Melissa Kreiling
A new database has been added to our HeinOnline collection: “Immigration Law & Policy in the U.S.” This database is a compilation of the most important historical documents and legislation related to immigration in the United States, as well as current hearings, debates, and recent developments in immigration law. Also includes access to Board of Immigrations Appeals (BIA) Precedent Decisions.
You can find the database on the Law Library's Research Database page.
Kristina Martinez
The US News & World Report Law School rankings began publication in 1987, although for the first few years only the top 20-25 law schools were included. Beginning in 1993, and running through 2002, Catholic Law was not assigned a numerical ranking and instead was assigned to a quartile or tier. Starting in 2003, the top 100 law schools were ranked, and more recently the top 176 schools have been ranked. The dates below refer to the publication year of the ranking not the edition.
| 1987 - NR | 2007 - 98 |
| 1988 - NR | 2008 - 91 |
| 1989 - NR | 2009 - 94 |
| 1990 - NR | 2010 - 98 |
| 1991 - NR | 2011 - 79 |
| 1992 - NR | 2012 - 82 |
| 1993 - Q2 | 2013 - 80 |
| 1994 - T3 | 2014 - 107 |
| 1995 - T4 | 2015 - 108 |
| 1996 - T3 | 2016 - 103 |
| 1997 - T2 | 2017 - 106 |
| 1998 - T2 | 2018 - 110 |
| 1999 - T2 | 2019 - 108 |
| 2000 - T2 | 2020 - 111 |
| 2001 - T2 | 2021 - 102 |
| 2002 - T3 | 2022 - 94 |
| 2003 - 84 | 2023 - 122 |
| 2004 - 82 | 2024 - 94 |
| 2005 - 85 | 2025 - 71 |
| 2006 - T3 | |
Information compiled with the assistance of Graduate Law Library Preprofessional, John Ruela.
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