Best Law Schools

Vault now ranks the best Law schools. Use our rankings to research potential schools and find the best fit for you.

2015 Rank	2014 Rank	Change	School	Score	Location
1	1	—	Yale University (Yale Law School)	9.8	New Haven, CT
2	2	—	Harvard University (Law School)	9.8	Cambridge, MA
3	3	—	Stanford University (Law School)	9.8	Stanford, CA
4	4	—	Columbia University (School of Law)	9.6	New York, NY
5	5	—	University of Chicago (The Law School)	9.6	Chicago, IL
6	6	—	New York University (School of Law)	9.5	New York, NY
7	7	—	University of Virginia (School of Law)	9.5	Charlottesville, VA
8	9	▲	University of Pennsylvania (Law School)	9.4	Philadelphia, PA
9	8	▼	Duke University (School of Law)	9.4	Durham, NC
10	11	▲	University of California, Berkeley (School of Law)	9.2	Berkeley, CA
11	10	▼	University of Michigan (Law School)	9.1	Ann Arbor, MI
12	12	—	Northwestern University (Law School)	8.8	Evanston, IL
13	14	▲	Cornell University (Cornell Law School)	8.8	Ithaca, NY
14	13	▼	Georgetown University (Law Center)	8.8	Washington, DC
15	15	—	The University of Texas at Austin (School of Law)	8.6	Austin, TX
16	16	—	University of California, Los Angeles (School of Law)	8.6	Los Angeles, CA
17	17	—	Vanderbilt University (Vanderbilt Law School)	8.6	Nashville, TN
18	19	▲	The George Washington University (Law School)	8.4	Washington, DC
19	18	▼	Washington University in St. Louis (School of Law)	8.4	St. Louis, MO
20	20	—	University of Southern California (Gould School of Law)	8.4	Los Angeles, CA

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