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Date: March 11th, 2026 9:31 PM Author: razzmatazz selfie cruise ship Law School Projected 2026-27 Rank 2025-26 Rank +/- Stanford 1 1 0 Chicago 2 3 +1 Virginia 3 4 +1 Penn 3 5 +2 Yale 5 1 -4 Harvard 5 6 +1 Duke 5 6 +1 Michigan 8 8 0 NYU 9 8 -1 Columbia 9 10 +1 Northwestern 9 10 +1 Vanderbilt 12 14 +2 UCLA 12 12 0 Texas 14 14 0 Berkeley 14 13 -1 Cornell 14 18 +4 Washington Univ. 17 14 -3 North Carolina 18 18 0 Georgetown 19 14 -5 Notre Dame 19 20 +1 Texas A&M 21 22 +1 Minnesota 21 20 -1 Boston College 23 25 +2 USC 23 26 +3 Boston Univ. 23 22 -1
https://taxprofblog.aals.org/2026/03/08/preview-of-the-2026-27-u-s-news-law-school-rankings-overall/ |
Date: March 11th, 2026 9:32 PM Author: Exhilarant resort private investor 5th page please! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49736046) |
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Date: March 11th, 2026 10:07 PM Author: Copper abode (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49736125) |
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Date: March 12th, 2026 10:55 AM Author: Nudist poppy voyeur range (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49736942) |
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Date: March 12th, 2026 12:58 PM Author: Harsh Violent Orchestra Pit Police Squad (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49737231) |
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Date: March 11th, 2026 9:32 PM Author: ebony travel guidebook karate Wtf is Texas A&M law lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49736047) |
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Date: March 11th, 2026 9:36 PM Author: Razzle-dazzle gay wizard mexican unbelievable. they bought a true TTT years ago and changed the name. they must throwing tons of money around. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49736049) |
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Date: March 11th, 2026 9:41 PM Author: ebony travel guidebook karate It’s such a TTT list now since they re jigged it to prevent it just being dominated by entering stats and ratings by other schools and lawyers. It’s embarrassing to come up with a ranking that has UVA and Penn over HY (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49736056) |
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Date: March 11th, 2026 10:34 PM Author: Sepia water buffalo Texas Agricultural & Legal University (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49736216) |
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Date: March 11th, 2026 9:44 PM Author: Insanely creepy dun parlor background story How tf are Texas and a&m the best sec law schools lolll or better than Emory Miami
Edit nm vandy |
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Date: March 11th, 2026 9:46 PM Author: lilac alcoholic newt the best part is uva. no one would actually pay for nyu now. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49736069) |
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Date: March 11th, 2026 9:49 PM Author: Azure kink-friendly bawdyhouse kitty cat uva and penn rising that much just makes this ranking look like those weird off-brand university rankings like wsj and it becomes discrediting for usnews. nobody will pick penn or uva over hy and usnews makes itself irrelevant. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49736079) |
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Date: March 11th, 2026 10:03 PM Author: Misanthropic maroon plaza What is this fraud? Everyone knows it's Y>S,H>>>>>>>C,C>>>>>NYU, Penn State>>UM, UVA, Cal, Duke, furthest Cornell>>>>>>GULC>Texas, UCLA |
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Date: March 11th, 2026 10:06 PM Author: Copper abode this is the only sensible ranking. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49736117) |
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Date: March 12th, 2026 6:17 PM Author: Provocative Burgundy Patrolman (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49738203) |
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Date: March 11th, 2026 10:08 PM Author: ebony travel guidebook karate *farthest cornell (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49736127) |
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Date: March 11th, 2026 10:18 PM Author: irradiated pit masturbator *fartfest (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49736154) |
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Date: March 15th, 2026 9:24 PM Author: Mind-boggling Kitchen t. CLS grad (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49746778) |
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Date: March 11th, 2026 10:12 PM Author: Cheese-eating useless reading party alpha Fordham please! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49736137) |
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Date: March 11th, 2026 10:18 PM Author: turquoise dopamine persian These are an absolute disgrace. Duke at 5, CLS at 9 what are we doing (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49736155) |
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Date: March 11th, 2026 10:21 PM Author: Talented Mewling Heaven full ride at a&m or sticker at harTTTvard? (xo 2026 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49736162) |
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Date: March 11th, 2026 10:24 PM Author: Arousing demanding library Chicago #2?? GULC #19??
are the Gods crazy? |
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Date: March 11th, 2026 10:31 PM Author: Heady hominid public bath Who comes up with this crap? Nobody in the world thinks Chicago is better than Harvard or Yale. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49736199) |
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Date: March 12th, 2026 9:23 AM Author: Misanthropic maroon plaza (not a Law and Economics guy) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49736823) |
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Date: March 12th, 2026 10:54 AM Author: ebony travel guidebook karate Harvard and Yale ranked behind Wayne State for employment
Below is the projected 2026-27 U.S. News ranking of the 10-month “maximum employment” of the classes of 2023 and 2024. For comparison, the current 2025-26 U.S. News ranking of the 10-month “maximum employment” of the classes of 2022 and 2023 are also included.
