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 7th to 6th this year.
- Duke jumped to Top 10 (from 12th last year).
- Indiana Univ was tied at 23rd, jumping up from 36th.
- George Washington dropped to 28th (from 2oth in 2009).
- Both Texas and UCLA jumped up from 16th to 15th in this year's ranking.
- 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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