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2025 Peer Assessment Law School Rankings
How deans, faculty, and hiring partners rate 194 ABA-accredited law schools on a 1-to-5 scale. LSAT/GPA stats →
About Peer Assessment rankings
Peer assessment scores reflect how deans, faculty, and hiring partners rate each law school on a 1-to-5 scale. These scores are a component of the US News formula but are shown separately here.
Peer scores tend to be sticky: they change slowly and reflect accumulated reputation rather than current performance. A school improving rapidly may not see its peer score catch up for years.
One data point, not a verdict
Rankings are a useful tool to orient yourself, but law schools are not sports teams. Flattening a three-year, six-figure investment into a single number will always leave out nuance. The school ranked #3 overall might be the wrong choice if your goal is public interest law in the Pacific Northwest on a full scholarship.
Use this list as a starting point, then dig deeper:
- Look at school profiles for employment rates, debt loads, and geographic placement.
- Use the admissions predictor to map your realistic options.
- Search our applicant data to see where people with your numbers applied and what scholarships they received.
The best law school for you is the one that fits your career and your finances, not the one at the top of a list.
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Also see: Best Law Schools