U.S. News & World Report released its 2025 Best Law Schools rankings on April 8, with Vanderbilt Law School placed at No. 14. This is a five place increase from its No. 19 ranking last year.
VLS also ranked top 14 in four of the Law School Specialty Rankings, including No. 13 in Contracts/Commercial Law, No. 9 in Criminal Law, No. 12 in Environmental Law and No. 11 in Law Schools With the Most Graduates at Big Law Firms.
The U.S. News ranking methodology was updated in 2023. The current ranking is derived through scoring on ten unique factors which can be divided into four categories. These categories include placement success and bar passage weighted at 58%, quality assessment at 25%, selectivity at 10% and faculty and library resources at 7%…