{"id":114268,"date":"2025-04-09T15:03:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T23:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/04\/09\/the-u-s-news-law-school-rankings-t14-participation-trophy\/"},"modified":"2025-04-09T15:03:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T23:03:04","slug":"the-u-s-news-law-school-rankings-t14-participation-trophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/04\/09\/the-u-s-news-law-school-rankings-t14-participation-trophy\/","title":{"rendered":"The U.S. News Law School Rankings T14 Participation Trophy"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"620\" width=\"620\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/gold-trophy-620x620.jpg?resize=620%2C620&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><u>Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature, <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/quote-of-the-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Oh there\u2019s 4 schools tied at 14 this year. That\u2019s funny. It\u2019s like Oprah handing out T14 titles.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong><em>\u2014 A Berkeley Law alumnus, in comments given on Reddit and noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/newyorklawjournal\/2025\/04\/08\/like-oprah-handing-out-t14-titles-redditors-air-grievances-over-us-news-law-school-rankings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Law.com<\/a>, concerning the state of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/best-graduate-schools\/top-law-schools\/law-rankings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">2025 U.S. News law school rankings<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>As <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/04\/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-2025-u-s-news-law-school-rankings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">noted previously<\/a>, in the latest version of the rankings, 17 law schools are ranked within the Top 14, with four schools \u2014 Georgetown, UT-Austin, Vanderbilt, and Washington University in St. Louis \u2014 now tied at No. 14.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-441281\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/Staci-Zaretsky.jpg?resize=150%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Staci Zaretsky\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/author\/staci-zaretsky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to <a href=\"mailto:staci@abovethelaw.com\">email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/stacizaretsky.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/staci-zaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/04\/the-u-s-news-law-school-rankings-t14-participation-trophy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The U.S. News Law School Rankings T14 Participation Trophy<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"620\" width=\"620\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/gold-trophy-620x620.jpg?resize=620%2C620&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"block-d36072d9-2666-4de7-928f-05b3309c1f72\"><em><u>Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature, <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/quote-of-the-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Oh there\u2019s 4 schools tied at 14 this year. That\u2019s funny. It\u2019s like Oprah handing out T14 titles.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong><em>\u2014 A Berkeley Law alumnus, in comments given on Reddit and noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/newyorklawjournal\/2025\/04\/08\/like-oprah-handing-out-t14-titles-redditors-air-grievances-over-us-news-law-school-rankings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Law.com<\/a>, concerning the state of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/best-graduate-schools\/top-law-schools\/law-rankings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">2025 U.S. News law school rankings<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>As <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/04\/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-2025-u-s-news-law-school-rankings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">noted previously<\/a>, in the latest version of the rankings, 17 law schools are ranked within the Top 14, with four schools \u2014 Georgetown, UT-Austin, Vanderbilt, and Washington University in St. Louis \u2014 now tied at No. 14.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/Staci-Zaretsky.jpg?w=1080&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Staci Zaretsky\" class=\"wp-image-441281\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"block-6a951eef-9160-4fde-8c25-d3ef54b14bbd\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/author\/staci-zaretsky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#6f1c1b0e0c062f0e0d00190a1b070a030e18410c0002\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/stacizaretsky.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/staci-zaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Oh there\u2019s 4 schools tied at 14 this year. That\u2019s funny. It\u2019s like Oprah handing out T14 titles. \u2014 A Berkeley Law alumnus, in comments given on Reddit and noted by Law.com, concerning the state of the 2025 U.S. News law school rankings. 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