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tAnnual 2026 Law School Rankings
Posted on 4/7/26 at 12:31 am
Posted on 4/7/26 at 12:31 am
Tulane #70
LSU #85
Loyola #135
Southern: so bad it's not even ranked
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Tulane is 75k/year? Holy shite
LSU #85
Loyola #135
Southern: so bad it's not even ranked
LINK
Tulane is 75k/year? Holy shite
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Posted on 4/7/26 at 1:12 am to TheOcean
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Southern: so bad it's not even ranked
frick
Posted on 4/7/26 at 1:50 am to TheOcean
There was a time, many moons ago back in the 20th century, in the very late 1900s- when i toyed with the idea of attending law school, took the LSAT, did ok but never applied…. Kind of glad i didnt take that route in life.. but back then, circa 26 or 27 yrs ago- the reputation was that Tulane wasnt so special, and that basically if you could afford the tuition, you’d get in and graduate easily…. So i guess im wondering why Tulane is so (relatively) highly rated in this survey .. btw the LSU law school rep, iirc, was that it was more affordable, but also more challenging and difficult, so ostensibly a ‘better’ law school .
Posted on 4/7/26 at 2:55 am to TheOcean
Ol aggy crackin the top 25.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 3:06 am to TheOcean
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Tulane is 75k/year? Holy shite
It’s been like that for over a decade
Posted on 4/7/26 at 3:46 am to TheOcean
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Tulane is 75k/year? Holy shite
There was a time, back in the day, where Tulane flirted with "great" status - frankly, I don't know what it was based on, but in the 90s, Tulane would pop with a ranking in the 30s (with LSU in the 60s).
I never understood that differential (in either ranking or cost, other than Tulane just being a private institution), having practiced almost exclusively around LSU, Southern and Tulane (and the occasional Loyola) grads, at least the first 15 years or so.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 3:47 am to TheOcean
Tulane was ranked in the 20s-30s in the mid 90s. Then 40s. Then dropped out of top-tier around Katrina.
The dean of admissions told me in the late 90s they could be ranked higher but they were committed to diversity.
I looked at her and smiled as though she were a retarded Martian.
The dean of admissions told me in the late 90s they could be ranked higher but they were committed to diversity.
I looked at her and smiled as though she were a retarded Martian.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 4:47 am to McLemore
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Tulane was ranked in the 20s-30s in the mid 90s. Then 40s. Then dropped out of top-tier around Katrina. The dean of admissions told me in the late 90s they could be ranked higher but they were committed to diversity. I looked at her and smiled as though she were a retarded Martian.
Why did you look at her that way? Was it because you knew that all of the top law schools were also committed to diversity? And that the ranking service was simply a popularity contest whose criteria certainly included diversity as a primary metric?
Posted on 4/7/26 at 4:54 am to LordSaintly
Yet judges everywhere
Posted on 4/7/26 at 5:16 am to TheOcean
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Southern: so bad it's not even ranked
All those shitty Louisiana judges drag its ranking down
Posted on 4/7/26 at 5:19 am to BK Lounge
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So i guess im wondering why Tulane is so (relatively) highly rated in this survey .. btw the LSU law school rep, iirc, was that it was more affordable, but also more challenging and difficult, so ostensibly a ‘better’ law school
You need to look at the criteria for ranking. Not a lot of it is the rigors of the curriculum or the quality of the instruction (and graduates). It's largely driven by starting salaries of graduates and Tulane puts a lot of graduates into high dollar "biglaw" firms.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 6:13 am to Ace Midnight
LSU produces some of the best pure litigators in the United States.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 6:17 am to T1gerNate
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LSU produces some of the best pure litigators in the United States.
Explain, please?
Posted on 4/7/26 at 6:46 am to udtiger
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You need to look at the criteria for ranking. Not a lot of it is the rigors of the curriculum or the quality of the instruction (and graduates). It's largely driven by starting salaries of graduates and Tulane puts a lot of graduates into high dollar "biglaw" firms.
Actually, that works itself out. Particularly national and international Biglaw firms, the ones starting 1st years at $250k now, are looking for grads who thrived in high-pressure academic environments, because that closely emulates the stress of being an associate in those firms. This is why their preferred hunting grounds are the T14 schools. Since law schools primarily grade on a curve, they are in constant direct competition with their peers. So the schools that require an elite CV to get in produce a high level of competition and allow/require a rigorous curriculum to spread those students out over a standard law school curve. The classes at Stanford, Harvard, Yale, U of Chicago, etc are going to be geared to the level of students they attract.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 6:56 am to N2cars
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Explain, please?
You mean like what a litigator is? Those are the types of lawyers that go into court and make arguments and try cases. LSU produces elite litigators. So does Ole Miss.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 6:58 am to Ace Midnight
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but in the 90s, Tulane would pop with a ranking in the 30s (with LSU in the 60s).
Tulane JD, 1995
Posted on 4/7/26 at 7:01 am to TheOcean
And ironically it's lousy at teaching Louisiana's Napoleonic code law. Does much better at common law.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 7:08 am to TheOcean
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Tulane #70
LSU #85
damn, not sure if I should congratulate LSU or laugh at Tulane 15 spots separating around $40k extra a year
Posted on 4/7/26 at 7:08 am to T1gerNate
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LSU produces some of the best pure litigators in the United States.
I imagine this is stratification based.
The top schools have the people who are capable of the more complicated legal work above litigation.
Schools like LSU don't allow that opportunity often but the better students can get in the next tier (which includes a lot of litigation)
Our PI-industrial complex also creates the demand for plenty of litigators of rear-end collisions, worker's comp, and mass torts
*ETA: I don't think law school really teaches students much about being a lawyer, though. That's why it's the class of students, and is why Southern being overly-represented in the state judiciary is...questionable.
This post was edited on 4/7/26 at 7:10 am
Posted on 4/7/26 at 7:09 am to TigerGman
Pretty low for Tulane, no? Perception wise, I think of it in the 40-50 range, not 70.
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