With that out of the way, let’s take a peek at the law schools outside of the Top 50, i.e., the law schools that make up the rest of the Top 100, starting with Nos. 52 through 75. This section of the rankings was especially erratic, with six ties (two ties, one three-way tie, one five-way tie, one six-way tie, and one seven-way tie). Here we saw three several schools soar with a double-digit gains, and a few drop by quite a bit.
| Pepperdine University (Caruso) | 52 | -7 |
| University of Tennessee–Knoxville | 52 | -1 |
| Temple University (Beasley) | 54 | – |
| University of Arizona (Rogers) | 55 | -1 |
| University of California–Davis | 55 | +5 |
| University of Connecticut | 55 | +16 |
| University of Maryland (Carey) | 55 | -4 |
| University of Oklahoma | 55 | -4 |
| Wayne State University | 55 | +1 |
| Loyola Marymount University | 61 | -1 |
| Seton Hall University | 61 | -5 |
| University of Kentucky (Rosenberg) | 61 | -1 |
| University of Missouri | 61 | +10 |
| Yeshiva University (Cardozo) | 61 | +8 |
| University of Richmond | 66 | -6 |
| University of South Carolina | 66 | -6 |
| Florida International University | 68 | -8 |
| Marquette University | 68 | +3 |
| Northeastern University | 68 | +3 |
| Pennsylvania State University–University Park | 68 | +12 |
| St. John’s University | 68 | -8 |
| University of Houston Law Center | 68 | -8 |
| University of San Diego | 68 | +10 |
| Drexel University (Kline) | 75 | +5 |
| Georgia State University | 75 | -6 |
| Pennsylvania State University Dickinson Law | 75 | +14 |
Way to go, Missouri (+10), Penn State-University Park (+12), Penn State-Dickinson (+14), and UConn (+16)! As for the biggest drops in this segment of the rankings, we’ve got Pepperdine (-7), Florida International (-8), St. John’s (-8), and Houston (-8). That drop by Pepperdine launched the school out of the Top 50. Ooof.
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Moving right along, let’s check out the schools that make up the bottom of the Top 98. This segment is the most volatile yet, with two ties, two four-way ties, one five-way tie, and one seven-way tie.
| Loyola University Chicago | 78 | +6 |
| Tulane University | 78 | -7 |
| University of Cincinnati | 78 | +6 |
| University of Nevada–Las Vegas (Boyd) | 78 | +11 |
| Drake University | 82 | +6 |
| Lewis & Clark College (Northwestern) | 82 | +2 |
| Texas Tech University | 82 | -11 |
| University of California College of the Law, San Francisco | 82 | -22 |
| University of Miami | 82 | -11 |
| University of Nebraska–Lincoln | 82 | +7 |
| University of Oregon | 82 | -4 |
| Case Western Reserve University | 89 | -9 |
| University of Denver (Sturm) | 89 | -9 |
| Belmont University | 91 | +14 |
| Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge (Hebert) | 91 | +8 |
| University of Pittsburgh | 91 | -2 |
| Duquesne University | 94 | -5 |
| Saint Louis University (Kline) | 94 | -5 |
| The Catholic University of America | 94 | +28 |
| University of New Mexico | 94 | +2 |
| American University (Washington) | 98 | -9 |
| Indiana University–Indianapolis (McKinney) | 98 | +1 |
| Stetson University | 98 | -14 |
| University of New Hampshire (Pierce) | 98 | +7 |
| University of St. Thomas | 98 | -2 |
Hoooo, boy! These are some of the most offensive drops in rank thus far in the 2024-2025 rankings, right along with some of the biggest gains. Here we have three double-digit drops, and UC San Francisco has one of the largest drops yet, down 22 spots. On the flip side of the coin, we have schools like UNLV (+11) and Belmont (+14) climbing the rankings, with and Catholic coming in with the largest gain of all thus far, with a 28-spot increase. Congratulations!
The final portion of the 2024-2025 rankings are available on the next page.
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Staci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on X/Twitter and Threads or connect with her on LinkedIn.