| Rank |
School name |
| #1 |
Yale University |
| New Haven, CT |
| #2 |
Stanford University |
| Stanford, CA |
| #3 |
Harvard University |
| Cambridge, MA |
| #4 |
University of Chicago |
| Chicago, IL |
| #5 |
Columbia University |
| New York, NY |
| #6 |
New York University |
| New York, NY |
| #7 |
University of Pennsylvania |
| Philadelphia, PA |
| #8 |
University of Michigan—Ann Arbor |
| Ann Arbor, MI |
| #9Tie |
University of California—Berkeley |
| Berkeley, CA |
| #9Tie |
University of Virginia |
| Charlottesville, VA |
| #11Tie |
Duke University |
| Durham, NC |
| #11Tie |
Northwestern University (Pritzker) |
| Chicago, IL |
| #13 |
Cornell University |
| Ithaca, NY |
| #14 |
Georgetown University |
| Washington, DC |
| #15 |
University of Texas—Austin |
| Austin, TX |
| #16 |
University of California—Los Angeles |
| Los Angeles, CA |
| #17 |
Vanderbilt University |
| Nashville, TN |
| #18 |
Washington University in St. Louis |
| St. Louis, MO |
| #19 |
University of Southern California (Gould) |
| Los Angeles, CA |
| #20 |
University of Minnesota |
| Minneapolis, MN |
| #21 |
University of California—Irvine |
| Irvine, CA |
| #22Tie |
Boston University |
| Boston, MA |
| #22Tie |
Emory University |
| Atlanta, GA |
| #24Tie |
George Washington University |
| Washington, DC |
| #24Tie |
University of Notre Dame |
| Notre Dame, IN |
| #26 |
Washington and Lee University |
| Lexington, VA |
| #27Tie |
Arizona State University (O'Connor) |
| Phoenix, AZ |
| #27Tie |
Boston College |
| Newton, MA |
| #27Tie |
University of Alabama |
| Tuscaloosa, AL |
| #27Tie |
University of Iowa |
| Iowa City, IA |
| #27Tie |
University of Wisconsin—Madison |
| Madison, WI |
| #32Tie |
Indiana University—Bloomington (Maurer) |
| Bloomington, IN |
| #32Tie |
Ohio State University (Moritz) |
| Columbus, OH |
| #32Tie |
University of Georgia |
| Athens, GA |
| #32Tie |
University of Washington |
| Seattle, WA |
| #32Tie |
Wake Forest University |
| Winston-Salem, NC |
| #37Tie |
Fordham University |
| New York, NY |
| #37Tie |
University of California—Davis |
| Davis, CA |
| #37Tie |
University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign |
| Champaign, IL |
| #37Tie |
William & Mary Law School |
| Williamsburg, VA |
| #41Tie |
Brigham Young University (Clark) |
| Provo, UT |
| #41Tie |
George Mason University |
| Arlington, VA |
| #41Tie |
University of Arizona (Rogers) |
| Tucson, AZ |
| #41Tie |
University of Florida (Levin) |
| Gainesville, FL |
| #45 |
University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill |
| Chapel Hill, NC |
| #46 |
University of Colorado—Boulder |
| Boulder, CO |
| #47Tie |
Florida State University |
| Tallahassee, FL |
| #47Tie |
Temple University (Beasley) |
| Philadelphia, PA |
| #49 |
University of Maryland (Carey) |
| Baltimore, MD |
| #50Tie |
Baylor University |
| Waco, TX |
| #50Tie |
Southern Methodist University (Dedman) |
| Dallas, TX |
| #50Tie |
University of Connecticut |
| Hartford, CT |
| #50Tie |
University of Richmond |
| Richmond, VA |