Rank School 2026-2027 Employment 2025-2026 Employment 2025-2026 Employment Rank 1 Texas A&M 100.00% 99.71% 1 2 Washington U. 99.82% 98.90% 4 3 Virginia 98.98% 99.19% 2 4 Penn 98.98% 99.03% 3 5 North Carolina 98.97% 98.15% 9 6 Wake Forest 98.79% 98.20% 7 7 SMU 98.70% 98.20% 6 8 Chicago 98.56% 97.91% 10 9 G. Wash. 98.45% 93.83% 38 10 Duke 98.41% 98.48% 5 11 Vanderbilt 98.10% 96.19% 22 12 Northwestern 97.99% 98.17% 8 13 Michigan 97.78% 97.48% 12 14 Baylor 97.65% 94.77% 35 15 W & L 97.65% 96.53% 20 16 NYU 97.59% 97.37% 13 17 G. Mason 97.38% 96.68% 18 18 Iowa 97.37% 97.26% 14 19 UCLA 97.11% 97.11% 15 20 Cornell 97.00% 95.31% 33 21 Boston U. 96.99% 96.38% 21 22 Columbia 96.93% 97.51% 11 23 Pepperdine 96.92% 92.86% 50 24 Florida State 96.84% 96.59% 19 25 Stanford 96.81% 95.43% 31 26 Wisconsin 96.70% 95.14% 34 27 BC 96.65% 95.65% 30 28 Kentucky 96.62% 95.74% 27 29 Texas 96.62% 95.77% 26 30 Florida 96.22% 95.43% 32 31 San Diego 96.09% 93.22% 47 32 UC-Berkeley 96.02% 94.37% 37 33 Notre Dame 95.97% 95.91% 24 34 Minnesota 95.71% 96.83% 17 35 Wayne State 95.55% 93.34% 45 36 Montana 95.51% 90.12% 81 37 Harvard 95.50% 95.70% 28 38 Missouri-Col. 95.28% 92.22% 60 39 Georgetown 95.24% 95.78% 25 40 Yale 95.21% 97.06% 16 41 Georgia 94.75% 96.10% 23 42 UC-Irvine 94.72% 93.15% 48 43 Alabama 94.64% 95.67% 29 44 Emory 94.56% 92.35% 56 45 Kansas 94.42% 93.08% 49 46 SUNY-Buffalo 94.31% 89.35% 88 47 South Dakota 94.08% 88.98% 93 48 BYU 93.97% 91.59% 66 49 Fordham 93.85% 93.35% 44 50 St. John’s 93.82% 93.78% 39 |
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Date: March 12th, 2026 11:18 AM Author: Misanthropic maroon plaza Like everything else here, these are fraudlies too in that:
(a) They discount non-attorney/"JD Advantatage" jobs in their calculations. So people who get very selective (and prestigious) jobs in banking, finance, tech, MBB, etc. drag down their school's number.
(b) They count jobs the schools fully fund for their unemployed grads, which the schools fund just long enough to count in the rankings. |
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Date: March 12th, 2026 11:19 AM Author: ebony travel guidebook karate Wayne State's strong performance is an indicator of how much Phoenix has grown as a city (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49736997) |
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Date: March 12th, 2026 12:17 PM Author: pale zippy rigpig sneaky criminal (a) is literally false, you ape. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49737144) |
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Date: March 12th, 2026 12:55 PM Author: Misanthropic maroon plaza Interesting. Let's check the link above: "The 100% weighted jobs were those who had a full-time job that lasted at least a year and for which bar passage was required, or a full-time job that lasted at least a year where a J.D. degree was an advantage.... Less weight went to full-time, long-term jobs that were professional or nonprofessional and did not require bar passage." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49737223) |
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Date: March 12th, 2026 10:55 AM Author: Nudist poppy voyeur range Oh so close Sixigan! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49736944) |
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Date: March 12th, 2026 10:58 AM Author: Nudist poppy voyeur range the only credential that matters is how selective the school is that you got accepted to. everything else is window dressing (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49736951) |
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Date: March 12th, 2026 11:22 AM Author: Misanthropic maroon plaza The schools game selectivity too. E.g., yield protection. Harvesting applications.
The best metrics are:
(a) Cross-admit data, especially cross-admit data adjusted for finanical/merit aid packages. 90% of Harvard-UVA cross admits will choose Harvard, despite these latest rankings. I recall hearing back in the day that Yale's yield was 75%, Harvard and Stanford's 50%, and everyone else way, way lower than 50%.
