Accolades

UCI Law is a world class law school that is dedicated to training practice-ready lawyers and legal professionals. UCI Law routinely receives high marks across the board.

UCI Law ranked No. 8 overall in an analysis of Princeton Review's Best Law Schools of 2023 (Princeton Review, TaxProf Blog).

Princeton Review compiles its list of Best Law Schools based on data provided by 17,000 students and administrators at the law schools. UCI Law received outstanding marks – on a rating scale of 60-99 with 99 being the highest – in five key categories, below. The rankings are compiled by TaxProf Blog’s analysis of these critical areas:

No. 2 Professors: Teaching: 98 “This rating is based on how students rate the quality of teaching at their law school.” (TaxProf Blog).
No. 7 Professors (Teaching and Accessibility): 98 “Giving equal weight to the professors teaching and accessibility.” (TaxProf Blog).
No. 10 Academic Experience: 96 “This rating measures the quality of the school's learning environment. Factors taken into consideration include the Admissions Selectivity Rating, as well as how students rate each of the following: the quality of teaching and the accessibility of their professors, the research resources at their school, the range of available courses, the balance of curricular emphasis on legal theory and practical lawyering, the tolerance for diverse opinions in the classroom, and the degree of intellectual challenge that the coursework presents.” (TaxProf Blog).
No. 13 Admissions Selectivity: 96 “This rating measures the competitiveness of admissions at each law school. Factors taken into consideration include the median LSAT score and undergraduate GPA of entering 1L students, the percentage of applicants who are accepted, and the percentage of applicants who are accepted and ultimately enroll.” (TaxProf Blog).
No. 16 Professors: Accessibility: 97 “This rating is based on how law students rate the accessibility of law faculty members at their school.” (TaxProf Blog ).
No. 17 Career Rating: 94 “This rating measures the confidence students have in their school's ability to lead them to fruitful employment opportunities, as well as the school's own record of having done so.” (TaxProf Blog).

Princeton Review also ranked UCI Law No. 10 for Best Professors, No. 7 for Most Diverse Faculty, and No. 8 for Most Liberal Students (Princeton Review).

UCI Law is the No. 7 top law school in the country (No. 1 in California) for practical training with an A+ grade. (preLaw Magazine ).
No. 3 in the country among all law schools in community service hours per student (National Jurist).
No. 5 Best Law School in California (Best Value Schools).

Faculty Scholarship

UCI Law is ranked No. 5 in the nation in faculty interdisciplinary impact for the second time in a row. Two faculty members, Elizabeth Loftus and Alejandro Camacho, are named among the top 50 cited faculty with fields and citation counts. The report also lists UCI Law's top five most-cited faculty as follows: Elizabeth Loftus, Alejandro Camacho, Kenneth Simons, Joseph DiMento and Bryant Garth. (Total Scholarly Impact Report: Law Professor Citations in Non-Law Journals).
Top public and No. 9 nationally for faculty academic impact using SSRN download counts and the Hein citation metrics (Heald & Sichelman: The Top 100 Law School Faculties in Citations and Impact).
No. 14 in the nation in faculty scholarly impact (Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports). UCI Law's most-cited faculty are Dan Burk, Victor Fleischer, Christopher Leslie, Carrie Menkel-Meadow, Rachel Moran, R. Anthony Reese and Kenneth Simons.
No. 21 in faculty scholarly distinction (Brian Leiter's Law School Reports).
Several UCI Law faculty are among the most-cited scholars in their areas of expertise (Brian Leiter's Law School Reports), including Dan Burk (No. 4 in Intellectual Property), Victor Fleischer (No. 5 in Tax), Christopher Leslie (No. 5 in Antitrust), Carrie Menkel-Meadow (Law and Social Sciences).
No. 20 in the nation and “top tier” in the ranking of “Law Faculties by Academic Influence.” (“Forward Looking Academic Impact Rankings for U.S. Law Schools")(Matthew Sag, Emory University School of Law).

Diversity & Racial Justice

UCI Law received an A grade in 2023 ranking of Most Diverse Law Schools and is ranked No. 18 (preLaw Magazine, Above the Law).
Listed as one of the best law schools for diversity (No. 1 for Asian students, No. 9 for Hispanic students) (preLaw Magazine).
No. 17 and given an A grade among top racial justice schools (preLaw Magazine).
UCI Law recieved the California LAW Pathways (Cal LAW) Diversity Champion Award for leadership in withdrawing from the U.S. News & World Report Law School Rankings.

Employment Opportunities

Listed as the No. 22 top go-to law school (Law.com's 2023 Go-To Law School Report).
No. 6 for employment outcome among graduates of California law schools (Excess of Democracy).
No. 26 in the nation for federal clerkships, No. 3 in the state of California (Excess of Democracy).
Listed as a top 15 school and highlighted for high salary-to-debt ratio ("Law Schools Where Starting Salaries For Graduates Exceed Their Student Debt") using 2021 data. USC is the only other Califonia law school on the list (Above the Law).

Specialty Areas & Programs

UCI Law is a top law school for business law with an A grade (prelaw Magazine).
UCI Law is a top law school for criminal law with an A grade (prelaw Magazine).
UCI Law is a top law school for tax law with an A- grade (prelaw Magazine).
UCI Law is a top law school for legal technology with an A- grade (preLaw Magazine).
UCI Law is a top law school for international law with an A grade (preLaw Magazine).
UCI Law is a top law school for public policy with an A grade (preLaw Magazine).
UCI Law's Graduate Tax Program is ranked No. 1 on the West Coast, No. 5 nationally among law schools with a graduate tax program (TaxProf Blog).