The overall top 40 list was compiled
based on a study of 55 law faculties, as well as all student bodies.
The 55 faculties to be studied were chosen based on successful performance
in the 1998 study printed in the 2000 Journal of Legal Studies,
quality of student body, and/or post-1998 evidence that the school might
compete successfully for the top 40. The list of law faculties studied
were:
Azizona State University |
University of California, Berkeley |
Boston College |
University of California, Davis |
Boston University |
University of California, Hastings |
Brooklyn Law School |
University of California, Los Angeles |
Cardoza Law School/Yeshiva University |
University of Chicago |
Case Western Reserve University |
University of Colorado, Boulder |
Chicago-Kent College of Law |
University of Florida, Gainesville |
College of William and Mary |
University of Georgia |
Columbia University |
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
Cornell University |
University of Iowa |
Duke University |
University of Miami |
Emory University |
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
Florida State University |
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities |
Fordham University |
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
George Mason University |
University of Notre Dame |
George Washington University |
University of Pennsylvania |
Georgetown University |
University of Pittsburgh |
Harvard University |
University of San Diego |
Indiana University, Bloomington |
University of Southern California |
New York University |
University of Texas, Austin |
Northwestern University |
University of Utah |
Ohio State University |
University of Virginia |
Rutgers University, Camden |
University of Washington, Seattle |
Rutgers University, Newark |
University of Wisconsin, Madison |
Stanford University |
Wake Forest University |
Tulane University |
Washington & Lee University |
University of Arizona |
Washington University, St. Louis |
Yale University |
Excluded this time, due to their weak performance in the last study,
were: American University, Brigham Young University, Loyola Law School-Los
Angeles, New York Law School, State University of New York-Buffalo, University
of Cincinnati, University of Connecticut, University of Houston, University
of Maryland, and Wayne State University.
Likely to be added for the next study, based on preliminary indicators
of potentially competitive ranking, are: Temple University and University
of Missouri-Columbia.