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The Law School Ranking Of All Law School Rankings: Which Schools Came Out On Top?

And which law schools sank like stones in the T14?

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gavel trophy law rankingThere are many ways to rank law schools, and some may say that there are entirely too many law school rankings, but what if there was one ranking to rule them all?

That seems to be what Fortuna Law (under Fortuna Admissions) has done with its new ranking, the Fortuna Ranking of Law School Rankings. Fortuna has combined the results of the ever popular U.S. News & World Report law school rankings with the results from three other law school rankings — Times Higher Education’s World University Rankings by subject, QS Quacquarelli Symonds, and ShanghaiRanking Consultancy’s Academic Ranking of World Universities — to come up with what is essentially the ranking of all law school rankings, providing a 360 degree view on the very best law schools.

Law.com spoke to Matt Symonds, the director of Fortuna Admissions, about the new law school ranking. Here’s what he had to say:

“Fortuna Admissions compiled the ranking of law school rankings to provide law school applicants with a comprehensive look at how different popular rankings each take different approaches to prioritizing schools. It is our hope that this exercise empowers applicants to research each program they are targeting fully and appreciate the continuity of some schools across time and rankings systems.”

“At the end of the day, the ranking of the law school a student attends is not a final determinant for their career opportunities and outcomes, but it is certainly a significantly contributing factor,” Symonds continued. “Looking at the rankings in aggregate is an effective way to begin to piece together the true brand value of School X or Y amidst the year to year shifts we sometimes see in individual rankings.”

Without further ado, here are Fortuna’s top 25 law schools (technically 26, thanks to some ties):

1. Yale
2. Harvard
3. Stanford
4. NYU
5. Chicago
6. Columbia
7. Berkeley
7. Penn
9. Duke
10. Michigan
11. UCLA
12. Georgetown
12. UVA
14. Cornell
15. UT-Austin
16. Northwestern
17. Vanderbilt
18. Boston University
19. UC Irvine
19. Minnesota
21. University of Washington
22. Fordham
23. University of Florida
23. George Mason
25. University of Southern California
25. Arizona State

While Yale, Harvard, and Stanford continue to reign supreme, there are some noticeable differences here from the U.S. News ranking when it comes to the T14, with several schools dropping like stones: Penn is tied at No. 7 here, instead of standing alone at No. 4; Duke Law School is at No. 9 instead of tied at No. 5; UVA is tied at No. 12 instead of tied at No. 8; and last, but certainly not least, Northwestern finds itself booted out of the T14 altogether, sitting at No. 16 here, instead of tied at No. 10. Finally, instead of doing battle to put the 14 in T14, in the Fortuna ranking, UCLA is at No. 11 while Georgetown is at No. 12.

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RANKING THE LAW SCHOOL RANKINGS [Fortuna Admissions]
These Law Schools Reign in New Combined Ranking [Law.com]

Staci ZaretskyStaci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter and Threads or connect with her on LinkedIn.

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