Leiter’s Law School Rankings

The Law Professor Blog Network is delighted to announce the launch of Leiter’s Law School Rankings by Brian Leiter, the Joseph D. Jamail Centennial Chair in Law at the University of Texas School of Law, in association with Law Professor Web Services LLC.

Leiter’s Law School Rankings (1) contains two brand new law school quality rankings, and (2) expands and redesigns the rankings material formerly maintained on the University of Texas School of Law web site.

1.  The new 2005 rankings are:

• Faculty Quality Rankings: Scholarly Impact (Citations), summarized below

• Student Quality Rankings

2.  Leiter’s Law School Rankings presents law school rankings material in seven categories:

•  Newest Rankings contains the latest 2005 rankings (Faculty Quality Rankings: Scholarly Impact (Citations) and Student Quality Rankings)

•  Faculty Rankings contains rankings of scholarly quality (as measured by reputation, productivity, and impact) and teaching quality, as well as a listing of faculty moves

•  Student Rankings contains rankings of student quality (as measured by LSAT scores and undergraduate GPAs)

•  Job Placement contains rankings of placement of students at elite law firms, a well as listings of where faculty went to law school and Supreme Court clerkships

•  U.S. News Rankings contains discussions of the U.S. News & World Report Law School Rankings and how the rankings on this site differ from U.S. News

•  Archives contains Educational Quality Rankings of U.S. Law Schools from earlier years

•  Links contains links to law review articles on law school rankings (the links are to the articles on SSRN, Hein-on-Line, and Westlaw, in that order of priority)