UCLA now has a "clear edge" over Duke, Cornell, NU

Graduate School Law School
20

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<p>Rank
Institution
Score</p>

<p>1
Yale Law School
1.000</p>

<p>2
Harvard Law School
0.824</p>

<p>3
Stanford Law School
0.713</p>

<p>4
Columbia Law School
0.660</p>

<p>5
New York University School of Law
0.649</p>

<p>6
The University of Chicago Law School
0.637</p>

<p>7
Boalt Hall (University of California, Berkeley)
0.606</p>

<p>8*
University of Virginia School of Law
0.597</p>

<p>8*
University of Michigan Law School
0.597</p>

<p>10
University of Pennsylvania Law School
0.569</p>

<p>11*
Georgetown University Law Center
0.557</p>

<p>11*
Northwestern University School of Law
0.557</p>

<p>11*
UCLA School of Law
0.557</p>

<p>14
Cornell Law School
0.550</p>

<p>15
Duke University School of Law
0.541</p>

<p>16
University of Texas School of Law
0.533</p>

<p>17
University of Southern California Law School
0.510</p>

<p>18
Fordham University School of Law
0.509</p>

<p>19
Boston College Law School
0.504</p>

<p>20
The George Washington University Law School
0.502</p>

<p>21
Boston University School of Law
0.498</p>

<p>22
Vanderbilt University Law School
0.491</p>

<p>The Consus Group uses the following methodology to compile its law school rankings:</p>

<p>Published Rankings: Published Rankings reflect current and historical ratings by numerous sources. An institution's aggregate published ranking comprises 50% of its overall score. </p>

<p>Selectivity: Selectivity measures the quality of law schools' admitted candidates. Selectivity is based on the percent of applicants admitted (40% of composite selectivity score), LSAT scores (35% of composite), and GPAs (25% of composite). An institution's composite selectivity comprises 25% of its overall score. </p>

<p>Salary: Salary measures historical and current starting salaries of a given school's graduates. Salary comprises 10% of an institution's overall score. </p>

<p>Placement: Placement measures historical and current success a given school has placing its graduates. Placement comprises 10% of an institution's overall score. </p>

<p>Yield: Yield reflects the percentage of admitted candidates that matriculate to the admitting university. An institution's yield comprises 5% of its overall score</p>