| 2008 USN Rank (March 29, 2008) | Law School | Gourman Report | Educational Quality Rankings | 2006 GPA 25th-75th Percentile | 2006 LSAT 25th-75th Percentile | Student/ Faculty Ratio |
| 1 | Yale U (CT) | 3 | 1 | 3.77-3.97 | 170-177 | 7.4 |
| 2* | Harvard U (MA) | 1 | 2* | 3.75-3.95 | 170-175 | 10.3 |
| 2* | Stanford U (CA) | 6 | 4 | 3.74-3.95 | 167-172 | 8.3 |
| 4 | Columbia U (NY) | 7 | 5 | 3.56-3.81 | 169-174 | 9.5 |
| 5 | New York U | 11 | 6 | 3.54-3.86 | 169-173 | 10.4 |
| 6 | UC Berkeley (Boalt) | 5 | 7 | 3.64-3.90 | 163-170 | 12.3 |
| 7* | U Chicago | 4 | 2* | 3.49-3.76 | 169-173 | 10.3 |
| 7* | U Pennsylvania | 9 | 11 | 3.52-3.86 | 166-171 | 12.1 |
| 9* | Northwestern U (IL) | 14 | 14* | 3.40-3.80 | 166-172 | 10.4 |
| 9* | U Michigan-Ann Arbor | 2 | 8 | 3.49-3.79 | 167-170 | 12.7 |
| 9* | U Virginia | 16 | 10 | 3.51-3.87 | 167-171 | 13.3 |
| 12 | Cornell U (NY) | 10 | 14* | 3.54-3.78 | 166-168 | 11.2 |
| 12* | Duke U (NC) | 8 | 17 | 3.61-3.82 | 167-170 | 13.9 |
| 14 | Georgetown U (DC) | 17 | 12 | 3.44-3.82 | 167-171 | 13.2 |
| 15 | Vanderbilt U (TN) | 15 | 18 | 3.54-3.83 | 164-168 | 12.9 |
| 16* | UCLA | 13 | 14* | 3.54-3.85 | 163-169 | 12.9 |
| 16* | U Texas-Austin | 12 | 10* | 3.38-3.80 | 163-168 | 14.2 |
| 18 | U Southern California | 27 | 12 | 3.46-3.72 | 165-167 | 12.7 |
| 19 | Washington U (MO) | 29* | 3.30-3.70 | 163-167 | 11.6 | |
| 20 | George Washington U | 32 | 22* | 3.40-3.86 | 163-168 | 14.9 |
| 21 | Boston U | 19* | 3.51-3.81 | 164-166 | 12.3 | |
| 22* | Emory U (GA) | 29* | 3.28-3.62 | 162-166 | 10.8 | |
| 22* | U Minnesota-Twin Cities | 19 | 21 | 3.28-3.78 | 163-167 | 12.1 |
| 22* | U Notre Dame (IN) | 18 | 46* | 3.40-3.76 | 164-167 | 14.7 |
| 25 | Washington & Lee U | 32* | 3.25-3.81 | 161-167 | 10.6 | |
| 26 | Boston College | 32* | 3.44-3.78 | 162-165 | 12.6 | |
| 27* | Fordham U (NY) | 26* | 3.41-3.74 | 163-167 | 14.6 | |
| 27* | U Illinois (UIUC) | 22* | 3.18-3.80 | 160-167 | 12.4 |
