Law School Rankings

#80 in 2024 U.S. News Law School Rankings

Drexel University’s Kline School of Law was ranked #80 in U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 Best Law Schools.

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Drexel Kline Law Named “Top 50 Law School” by Above the Law in 2022

Drexel Kline Law was ranked #50 in Above the Law’s “Top 50 Law Schools” in 2022. The overall ranking is based largely on employment outcomes, with a focus on full-time, long-term jobs that require bar passage, emphasizing high-paying law firms and federal clerkships while excluding solo practitioners and school-funded positions. Read more.

Cover of preLaw Magazine where Drexel Kline Law was named an Employment Leader

PreLaw Magazine: ‘Employment Leader,’ Second Most Improved Law School

From 2019 to 2021 Drexel Kline Law JDs averaged a 90.7 percent employment rate for high-quality legal jobs 10 months after graduation—several points higher than the national average in each of those years. Read more.

PreLaw Magazine: ‘A’ in Public Policy

Drexel Kline Law received an “A” for the quality of the school’s public policy curriculum in the winter 2022 issue of PreLaw Magazine. Read more.

#6 in Trial Competition Performance Rankings

Drexel Kline Law is ranked #6 in the U.S. in the Trial Competition Performance Ranking published by Fordham University School of Law, based on the Trial Team’s record from 2016 to 2022. The ranking is based on a system that awards varying numbers of points for competition wins and advances to final or semi-final rounds in both regional and national tournaments. Read more.

The Kline School of Law was named a Tier 1 school by IAPP.

Tier 1 Law School for Data Privacy

Drexel University’s Drexel Kline Law was ranked a Tier 1 law school by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). This ranking places the school in the top three percent of ABA-accredited law schools when it comes to privacy law curriculum. Read more.