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The University of California, Berkeley School of Law is one of the big winners in this year's U.S. News & World Report law school rankings, released Tuesday.

Berkeley moved up three spots to No. 9, regaining its position in among the top 10 schools—a perch it temporarily lost last year when it slipped four positions to No. 12. Otherwise, the new list offers relatively little drama among the elite schools.

Yale retained its longstanding spot at No. 1, followed by Stanford Law School at No. 2, and Harvard Law School at No. 3. There were no changes in rank among the top eight schools. Harvard is followed by the University of Chicago Law School; Columbia Law School; New York University School of Law; the University of Pennsylvania Law School; and the University of Michigan Law School.