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
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!
Top Law Schools as Ranked by Students
# Law School Score State
- Stanford University 8.82 stars California
- Northwestern University 8.69 stars Illinois
- Arizona State University (tie) 8.42 stars Arizona
- University of California-Berkeley (tie) 8.42 stars California
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8.29 stars North Carolina
- University of Colorado at Boulder 8.26 stars Colorado
- University of Virginia 8.20 stars Virginia
- Georgetown University 8.17 stars Washington D.C.
- Harvard University 8.12 stars Massachusetts
- University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (tie) 8.07 stars Michigan
- Vanderbilt University (tie) 8.07 stars Tennessee
- Brigham Young University 8.04 stars Utah
- New York University 7.99 stars New York (Manhattan)
- University of Pennsylvania 7.97 stars Pennsylvania
- Yale University 7.96 stars Connecticut
- Indiana University Bloomington (tie) 7.88 stars Indiana
- The University of Texas at Austin (tie) 7.88 stars Texas
- University of Minnesota Twin Cities (tie) 7.87 stars Minnesota
- Washington and Lee University (tie) 7.87 stars Virginia
- Washington University in St. Louis 7.81 stars Missouri
- Duke University 7.72 stars North Carolina
- Cornell University 7.70 stars New York (upstate)
- Boston University 7.68 stars Massachusetts
- Baylor University 7.62 stars Texas
- 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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