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Temple University Beasley School of Law holds a U.S. News 2026-27 rank tied at 49th. It is best known for trial advocacy, which U.S. News ranks separately at 2nd for 2026-27. Its medians are a 166 LSAT and 3.76 GPA, per U.S. News 2026-27 (via LSD.law) and Temple's 2025 ABA Standard 509 report.
By Ali Unar, JD candidate at Georgetown Law and founder of Lovare Institut. Last updated August 2026. Every figure on this page was verified in August 2026 against the sources listed below.
Temple University Beasley School of Law, in Philadelphia, carries an overall U.S. News 2026-27 rank tied at 49th. What sets Temple apart is its specialty strength: U.S. News ranks trial advocacy programs separately, and Temple ranked 2nd in that specialty for 2026-27, per the U.S. News 2026-27 specialty rankings. It is a leading school for litigation-focused students in the mid-Atlantic.
The table separates Temple's general rank from the specialty and outcome figures that many applicants weigh more heavily. The median LSAT and GPA come from Temple's 2025 ABA Standard 509 report.
MeasureFigure (2025 to 2026-27)SourceOverall U.S. News rank49 (tie)U.S. NewsTrial advocacy specialty rank2U.S. NewsMedian LSAT and GPA166 LSAT and 3.76 GPAABA 509First-time bar passageSee ABA 509 reportABA 509Employed at 10 monthsSee ABA employment reportABA
The overall rank is from the U.S. News 2026-27 Best Law Schools list; the trial advocacy rank is from the U.S. News 2026-27 specialty rankings; the medians are from Temple's 2025 ABA Standard 509 report. First-time bar passage and the employment rate are not in the verified data used here and are published in Temple's ABA disclosures.
Temple's overall position reflects the standard U.S. News inputs: reputation surveys, LSAT and GPA medians, employment, bar passage, and spending, with weights that change each cycle and are published in the U.S. News Best Law Schools methodology rather than captured in the verified data used here. Its much higher specialty standing in trial advocacy comes from a separate reputation survey of faculty in that field, which is why a school can rank modestly overall yet lead a specialty.
Temple is a strong pick for students aiming at Philadelphia-area practice or trial work. Compare your LSAT and GPA to its medians (a 166 LSAT and 3.76 GPA in its 2025 ABA Standard 509 report), and weigh its bar-passage-required employment rate and any scholarship against your projected debt. If litigation is your goal, Temple's specialty reputation can outweigh a few spots of overall rank.
Yes. Temple University Beasley School of Law is one of the most recognized trial advocacy programs in the country, and U.S. News ranked it 2nd in that specialty for 2026-27, per U.S. News 2026-27. For students set on litigation, that specialty strength is a strong reason to consider Temple even if its overall rank sits lower.
The T14 refers to the fourteen law schools that have effectively always ranked in the U.S. News top 14: Yale, Stanford, Chicago, Columbia, Harvard, Penn, NYU, Virginia, Berkeley, Michigan, Duke, Northwestern, Cornell, and Georgetown. They hire nationally rather than regionally, which is why they are grouped. Their internal order changes yearly; in U.S. News 2026-27 it runs Stanford 1st; Chicago and Yale tied 2nd; Penn and Virginia tied 4th; Harvard 6th; Duke and NYU tied 7th; Columbia, Northwestern, and Michigan tied 9th; Cornell tied 13th; Berkeley tied 16th; and Georgetown tied 18th, per U.S. News 2026-27.
The schools usually called the best are the T14; in the U.S. News 2026-27 list the top five are Stanford 1st, Chicago and Yale tied 2nd, and Penn and Virginia tied 4th, per U.S. News 2026-27. For a given student, the best school is the one where your numbers are competitive, that places graduates in your target city, and that is strong in your intended practice area.
Law school rankings come from private publishers, chiefly U.S. News, not from the ABA. U.S. News turns reputation surveys, LSAT and GPA medians, employment and bar-passage outcomes, and spending into an overall score, and it publishes separate specialty rankings by field. The weighting is published in the U.S. News Best Law Schools methodology and changes from cycle to cycle.
Verified August 2026.
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