LOS ANGELES – The full-time JD program at LMU’s Loyola Law School, Los Angeles is ranked No. 62 out of 192 law schools while the school’s Evening Division is now the top-ranked program outside of the East Coast, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2020 edition of “America’s Best Graduate Schools.”
The Law School is ranked in the top 30 in multiple specialty categories: No. 4 in Trial Advocacy, No. 14 in Tax Law and No. 27 in Intellectual Property Law. Loyola’s Evening Division Program is ranked No. 6 out of 69 part-time programs, making it the top evening program outside of the East Coast and the No. 1 part-time law program in California for the seventh year in a row.
The specialty rankings, which are based on evaluations by professors who teach in the field, reflect the longstanding excellence of Loyola’s core skills and subject-area training. The school’s Trial Advocacy program has been ranked in the top 10 for 12 of the last 14 years.
About the U.S. News rankings
The full-time law rankings include 192 American Bar Association-accredited law schools. U.S. News ranked the schools based on data collected in the fall of 2018 and early 2019. The rankings are based on a weighted average of a series of quality measures, including peer assessment score, assessment score by lawyers/judges, median LSAT scores, median undergrad GPA, acceptance rate, employment rates for graduates, bar-passage rate, expenditures per student, student/faculty ratio and library resources. The part-time rankings evaluate 69 law schools offering part-time programs and are based on a weighted average of four areas: quality assessment, selectivity, part-time focus and overall rank. Learn more at www.usnews.com.
About Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Located on an award-winning Frank Gehry-designed campus in downtown Los Angeles, Loyola Law School is home to prominent faculty, dedicated students and cutting-edge programs. The Law School strives to instill in students the knowledge they need to excel on their chosen paths. It dedicates itself to preparing students for the rigors of practice with an extensive portfolio of practical-training opportunities, a 18,000-strong alumni network and a focus on social justice. Learn more at www.lls.edu.