(b) Reputation rankings from judges and lawyers. |
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Date: March 12th, 2026 6:15 PM Author: peach bipolar house roommate ljl what "judges"? fed. district and circuit judges ONLY? NO vagistrate or sTTTate judges?
what lawyers? The LAWDRAGON 500? General Counsel of Fortune 500? AUSAs? Chambers ranked ONLY? |
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Date: March 12th, 2026 6:56 PM Author: Misanthropic maroon plaza US News already collects and publishes this info: https://www.reddit.com/r/lawschooladmissions/comments/1k00mqo/us_news_2025_peer_scores_lawyers_judges_scores/ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49738266) |
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Date: March 12th, 2026 11:23 AM Author: irradiated pit masturbator yeah, no. the premise assumes selectivity is determined by good actors. you really want to argue it is? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49737003) |
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Date: March 12th, 2026 11:32 AM Author: Nudist poppy voyeur range I’m telling you how it works in the real world. when you have YLS on your resume the fact that you got into YLS is 95% of what matters. Not your GPA or awards or law review or memberships in student clubs. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49737036) |
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Date: March 12th, 2026 11:52 AM Author: irradiated pit masturbator sure, so it's not selectivity, but something else. real world results. quantify that. protip, it's not selectivity even if there is correlation going on. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49737089) |
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Date: March 12th, 2026 12:52 PM Author: Misanthropic maroon plaza (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49737219) |
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Date: March 12th, 2026 11:26 AM Author: angry hunting ground Fordham really fucked me. When I picked it over Cornell and gtown dean trainor promised me it was t20. 20 years later we are in the shitter
At least it was easy |
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Date: March 12th, 2026 12:37 PM Author: Cocky piazza philosopher-king I'm embarrassed to admit that I'm pissed that my law school ranks much lower this year that it did when I went there.
Luckily I don't think the name brand has taken any hit IRL. |
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Date: March 12th, 2026 1:00 PM Author: Harsh Violent Orchestra Pit Police Squad The second most heavily weighted factor is the reputation and achievement of alumni. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49737234) |
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Date: March 12th, 2026 12:57 PM Author: peach bipolar house roommate CLS and NYU finally facing the consequences for charging $120,000 a year
Penn and UVA, charging a tiny pink $80,000 a year, laughing all the way to the V5 |
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Date: March 15th, 2026 9:17 PM Author: Copper abode LMFAO NOT FLAME WTF
https://www.law.virginia.edu/financialaid/tuition-and-cost-attendance
the 2k resident/non-resident cost difference is so funny i can't believe they even go through the trouble of managing the paperwork for the distinction |
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Date: March 15th, 2026 10:04 PM Author: peach bipolar house roommate why does UVA cost $110,000 per year
I thought it was a state school
or was that UPennState |
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Date: March 12th, 2026 1:05 PM Author: ruddy buck-toothed dysfunction shrine I don't see Texas Southern University on here (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49737246) |
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Date: March 12th, 2026 1:13 PM Author: lilac alcoholic newt its gotta be like 90% women now right (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49737270) |
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Date: March 12th, 2026 1:21 PM Author: Opaque big useless brakes usnews is fucking done. 0 credibility left. i would trust these rankings even less than if my new pack of toilet paper had rankings printed on it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49737299) |
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Date: March 12th, 2026 1:23 PM Author: lilac alcoholic newt law school is done (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49737303) |
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Date: March 12th, 2026 1:29 PM Author: Opaque big useless brakes sure that too (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49737332) |
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Date: March 12th, 2026 4:52 PM Author: Cheese-eating useless reading party alpha Fordham a T38 again (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49738008) |
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Date: March 12th, 2026 4:54 PM Author: Sadistic Hyperactive Institution Toaster The GULC TTT JD Factory is Perpetual Decline (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49738020) |
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Date: March 12th, 2026 5:05 PM Author: Navy hall corn cake *Wheelie baggers shriek in terror* (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49738053) |
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Date: March 12th, 2026 5:31 PM Author: glassy school people who are hurt The floor finally broke at GULC.
RIP 😢 |
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Date: March 12th, 2026 6:58 PM Author: onyx headpube tanning salon Does this count all the diversity score bullshit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49738268) |
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Date: March 12th, 2026 7:01 PM Author: turquoise dopamine persian US news only changed their methodology when all the private schools pulled out of sharing info few years ago (I don’t remember why). So US news is retaliating by artificially boosting public and other gay non prestigious schools, it’s all a farce. HYS, T6 and T13/14 will never be defeated. These rankings are FULL OF SHIT (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49738275) |
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Date: March 14th, 2026 1:28 AM Author: glassy school people who are hurt You're a dinosaur old man (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49741829) |
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Date: March 15th, 2026 9:23 PM Author: Heady hominid public bath Would you like a Cooley with that? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5844560&forum_id=2/#49746771) |