Temple University Beasley School of Law has risen to #49 in the 2026 US News & World Report rankings. The school’s strong overall performance is underscored by top-five rankings for Trial Advocacy (#2) and the part-time program (#4) and top-twenty rankings for Healthcare law (#12), Legal Writing (#16), and International law (#17).
“I am deeply proud of the work these numbers reflect—especially the work preparing our students for professional success,” said Interim Kean Family Dean Kristen Murray. “Our strategic priorities of student success; nationally recognized excellence; and sustaining a diverse, inclusive law school community are at the heart of everything we do, and these rankings are welcome recognition of that work.”
Temple’s #4 rank for part-time programs reflects both its origins as an evening school and its ongoing commitment to access, creating a pathway for people with work, family, or other commitments to pursue a high-quality legal education. Its #2 rank in trial advocacy is also an historic strength—Temple has been ranked among the top three schools nationally since US News & World Report started ranking trial advocacy programs in 1995.
“Trial advocacy remains at the heart of a Temple legal education,” said Jules Epstein, Director of Advocacy Programs and Edward D. Ohlbaum Professor of Law. “We are profoundly grateful both to our exceptional advocacy team at Temple and our peer advocacy educators across the country. But we are not about to rest on tradition — advocacy education can and must keep pace with the evolving landscape of advocacy itself, and that is what we are focused on as we prepare students for practice in tomorrow’s world.”
“As useful as these rankings are, they are also just one set of data points for applicants to consider,” said Interim Dean Murray. “We’re also deeply proud of our success in both bar passage and job placement, two key measures for anyone considering a law degree. In terms of bar passage, the ABA just published two-year ultimate bar admission data, which tracks the percentage of graduates who pass a bar exam anywhere within two years of graduation, for the Class of 2023. 96.6% of 2023 Temple Law graduates who have taken a bar exam have passed it, a figure that applicants should be aware of as they decide where to begin their journey into the profession.”
Interim Dean Murray also offered praise for Class of 2025 graduates, whose 10-month graduate employment outcomes set new benchmarks for success in terms of both overall employment (96.4%) and “good jobs,” which are full-time, long-term, bar-required or JD-advantage positions (93.8%). “We are tremendously proud of our 2025 graduates and cannot wait to see what they will do next. Their success first and foremost is a reflection of their hard work, talent, discipline, and drive. It is also a measure of our efforts to prepare them for practice, wherever and however they begin their careers. So as we celebrate the law school’s performance in the US News & World Report rankings, we also celebrate our graduates’ performance in the outcomes that matter most to them—joining the profession and using their Temple Law degree to launch their own success stories. We can’t wait to see how far they’ll go.”