The Best Law Schools for Teaching Excellence

2015 Overall Ranking

School Bar Passage Rate Bar Passage Ranking Difference Between Overall Ranking and Bar Passage Ranking

Enroll-ment

Employed 9 Months After Graduation (Placement of Class of 2013)

Place-ment Ranking

43

University of Colorado-Boulder

88.7%

53

10

514

64.0%

83

31

University of North Carolina

88.5%

55

24

720

72.3%

55

24

College of William & Mary

87.9%

57

33

623

85.3%

17

29

University of Indiana

87.8%

58

29

638

64.7%

78

46

George Mason University

87.1%

63

17

363

72.7%

51

31

Arizona State University

86.4%

66

35

567

72.6%

52

36

Brigham Young University

86.1%

67

31

412

78.2%

30

54

Pepperdine University

85.6%

69

15

602

58.2%

95

81

University of Pittsburgh

83.3%

78

-3

590

64.4%

79

49

University of Utah

83.0%

80

31

354

70.9%

60

46

University of Maryland

81.3%

85

39

643

68.7%

66

36

University of California-Davis

78.3%

91

55

499

67.8%

72

46

Tulane University

77.8%

93

47

697

72.1%

57

54

U.C.-Hastings

76.4%

96

42

1041

51.7%

99

79

University of San Diego

76.3%

97

18

696

51.7%

99

43

Washington & Lee University

71.7%

100

57

419

56.9%

97

 
Source: Tipping the Scales analysis based on U.S. News & World Report 2015 law school ranking

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