Stanford Dethrones Yale as Top Law School: California Brief

Stanford Law School knocked Yale out of the top spot in U.S. News & World Report’s 2026 rankings — the first time Yale hasn’t held the #1 position since the rankings began in 1990, David Lat writes in the latest Exclusive Jurisdiction column.

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