The 2008 US News law school rankings have leaked a few days early. Apparently US News allowed subscribers to see them early and then the cat was out of the bag. For a more detailed analysis of who moved up and who moved down I would read TaxProf's blog post on the subject. Apparently American and GW are being punished for rejecting me as they both moved down a few places (-4) and (-3) respectively. DePaul also moved down (-11) places, making it one of the biggest movers. Seattle (+8) and George Mason (+3) both went up on the list and everybody else to whom I've applied stayed basically the same. Harvard and Stanford are now tied.
1. Yale
2. Harvard
2. Stanford
4. NYU
5. Columbia
6. Chicago
6. Penn
8. Michigan
8. UC Berkeley
10. Duke
10. UVA
12. Northwestern
13. Cornell
14. Georgetown
15. UCLA
16. USC
16. Vandy
18. Texas
19. WUSL
20. BU
20. Minn
22. Emory
22. GWU
24. Iowa
25. Fordham
25. Illinois
25. W&L
28. BC
28. Notre Dame
28. Washington
31. W&M
31. OSU
31. Wisconsin
34. George Mason
34. UC Davis
36. IU-B
36. Alabama
36. Hastings
36. Colorado
36. Georgia
36. Maryland
36. UNC
36. Wake Forest
44. BYU
44. Arizona
46. SMU
47. Tulane
47. UConn
47. Florida
47. American
51. Arizona State University (O'Connor)
52. Yeshiva University (Cardozo) (NY)
53. Baylor University (TX)
53. Case Western Reserve University (OH)
53. Florida State University
53. University of Tennessee–Knoxville
57. University of Cincinnati
57. University of Pittsburgh
57. University of Utah (Quinney)
60. Brooklyn Law School (NY)
60. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent)
60. Temple University (Beasley) (PA)
60. University of Houston
60. University of Kentucky
60. Villanova University (PA)
66. Loyola Law School (CA)
66. Pepperdine University (CA)
66. University of Kansas
66. University of Missouri–Columbia
70. Loyola University Chicago
70. Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–Camden
70. Seton Hall University (NJ)
70. St. John's University (NY)
70. University of Miami (FL)
70. University of New Mexico
70. University of Oklahoma
77. Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–Newark
77. University at Buffalo–SUNY
77. University of Denver (Sturm)
77. University of Nebraska–Lincoln
77. University of Richmond (VA)
82. Georgia State University
82. Lewis and Clark College (Northwestern) (OR)
82. University of Oregon
85. Indiana University–Indianapolis
85. Northeastern University (MA)
85. Seattle University
85. St. Louis University
85. University of San Diego
85. University of Toledo (OH)
91. DePaul University (IL)
91. Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge
91. Pennsylvania State University (Dickinson)
91. Santa Clara University (CA)
91. University of Hawaii (Richardson)
91. University of South Carolina
97. Catholic University of America (Columbus) (DC)
97. Marquette University (WI)
97. University of Louisville (Brandeis) (KY)
100. Mercer University (GA)
100. Stetson University (FL)
100. University of Nevada–Las Vegas (Boyd)
100. University of San Francisco
100. University of the Pacific (McGeorge) (CA)
