| School | ATL Index | ATL 2014 Ranking | U.S. News 2014 Ranking | ATL 2013 Ranking | Difference with U.S. News Ranking | Difference Between 2014 and 2013 ATL Ranking |
| Yale University | 87.45 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Harvard University | 86.59 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Stanford University | 85.76 | 3 | 2 | 2 | -1 | -1 |
| Columbia University | 77.7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
| University of Chicago | 77.05 | 5 | 4 | 4 | -1 | -1 |
| New York University | 76.69 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| Duke University | 75.16 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | -1 |
| University of Pennsylvania | 74.43 | 8 | 7 | 5 | -1 | -3 |
| University of Virginia | 73.89 | 9 | 8 | 7 | -1 | -2 |
| University of Michigan | 69.56 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2 |
| Northwestern University | 69.49 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 2 |
| University of California-Berkeley | 69.31 | 12 | 9 | 9 | -3 | -3 |
| Cornell University | 68.76 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 0 | -2 |
| Vanderbilt University | 64.62 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 1 |
| University of Texas-Austin | 62.25 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 0 | -1 |
| Georgetown University | 59.37 | 16 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 0 |
| University of Notre Dame | 54.99 | 17 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 1 |
| University of Iowa | 50.48 | 18 | 27 | 37 | 9 | 19 |
| UCLA | 50.19 | 19 | 16 | 17 | -3 | -2 |
| University of Georgia | 49.61 | 20 | 29 | 19 | 9 | -1 |
| Boston College | 49.51 | 21 | 36 | 21 | 15 | 0 |
| University of New Mexico | 48.68 | 22 | 72 | 26 | 50 | 4 |
| University of North Carolina | 48.58 | 23 | 31 | 24 | 8 | 1 |
| Brigham Young University | 48.5 | 24 | 36 | 28 | 12 | 4 |
| Southern Methodist University | 47.81 | 25 | 42 | 22 | 17 | -3 |
Source: Above the Law and U.S. News and World Report
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