The Legal Education Board has ranked the Ateneo Law School as the best performing private law school in the Philippines and the second-best overall, behind the University of the Philippines College of Law, as of 2018. Graduates of the Ateneo Law School have an average grade of 89.2 in the Philippine Bar Examination and the school has produced 23 topnotchers in history, most notably former Chief Justice Claudio Teehankee in 1940 and Supreme Court Associate Justice Arturo Brion in 1974. In 2018, the Ateneo Law School had the highest passing rate for first-time examinees in the Philippine Bar Examination at 88.76%.