Temple Law School rose four spots to #50 in US News & World Report’s 2026 Law School Rankings. The law school’s health care and international law programs both rose as well, each to the #13 spot – the highest ever for health care law at Temple. Trial advocacy remained in the top three, ranking #2, and the part-time division remained in the top ten, ranking #9.
“My faculty colleagues are relentlessly focused on student success,” said Dean Rachel Rebouché, “and on delivering a world-class legal education that integrates scholarship, teaching, and service. These rankings reflect their commitment as well as the caliber of Temple Law students. I’m pleased to see their hard work recognized in this way.”
The dean praised Temple’s trial advocacy program, which has been ranked in the top three every year since US News began ranking the specialty program. “Trial advocacy is at the heart of a Temple legal education for good reason,” she said. “The skills, strategy, and ethical decision-making it requires of students are essential to zealous advocacy in any practice setting. Temple’s trial advocacy program produces the country’s most confident, capable lawyers.”
Noting that the school had grown beyond its origins as a night school for working people, Dean Rebouché affirmed the continued vibrancy of the part-time program as essential to Temple Law’s mission of excellence and access. “Temple’s evening division offers a path into the legal profession for returning students with a wealth of experience and perspective that strengthens our community,” she said. “The part-time program’s continued success, and the continued success of our evening division graduates, are points of deep pride for Temple Law.”
On two key measures of student success, Temple Law has much to celebrate. Last summer, 90.57% of Temple Law graduates taking the Pennsylvania bar exam for the first time passed – the highest mark in eleven years. As a result, Temple Law produced more new Pennsylvania lawyers than any other law school. And earlier this spring, the law school reported that 95.5% of the Class of 2024 was employed at ten months after graduation – the timeframe required by the American Bar Association for reporting purposes and Temple’s highest percentage since the ABA began collecting employment data. Also a record for the law school, of 2024 graduates, 93.3% had what are considered “good jobs” – full-time, long-term, bar-required or JD-advantage positions.
“It is always rewarding to be recognized with strong rankings and other markers of public acclaim,” said Dean Rebouché. “But these numbers – bar passage, employment outcomes, and other indicia of student success – are what drive our work and inspire us to raise the bar even higher for ourselves. They are what bring us the greatest satisfaction at the end of the day.”