U.S. News’ 2015 Law School Rankings

2014	School	Index	2013	2012	2011	2010	2014 vs. 2013	5 Year Trend	5 Year Average
1	Yale University	100	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.0
2	Harvard University	96	2	3	2	2	0	0	2.2
2	Stanford University	95	2	2	3	3	0	1	2.4
4	Columbia University	92	4	4	4	4	0	0	4.0
4	University of Chicago	92	4	5	5	5	0	1	4.6
6	New York University	88	6	6	6	6	0	0	6.0
7	University of Pennsylvania	86	7	7	7	7	0	0	7.0
8	University of Virginia	84	7	7	9	10	-1	2	8.2
9	University of California-Berkeley	83	9	7	9	7	0	-2	8.2
10	University of Michigan	82	9	10	7	9	-1	-1	9.0
10	Duke University	82	11	11	11	11	1	1	10.8
12	Northwestern University	79	12	12	12	11	0	-1	11.8
13	Cornell University	76	13	14	13	13	0	0	13.2
13	Georgetown University	76	14	13	14	14	1	1	13.6
15	University of Texas-Austin	73	15	16	14	15	0	0	15.0
16	UCLA	72	17	15	16	15	1	-1	15.8
16	Vanderbilt University	72	15	16	16	17	-1	1	16.0
18	Washington University (MO)	69	19	23	18	19	1	1	19.4
19	Emory University	66	23	24	30	22	4	3	23.6
20	USC	65	18	18	18	18	-2	-2	18.4
20	University of Minnesota	65	19	19	20	22	-1	2	20.0
20	George Washington University	65	21	20	20	20	1	0	20.2
23	University of Alabama	64	21	29	35	38	-2	15	29.2
24	University of Washington	63	28	20	30	34	4	10	27.2
24	College of William & Mary	63	33	35	27	28	9	4	29.4
26	University of Notre Dame	62	23	22	23	22	-3	-4	23.2

* Editor’s Note: Any annual ranking with a 101 reflects that the school was ranked outside the top 100 for that year.

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