Here is a look at last year’s rankings, with who moved up and down, in anticipation of the upcoming rankings release:
2012-13 USNWR Top 100 Law Schools
Rank . Law School. 2012-13 ranking. Change in rank
- Yale (1, -)
- Stanford (3, +1)
- Harvard (2, -1)
- Columbia (4, -)
- Chicago (5, -)
- NYU (6, -)
- UC-Berkeley (9, +2)
- Penn (7, -)
- Virginia (9, +2)
- Michigan (7, -3)
- Duke (11, -)
- Northwestern (11, -1)
- Georgetown (14, +1)
- Cornell (13, -1)
- UC-Los Angeles (16, +1)
- Texas (14, -2)
- Vanderbilt (16, -)
- USC (18, -)
- Minnesota (20, +1)
- George Washington (20, -)
- Washington (30, +10)
- Notre Dame (23, +1)
- Washington University – St. Louis (18, -5)
- Emory (30, +6)
- Washington & Lee (30, +6)
- Arizona State (40, +14)
- Boston University (22, -4)
- Indiana-Bloomington (23, -3)
- Alabama (35, +6)
- Boston College (27, -2)
- UC-Davis (23, -6)
- Fordham (30, +1)
- Iowa (27, -2)
- Georgia (35, +1)
- William & Mary (27, -8)
- Illinois (23, -12)
- Wisconsin (35, -)
- North Carolina (30, -8)
- Brigham Young (42, +3)
- George Mason (40, +1)
- Maryland (42, +3)
- Ohio State (35, -4)
- Arizona (42, -1)
- Colorado (47, +3)
- UC-Hastings (42, -2)
- Wake Forest (39, -5)
- Utah (42, -5)
- Florida (47, -1)
- American (50, +1)
- Pepperdine (54, +5)
- Baylor (56, +5)
- Florida State (50, -1)
- Loyola – Los Angeles/Marymount (54, +3)
- Southern Methodist (50, -1)
- Tulane (47, -4)
- Yeshiva – Cardozo (50, -6)
- Houston (56, -1)
- Georgia State (61, +3)
- Lewis & Clark (67, +9)
- Temple (61, +3)
- Richmond (67, +9)
- Connecticut (56, -6)
- IIT – Chicago-Kent (61, -1)
- Kentucky (71, +9)
- Brooklyn (67, +2)
- San Diego (67, +2)
- Case Western Reserve (61, -6)
- Loyola – Chicago (71, +4)
- Cincinnati (61, -8)
- Denver (77, +8)
- Miami (77, +8)
- New Mexico (79, +10)
- Pittsburgh (71, +2)
- Seton Hall (61, -8)
- Tennessee (56, -13)
- Nevada-Las Vegas (71, -5)
- Northeastern (71, -5)
- Penn State (60, -16)
- Louisiana State (84, +5)
- St. John’s (95, +16)
- Missouri-Columbia (NR)
- SUNY-Buffalo, (84, +2)
- Catholic (79, -3)
- Michigan State (95, +13)
- Oklahoma (71, -11)
- Rutgers-Newark (84, +2)
- Seattle (84, +2)
- Oregon (79, -3)
- Arkansas-Fayetteville (84,-5)
- DePaul (84, -5)
- Hofstra (84, -5)
- Indiana-Indianapolis (79, -10)
- Kansas (79, -10)
- Louisville (79, +11)
- Nebraska (84, -5)
- Marquette (95, -1)
- Santa Clara (84, -12)
- Syracuse (100, +4)
- Rutgers-Camden (84, -15)
- Tulsa (NR)