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Choosing the Right Law School / Vault, Leiter, USNews
« on: April 08, 2008, 09:21:17 AM »
Wanted to post this since we're thinking about the USNews rankings. Especially if you're new to this whole process, here's a chance to look at the rankings in a slightly different way. No matter what anyone says, the USNWR rankings are around and will continue to be. Brian Leiter is the traditional alternative to them, and I think that Vault's new rankings make a good case for joining him. I find both of these rankings very useful because they are simple and clear. Leiter simply ranks the schools by their 75th percentile GPA and LSAT score, that is, who gets the (numerically) best students. Vault surveys legal professionals to ask them what schools produce the best lawyers. Hope this is useful.
Leiter: http://www.leiterrankings.com/students/2008student_quality.shtml
Vault: http://www.vault.com/lawschool/top25/
Leiter:
Rank by Average of 75th/25th LSAT
1 Yale University
2 Harvard University
3 Columbia University
4 New York University
5 University of Chicago
6 Stanford University
7 Georgetown University
8 University of Virginia
9 Northwestern University
10 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
11 University of Pennsylvania
12 Duke University
13 Cornell University
14 University of California, Berkeley
15 University of California, Los Angeles
16 Vanderbilt University
17 University of Southern California
18 George Washington University
19 University of Texas, Austin
20 University of Notre Dame
21 Boston University
Fordham University
23 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
24 Washington University, St. Louis
25 Brigham Young University
26 Cardozo Law School/Yeshiva University
Emory University
28 Washington & Lee University
29 Boston College
30 Brooklyn Law School
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
32 University of Maryland, Baltimore
33 University of California, Hastings
34 College of William & Mary
35 George Mason University
University of Alabama
University of Colorado, Boulder
38 Wake Forest University
39 Temple University
University of Georgia
Vault:
1 Stanford University Law School
2 University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Law School
3 New York University School of Law
4 University of Virginia School of Law
5 University of Chicago Law School
6 Harvard Law School
7 Columbia Law School
8 University of California, Berkeley - Boalt Hall School of Law
9 Northwestern University School of Law
10 Yale Law School
11 Vanderbilt University Law School
12 Duke University Law School
13 University of Pennsylvania Law School
14 Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington
15 Cornell University Law School
16 University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Law School
17 Georgetown University Law Center
18 University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
19 University of Iowa College of Law
20 George Washington University Law School
21 Boston University School of Law
22 University of Texas at Austin School of Law
23 University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill School of Law
24 Emory University School of Law
25 University of Wisconsin Law School
(Just noticed that there's only two schools in the top five in both rankings.)
Leiter: http://www.leiterrankings.com/students/2008student_quality.shtml
Vault: http://www.vault.com/lawschool/top25/
Leiter:
Rank by Average of 75th/25th LSAT
1 Yale University
2 Harvard University
3 Columbia University
4 New York University
5 University of Chicago
6 Stanford University
7 Georgetown University
8 University of Virginia
9 Northwestern University
10 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
11 University of Pennsylvania
12 Duke University
13 Cornell University
14 University of California, Berkeley
15 University of California, Los Angeles
16 Vanderbilt University
17 University of Southern California
18 George Washington University
19 University of Texas, Austin
20 University of Notre Dame
21 Boston University
Fordham University
23 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
24 Washington University, St. Louis
25 Brigham Young University
26 Cardozo Law School/Yeshiva University
Emory University
28 Washington & Lee University
29 Boston College
30 Brooklyn Law School
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
32 University of Maryland, Baltimore
33 University of California, Hastings
34 College of William & Mary
35 George Mason University
University of Alabama
University of Colorado, Boulder
38 Wake Forest University
39 Temple University
University of Georgia
Vault:
1 Stanford University Law School
2 University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Law School
3 New York University School of Law
4 University of Virginia School of Law
5 University of Chicago Law School
6 Harvard Law School
7 Columbia Law School
8 University of California, Berkeley - Boalt Hall School of Law
9 Northwestern University School of Law
10 Yale Law School
11 Vanderbilt University Law School
12 Duke University Law School
13 University of Pennsylvania Law School
14 Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington
15 Cornell University Law School
16 University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Law School
17 Georgetown University Law Center
18 University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
19 University of Iowa College of Law
20 George Washington University Law School
21 Boston University School of Law
22 University of Texas at Austin School of Law
23 University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill School of Law
24 Emory University School of Law
25 University of Wisconsin Law School
(Just noticed that there's only two schools in the top five in both rankings.)