US News 2008 Law School Rankings

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http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/law/brief/lawrank_brief.php


在LLM GUIDE上看到这个消息, 就去USNEWS的网站上核实了一下, 以下是与2007年的排名不同之处:

1) Harvard 上升一位,和 Stanford同名次;
2) Columbia本和NYU同排第四,现排第五
3) UPenn 上升一位, 和UChicago同名次.
4) Fordham上升了7位,现排25

不知道USNEW根据什么改动名次,不过这份排名可能会影响08年打算申请LLM的同学对学校的选择.



Top 100

1 100  Yale University (CT)
2 90  Harvard University (MA)
2 90  Stanford University (CA)
4 87  New York University
5 85  Columbia University (NY)
6 80  University of Chicago
6 80  University of Pennsylvania
8 78  University of California-Berkeley
8 78  University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
10 77  Duke University (NC)
10 77  University of Virginia
12 76  Northwestern University (IL)
13 74  Cornell University (NY)
14 72  Georgetown University (DC)
15 71  University of California-Los Angeles
16 69  University of Southern California (Gould)
16 69  Vanderbilt University (TN)
18 68  University of Texas-Austin
19 64  Washington University in St. Louis
20 63  Boston University
20 63  University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
22 62  Emory University (GA)
22 62  George Washington University (DC)
24 61  University of Iowa
25 60  Fordham University (NY)
25 60  University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
25 60  Washington and Lee University (VA)
28 59  Boston College
28 59  University of Notre Dame (IN)
28 59  University of Washington
31 58  College of William and Mary (Marshall-Wythe) (VA)
31 58  Ohio State University (Moritz)
31 58  University of Wisconsin-Madison
34 56  George Mason University (VA)
34 56  University of California-Davis
36 55  Indiana University-Bloomington
36 55  University of Alabama
36 55  University of California (Hastings)
36 55  University of Colorado-Boulder
36 55  University of Georgia
36 55  University of Maryland
36 55  University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
36 55  Wake Forest University (NC)
44 54  Brigham Young University (Clark) (UT)
44 54  University of Arizona (Rogers)
46 53  Southern Methodist University (TX)
47 52  American University (Washington) (DC)
47 52  Tulane University (LA)
47 52  University of Connecticut
47 52  University of Florida (Levin)
51  Arizona State University (O'Connor)
52  Yeshiva University (Cardozo) (NY)
53  Baylor University (TX)
53  Case Western Reserve University (OH)
53  Florida State University
53  University of Tennessee–Knoxville
57  University of Cincinnati
57  University of Pittsburgh
57  University of Utah (Quinney)
60  Brooklyn Law School (NY)
60  Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent)
60  Temple University (Beasley) (PA)
60  University of Houston
60  University of Kentucky
60  Villanova University (PA)
66  Loyola Law School (CA)
66  Pepperdine University (CA)
66  University of Kansas
66  University of Missouri–Columbia
70  Loyola University Chicago
70  Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–Camden
70  Seton Hall University (NJ)
70  St. John's University (NY)
70  University of Miami (FL)
70  University of New Mexico
70  University of Oklahoma
77  Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–Newark
77  University at Buffalo–SUNY
77  University of Denver (Sturm)
77  University of Nebraska–Lincoln
77  University of Richmond (VA)
82  Georgia State University
82  Lewis and Clark College (Northwestern) (OR)
82  University of Oregon
85  Indiana University–Indianapolis
85  Northeastern University (MA)
85  Seattle University
85  St. Louis University
85  University of San Diego
85  University of Toledo (OH)
91  DePaul University (IL)
91  Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge
91  Pennsylvania State University (Dickinson)
91  Santa Clara University (CA)
91  University of Hawaii (Richardson)
91  University of South Carolina
97  Catholic University of America (Columbus) (DC)
97  Marquette University (WI)
97  University of Louisville (Brandeis) (KY)
100  Mercer University (GA)
100  Stetson University (FL)
100  University of Nevada–Las Vegas (Boyd)
100  University of San Francisco
100  University of the Pacific (McGeorge) (CA)




other rankings:


DISPUTE RESOLUTION
1. Pepperdine University
2. University of Missouri
3. Hamline University/ Harvard
5. Ohio State University
6. Marquette University
7. Yeshiva University
8. PennState University/ University of Oregon
10. Fordham/ Georgetown

IP Law
1. UC Berkeley
2. Stanford
3. GWU
4. CLS/ Duke/ Franklin Pierce Law Center/ Yeshiva
8. Santa Clara Univ./ Univ. of Houston
10. BU

International Law
1. NYU
2. CLS
3. Georgetown/ HLS
5. American University
6. YLS
7. UMich
8. GWU
9. UC Berkeley
10. UVirginia

Tax Law
1. NYU
2. Florida
3. Georgetown
4. NWU
5. HLS
6. Miami
7. UCLA
8. BU
9. UTexas
10. San Diego/ UVirginia/ YLS