2025 Rankings

Best Law Schools for Intellectual Property

The top 25 law schools for studying intellectual property, ranked by faculty expertise, national standing, and program depth. Find the school that will give you the strongest foundation in intellectual property.

Top 25 Schools for Intellectual Property

1
Chicago, Illinois

Notable Intellectual Property Faculty

Ranked #4 nationallyHome to Randal C. Picker, leading intellectual property scholarHome to Lior Strahilevitz, leading intellectual property scholarT14 law school
2
Stanford, California

Notable Intellectual Property Faculty

Ranked #2 nationallyHome to Mark A. Lemley, leading intellectual property scholarT14 law school
3
New York, New York

Notable Intellectual Property Faculty

Ranked #5 nationallyHome to Tim Wu, leading intellectual property scholarT14 law school
4
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Notable Intellectual Property Faculty

Ranked #7 nationallyHome to Herbert Hovenkamp, leading intellectual property scholarT14 law school
5
Durham, North Carolina

Notable Intellectual Property Faculty

Ranked #12 nationallyHome to Kerry Abrams, leading intellectual property scholarT14 law school
6
Washington, District of Columbia

Notable Intellectual Property Faculty

Ranked #14 nationallyHome to Julie E. Cohen, leading intellectual property scholarT14 law school
7
Boston, Massachusetts

Notable Intellectual Property Faculty

Ranked #21 nationallyHome to Michael J. Meurer, leading intellectual property scholarHome to James Bessen, leading intellectual property scholarTop 25 law school
8
New Haven, Connecticut
Ranked #1 nationallyT14 law school
9
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Ranked #3 nationallyT14 law school
10
New York, New York
Ranked #6 nationallyT14 law school
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Charlottesville, Virginia
Ranked #8 nationallyT14 law school
12
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ranked #9 nationallyT14 law school
13
Chicago, Illinois
Ranked #10 nationallyT14 law school
14
Berkeley, California
Ranked #11 nationallyT14 law school
15
Ithaca, New York
Ranked #13 nationallyT14 law school
16
Austin, Texas

Notable Intellectual Property Faculty

Ranked #16 nationallyHome to John M. Golden, leading intellectual property scholarTop 25 law school
17
Los Angeles, California
Ranked #15 nationallyTop 25 law school
18
Nashville, Tennessee
Ranked #17 nationallyTop 25 law school
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St. Louis, Missouri
Ranked #18 nationallyTop 25 law school
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Los Angeles, California
Ranked #19 nationallyTop 25 law school
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ranked #20 nationallyTop 25 law school
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Atlanta, Georgia
Ranked #22 nationallyTop 25 law school
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Notre Dame, Indiana
Ranked #23 nationallyTop 25 law school
24
Washington, District of Columbia
Ranked #24 nationallyTop 25 law school
25
Iowa City, Iowa
Ranked #25 nationallyTop 25 law school