 The school was ranked 8th in the nation for Tax Law and 3rd in the nation for real estate law by Law Street Media.SSRN ranked Dedman in the top 30 law schools utilizing a new methodology that assimilates bar passage rates, employment statistics, Professor access, and other actual performance metrics that accentuate output as opposed to input, such as LSAT scores or undergraduate GPA.Among all publications, SMU Law places between 19th and 46th.