Above The Law’s 2013 Debut Ranking of the Best Law Schools
| Rank & School | Index | U.S. News | Difference |
| 1. Yale University | 85.87 | 1 | —– |
| 2. Stanford University | 85.73 | 2 | —– |
| 3. Harvard University | 84.46 | 2 | -1 |
| 4. University of Chicago | 80.34 | 4 | —– |
| 5. University of Penn | 79.94 | 7 | +2 |
| 6. Duke University | 75.67 | 11 | +5 |
| 7. University of Virginia | 73.46 | 7 | —– |
| 8. Columbia University | 71.96 | 4 | -4 |
| 9. UC-Berkeley | 71.37 | 9 | —– |
| 10. New York University | 70.85 | 6 | -4 |
| 11. Cornell University | 68.82 | 13 | +2 |
| 12. University of Michigan | 68.64 | 9 | -3 |
| 13. Northwestern University | 68.35 | 12 | -1 |
| 14. University of Texas-Austin | 60.67 | 15 | +1 |
| 15. Vanderbilt University | 60.14 | 15 | —– |
| 16. Georgetown University | 55.30 | 14 | -2 |
| 17. UC-Los Angeles | 52.42 | 17 | —– |
| 18. University of Notre Dame | 51.80 | 23 | +5 |
| 19. University of Georgia | 51.52 | 33 | +14 |
| 20. University of Southern Cal | 51.36 | 18 | -2 |
| 21. Boston College | 51.22 | 31 | +10 |
| 22. Southern Methodist Univ. | 50.76 | 48 | +26 |
| 23. Boston University | 50.17 | 29 | +6 |
| 24. University of North Carolina | 49.09 | 31 | +7 |
| 25. Washington University | 47.83 | 19 | -6 |
Source: Above the Law and U.S. News & World Report
