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Accolades

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, Michele Goodwin, Christopher Leslie, Carrie Menkel-Meadow, Rachel Moran, R. Anthony Reese, Gregory Shaffer, 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), Michele Goodwin (No. 5 in Health Law), Christopher Leslie (No. 5 in Antitrust), Carrie Menkel-Meadow (Law and Social Sciences), and Gregory Shaffer (No. 5 in International Law & Security).

Practical Training

• UCI Law is the No. 4 top law school in the country for practical training with an A+ grade, one of only 18 law schools in the nation to receive top honors (preLaw Magazine).

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).
• UCI Law graduates continue to have tremendous success among their peers in post-law school employment. UCI Law ranks No. 26 for large firm jobs; No. 26 for elite jobs; No. 6 in California for recent graduates in federal judicial clerkships and No. 4 for state judicial clerkships; and No. 2 in California for government and public interest jobs (Law.com's 2021 Law Grad Hiring Report).
• 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 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).

Miscellaneous

• No. 3 in the country among all law schools in community service hours per student (National Jurist survey).
• No. 5 Best Law School in California (Best Value Schools).
• UCI Law ranks No. 8 for "Best Professors," No. 9 for "Most Diverse Faculty," and No. 8 for "Most Liberal Students." UCI Law also received high scores – on a rating scale of 60-99 with 99 being the highest – in five key categories, including: Admissions Selectivity: 95; Academic Experience: 94; Professors: Teaching: 97; Professors: Accessibility: 97; and Career Rating: 96 (Princeton Review).