Super Lawyers magazine has ranked the University of Miami School of Law No. 20 in its new law school rankings. While other law school rankings look at GPAs, LSAT scores, and the number of books in a library, Super Lawyers looks at the end product — the quality of lawyers produced by the schools. Schools were ranked according to the total number of graduates named to the state and regional Super Lawyers lists in 2009. In the event of a tie between schools, the cumulative peer evaluation and research scores of graduates were used as tiebreakers.

Super Lawyers is a listing of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. It is published as a special supplement in leading newspapers and city and regional magazines across the country. Super Lawyers magazine, featuring articles about attorneys named to the Super Lawyers list, is distributed to all attorneys in the state or region, the lead corporate counsel of Russell 3000 companies, and the ABA-approved law school libraries.

Polling, research, and selection are performed by Law & Politics, a publication of Key Professional Media, Inc. Law & Politics has been publishing legal magazines since 1990 and Super Lawyers since 1991.