None of these methods take what really matters into account; how often does your school get linked to by other websites, and searched for at Goggle? With Google taking over everything, it is time that people realize that the best law schools are the most popular schools. Let's see how the school ranking changes when using the Google PageRank.
Top 10 Schools on US News:
1. Yale
2. Harvard
3. Stanford
4. Columbia
5. NYU
6. U. Chicago
7. U. Michigan Ann Arbor
7. U. Penn
9. U. Virginia
10. Duke
10. Northwestern
Brian Leiter:
1. Yale
2. Harvard
2. U. Chicago
4. Stanford
5. Columbia
5. NYU
7. U. Cal., Berkeley
8. U. Michigan, Ann Arbor
8. U. Texas, Austin
10. U. Virginia
Google PageRanking of US Law Schools (Just surveying schools in the other two top 10 lists):
1. Harvard (4,760)
2. Stanford (3,370)
3. NYU (3,320)
4. Duke (2,040)
5. Columbia (2,030)
6. U. Cal., Berkeley (1,520)
7. U. Michigan, Ann Arbor (1,460)
8. U. Chicago (1,310)
8. Yale (1,310)
10. U. Texas, Austin (1,250)
11. Northwestern (1,150)
12. U. Virginia (776)
13. U. Penn (686)
If I am bored on one of these restless summer nights, I will consider coming up with a more comprehensive Google PageRanking of Law Schools. It is, no doubt, the most accurate means of determining which school is the best.
