Objective Measures used are per
capita impact and productivity.
Note: there are likely to be schools not studied which would have made
the top 50 of this list, ahead of some of those listed in the 40-50 range
here. The subjective rank appears in parentheses.
1. University of Chicago (3)
2. Yale University (1)
3. Harvard University (1)
3. Stanford University (3)
5. Columbia University (3)
6. University of California, Berkeley (6)
7. New York University (6)
8. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (6)
8. University of Texas, Austin (12)
10. Northwestern University (14)
11. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (18)
12. Cornell University (12)
13. University of Pennsylvania (10)
14. Georgetown University (14)
15. University of Virginia (9)
16. University of California, Los Angeles (16)
17. Duke University (11)
18. University of Colorado, Boulder (40)
19. University of Southern California (19)
20. Emory University (28)
20. Vanderbilt University (17)
22. Boston University (24)
22. George Mason University (63)
24. University of Arizona (38)
25. Wake Forest University (43)
26. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (23)
26. University of Notre Dame (34)
28. George Washington University (24)
29. Chicago-Kent College of Law (53)
29. University of Miami (53)
31. University of San Diego (72)
31. Washington University, St. Louis (24)
33. Cardozo Law School/Yeshiva University (61)
34. University of Iowa (19)
35. University of Georgia (40)
36. Brooklyn Law School (63)
36. University of California, Hastings (24)
38. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (19)
39. College of William & Mary (28)
40. Rutgers University, Camden (63)
40. University of Wisconsin, Madison (19)
42. Fordham University (40)
43. Arizona State University (45)
44. University of California, Davis (28)
44. University of Utah (45)
46. University of Pittsburgh (45)
47. Indiana University, Bloomington (28)
47. Tulane University (34)
49. Florida State University (72)
49. University of Florida, Gainesville (38)