BREAKING: 2025 U.S. News Top 25 Law School Rankings

// The U.S. News law school rankings are officially due out next week, but we’ve got an early copy of the top 25. We hope you’re ready, because there are some pretty interesting changes within the T14.

Here’s the “embargoed” list of the top 25 law schools in the nation, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report in the year 2024. Changes in rank from this year over last year come to us courtesy of Mike Spivey of Spivey Consulting. Feast your eyes on the brand new top 25 law schools.

googletag.cmd.push( function() { // Display ad. googletag.display( "div-id-for-top-300x250" ); }); Law School 2024 Ranking +/- from 2023 Stanford University 1 – Yale University 1 – University of Chicago 3 – Duke University 4 +1 Harvard University 4 +1 University of Pennsylvania 4 – University of Virginia 4 +4 Columbia University 8 – New York University 9 -4 Northwestern University 9 +1 University of Michigan 9 +1 University of California–Berkeley 12 -2 University of California–Los Angeles 13 +1 Cornell University 14 -1 Georgetown University 14 +1 University of Minnesota 16 – University of Texas–Austin 16 – Washington University in St. Louis 16 +4 Vanderbilt University 19 -3 University of Georgia 20 – University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill 20 +2 Notre Dame University 20 +7 University of Southern California 20 -4 Boston University 24 +3 Wake Forest University 25 -3 Sponsored Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. From LexisNexis  

So much for trying to get rid of volatility within the rankings!

It looks like the U.S. News methodology hasn’t changed that much at all. As predicted by numerous industry experts, UVA has climbed to No. 4, while NYU has dropped down a few places. There are now three ties within the T14 (a four-way tie for No. 4; a three-way tie for No. 9; and a tie for No. 14). Who does this help when making choices between law schools? Nobody!

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Will these rankings stay the same, or are they due for a change after law school deans complain or additional errors are discovered? We suppose we’ll see. Stay tuned for the full U.S. News rankings next week. In the meantime, check out the Above the Law Top 50 Law School Rankings.

New U.S. News Top 25 Law Schools 2024-2025 (with +/-) [Spivey Consulting]

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