US News 2026 Law School Rankings

#1: Stanford

#2 (tie): UChicago

#2 (tie): Yale

#4 (tie): UPenn

#4 (tie): UVA

#6: Harvard

#7 (tie): Duke

#7 (tie): NYU

#9 (tie): Columbia

#9 (tie): Northwestern

#9 (tie): UMich

#12: Vanderbilt

#13 (tie): Cornell

#13 (tie): UCLA

#13 (tie): WashU

Some thoughts:

Its metrics are arbitrary, and there is little reason to treat it as authoritative.
Happy to see UChicago's continuous climb.
Yale not being no.1 just feels...wrong. I personally think it should at least tie with Stanford as no.1.
Harvard being no.6 feels wrong too. Might be more controversial but I personally have a high opinion of HLS graduates working in Biglaw.
Berkeley and GULC should be on this list, probably before Vandy.