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Choosing Your Law School

2/27/2013

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You’re getting all of those exciting acceptance letters! Now what? How do you choose the law school that’s best for you? You’ve combed through U.S. News and World Report’s rankings, Vault rankings, Princeton Review’s rankings, and even that new Leiter’s Rankings but still you aren’t sure…  Here is yet another ranking for you! Graduateprograms.com polled students to determine the top 25 law schools so that you could see what students who actually attend the schools say.  Here are the January, 2013 results:

Top Law Schools as Ranked by Students

  #          Law School                                                          Score                  State

  1. Stanford University                                                       8.82 stars              California
  2. Northwestern University                                               8.69 stars               Illinois
  3. Arizona State University (tie)                                         8.42 stars               Arizona
  4. University of California-Berkeley (tie)                             8.42 stars               California
  5. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill                      8.29 stars               North Carolina
  6. University of Colorado at Boulder                                 8.26 stars               Colorado
  7. University of Virginia                                                     8.20 stars               Virginia
  8. Georgetown University                                                 8.17 stars               Washington D.C.
  9. Harvard University                                                        8.12 stars               Massachusetts
  10. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (tie)                           8.07 stars               Michigan
  11. Vanderbilt University  (tie)                                             8.07 stars               Tennessee
  12. Brigham Young University                                            8.04 stars                Utah
  13. New York University                                                     7.99 stars                New York (Manhattan)
  14. University of Pennsylvania                                           7.97 stars                Pennsylvania
  15. Yale University                                                             7.96 stars                Connecticut
  16. Indiana University Bloomington  (tie)                            7.88 stars                Indiana
  17. The University of Texas at Austin (tie)                          7.88 stars                Texas
  18. University of Minnesota Twin Cities (tie)                        7.87 stars                Minnesota
  19. Washington and Lee University (tie)                             7.87 stars               Virginia
  20. Washington University in St. Louis                               7.81 stars                Missouri
  21. Duke University                                                           7.72 stars                North Carolina
  22. Cornell University                                                         7.70 stars                 New York (upstate)
  23. Boston University                                                        7.68 stars                Massachusetts
  24. Baylor University                                                         7.62 stars                Texas
  25. University of California, Davis                                       7.61 stars                California

That’s all good and well but maybe you want to make sure your school is fun. Are you up for a little fun?  Here is the short list of law schools that graduateprograms.com claims will provide you with the best, umm, social life (read that - Party School). Wait! They all happen to be in the Top 25 for Student Rankings!  What a coincidence!

So I looked around a bit and found an alternative ranking site, Subtledig, who sees it a bit differently. Subtledig also uses student surveys to create school rankings. I included both since the party life can matter.  Work hard; play hard!

Top 5 Party Schools

          Rank                        Graduateprogram Survey                        Subtledig Survey
            1                            Washington U in St. Louis                         Arizona State University
            2                            Berkeley                                                   Tulane 
            3                            University of Texas - Austin                       Seattle University
            4                            U of Colorado at Boulder                           Florida State/U. of Arizona  (tie)
            5                            Stanford University                                   University of Virginia


Okay. That didn’t help? Don’t tell me you’re one of those students who plans to take life more seriously! I’ll be honest, you’ll find most law schools will have ample opportunities for imbibing (they don’t call it the Bar for nothing!). Here is a list of the law schools at the very, very bottom 10 of the 2010 Party School rankings (a.k.a. Where Fun Goes To Die). Just in case you (or your mother) needs them.

Most Conservative (non-party) Schools

           Rank                 School                                                       State         Ranking Score
              1               Baylor                                                          Texas                   2
              2               DePaul                                                         Illinois                   5
              3               Southern Methodist/Rutgers – Newark (tie)  NM/NJ                  7
              4               Seton Hall                                                     New Jersey          9
              5               Chicago - Kent                                              Illinois                 10
              6               Brooklyn Law/ Case Western  (tie)                NY/Ohio              12
              7               University of Houston                                   Texas                 14
              8               American University                                      D.C.                   16
              9               University of Utah                                         Utah                  19
              10             Rutgers - Camden                                        New Jersey        20

Hopefully this helps you make the best decision for you! But if you need some assistance in deciding which law school is best for you, click this link and we'll be happy to assist you!


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