法律类专业要求学生具有坚实的法学理论基础，系统地掌握宪法、民法、刑法、行政法、经济法、诉讼法、国际法、资源与环境法等领域的法学知识和法律规定，了解国内外法学理论发展及国内立法信息，并能熟练掌握一门外语，阅读专业外文书刊。和出国留学网来看看2019USNEWS美国研究生法律类专业排名TOP50。
| 2019USNEWS美国研究生法律类专业排名 | |
| 排名 | 大学名称 |
| #1 | Yale University |
| New Haven, CT | |
| #2 | Stanford University |
| Stanford, CA | |
| #3 | Harvard University |
| Cambridge, MA | |
| #4 | University of Chicago |
| Chicago, IL | |
| #5 | Columbia University |
| New York, NY | |
| #6 | New York University |
| New York, NY | |
| #7 | University of Pennsylvania |
| Philadelphia, PA | |
| #8 | University of Michigan—Ann Arbor |
| Ann Arbor, MI | |
| #9Tie | University of California—Berkeley |
| Berkeley, CA | |
| #9Tie | University of Virginia |
| Charlottesville, VA | |
| #11Tie | Duke University |
| Durham, NC | |
| #11Tie | Northwestern University (Pritzker) |
| Chicago, IL | |
| #13 | Cornell University |
| Ithaca, NY | |
| #14 | Georgetown University |
| Washington, DC | |
| #15 | University of Texas—Austin |
| Austin, TX | |
| #16 | University of California—Los Angeles |
| Los Angeles, CA | |
| #17 | Vanderbilt University |
| Nashville, TN | |
| #18 | Washington University in St. Louis |
| St. Louis, MO | |
| #19 | University of Southern California (Gould) |
| Los Angeles, CA | |
| #20 | University of Minnesota |
| Minneapolis, MN | |
| #21 | University of California—Irvine |
| Irvine, CA | |
| #22Tie | Boston University |
| Boston, MA | |
| #22Tie | Emory University |
| Atlanta, GA | |
| #24Tie | George Washington University |
| Washington, DC | |
| #24Tie | University of Notre Dame |
| Notre Dame, IN | |
| #26 | Washington and Lee University |
| Lexington, VA | |
| #27Tie | Arizona State University (O'Connor) |
| Phoenix, AZ | |
| #27Tie | Boston College |
| Newton, MA | |
| #27Tie | University of Alabama |
| Tuscaloosa, AL | |
| #27Tie | University of Iowa |
| Iowa City, IA | |
| #27Tie | University of Wisconsin—Madison |
| Madison, WI | |
| #32Tie | Indiana University—Bloomington (Maurer) |
| Bloomington, IN | |
| #32Tie | Ohio State University (Moritz) |
| Columbus, OH | |
| #32Tie | University of Georgia |
| Athens, GA | |
| #32Tie | University of Washington |
| Seattle, WA | |
| #32Tie | Wake Forest University |
| Winston-Salem, NC | |
| #37Tie | Fordham University |
| New York, NY | |
| #37Tie | University of California—Davis |
| Davis, CA | |
| #37Tie | University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign |
| Champaign, IL | |
| #37Tie | William & Mary Law School |
| Williamsburg, VA | |
| #41Tie | Brigham Young University (Clark) |
| Provo, UT | |
| #41Tie | George Mason University |
| Arlington, VA | |
| #41Tie | University of Arizona (Rogers) |
| Tucson, AZ | |
| #41Tie | University of Florida (Levin) |
| Gainesville, FL | |
| #45 | University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill |
| Chapel Hill, NC | |
| #46 | University of Colorado—Boulder |
| Boulder, CO | |
| #47Tie | Florida State University |
| Tallahassee, FL | |
| #47Tie | Temple University (Beasley) |
| Philadelphia, PA | |
| #49 | University of Maryland (Carey) |
| Baltimore, MD | |
| #50Tie | Baylor University |
| Waco, TX | |
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