Notre Dame Law School is the professional graduate law school of the University of Notre Dame. Established in 1869, it is the second oldest Catholic law school in the United States behind Saint Louis University School of Law. NDLS is ranked 21st among the nation's "Top 100 Law Schools" by "U.S. News & World Report" and 16th by Above The Law in their annual Top 50 Law School Rankings. It is ranked 8th in graduates attaining federal judicial clerkships and 7th in graduates attaining Supreme Court clerkships.