angeles 3.7
University of Texas, Austin 3.7
University of Virginia 3.7
15. Georgetown University 3.6
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 3.6
Vanderbilt University 3.6
18. University of Iowa 3.5
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 3.5
20. Duke University 3.4
Fordham University 3.4
George Mason University 3.4

Runners-up for the top 20:
George Washington University 3.2
University of San Diego 3.2

http://www.leiterrankings.com/faculty/2003faculty_businesslaw.shtml


Check also the version of 2002-03
http://www.leiterrankings.com/faculty/2002faculty_topchoices.shtml

Maybe useful is also: most downloaded papers, please note the correlation with business law
http://www.leiterrankings.com/faculty/2007faculty_downloads.shtml

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cganne

Thanks Aurelius. The site is very helpful.

Thanks Aurelius. The site is very helpful.
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roscoe

...no offense, guys, but these posts are a wonderful example for rankingmania. One may ask why JDs bother so much about them (at least those who do NOT want to end up as corporate law firm slaves...) but why LL.M.s would spend their lonely nights discussing rankings - I'll never know.

...no offense, guys, but these posts are a wonderful example for rankingmania. One may ask why JDs bother so much about them (at least those who do NOT want to end up as corporate law firm slaves...) but why LL.M.s would spend their lonely nights discussing rankings - I'll never know.
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iris wxw

good news for NYU~~~cheers~~~ though the competition between NYU and CLS has been going on for quite some time, i still think they r both great schools despite the slight difference of the ranking.

good news for NYU~~~cheers~~~ though the competition between NYU and CLS has been going on for quite some time, i still think they r both great schools despite the slight difference of the ranking.
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seems like ivan2006 is sooo elated by the ranking. Congratulations on this big one-position movement.

seems like ivan2006 is sooo elated by the ranking. Congratulations on this big one-position movement.
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Pitch

But this was last year.....in the new 2009 rankings NYU has lost the position gained in 2008....

But this was last year.....in the new 2009 rankings NYU has lost the position gained in 2008....
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