US News Best Law Schools 2010

According to the latest 2010 US News Rankings, the Top 5 law schools remained the same position as last year - 2009 Law School Rankings. Yale is again the No. 1 provider, with Harvard in 2nd position and Stanford in 3rd position.

Analysis of Ranking Performance:

- Chicago moved up from seventh to sixth this year.

- Duke jumped to Top 10 (from 12th ultimate 365 days).

- Indiana Univ changed into tied at 23rd, leaping up from 36th.

- George Washington dropped to twenty eighth (from 2oth in 2009).

- Both Texas and UCLA jumped up from sixteenth to fifteenth in this year's rating.

- Washington & Lee moved dwon five places to 30th.

- North Carolina jumped up 8 places to Top 30.

- UC Davis moved up 9 positions to 35th.

Following is the list of Best Law Schools.

The Top 30 law schools:

1. Yale

2. Harvard

3. Stanford

4. Columbia

5. NYU

6. Berkeley

6. Chicago

8. Penn

9. Michigan

10. Duke

10. Northwestern

10. UVA

13. Cornell

14. GULC

15. UCLA

15. Texas

17. Vanderbilt

18. USC

19. WUSTL

20. BU

20. Emory

20. Minnesota

23. Indiana - Bloomington

23. Illinois

23. Notre Dame

26. BC

26. Iowa

28. William and Mary

28. GWU

30. Fordham

30. Alabama

30. UNC

30. U of Washington

30. Washington and Lee

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