Yale (Again) Tops 2016 U.S. News Law Rankings

U.S. News Law School Rankings (1-25)

2016	School	Index	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2016 vs. 2015	6 Year Trend	6 Year Average
1	Yale University	100	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.0
2	Harvard University	96	2	2	3	2	2	0	0	2.2
2	Stanford University	96	2	2	2	3	3	0	1	2.3
4	Columbia University	93	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	4.0
4	University of Chicago	93	4	4	5	5	5	0	1	4.5
6	New York University	89	6	6	6	6	6	0	0	6.0
7	University of Pennsylvania	88	7	7	7	7	7	0	0	7.0
8	University of Virginia	84	8	7	7	9	10	0	2	8.2
8	University of California-Berkeley	84	9	9	7	9	7	1	-1	8.2
8	Duke University	84	10	11	11	11	11	2	3	10.3
11	University of Michigan	83	10	9	10	7	9	-1	-2	9.3
12	Northwestern University	81	12	12	12	12	11	0	-1	11.8
13	Cornell University	79	13	13	14	13	13	0	0	13.2
14	Georgetown University	78	13	14	13	14	14	-1	0	13.7
15	University of Texas-Austin	76	15	15	16	14	15	0	0	15.0
16	UCLA	75	16	17	15	16	15	0	-1	15.8
17	Vanderbilt University	74	16	15	16	16	17	-1	0	16.2
18	Washington University (MO)	69	18	19	23	18	19	0	1	19.2
19	Emory University	68	19	23	24	30	22	0	3	22.8
20	USC	67	20	18	18	18	18	0	-2	18.7
20	University of Minnesota	67	20	19	19	20	22	0	2	20.0
22	George Washington University	66	20	21	20	20	20	-2	-2	20.5
22	University of Alabama	66	23	21	29	35	38	1	16	28.0
22	University of Notre Dame	66	26	23	22	23	22	4	0	23.0
22	University of Iowa	66	27	26	29	27	26	5	4	26.2

Source: U.S. News and World Report