Law School Discussion

I often complain that law school rankings are not nearly sporting enough. To rectify this, I have came up with a rankings game to keep us busy while the summer rolls on. I call it the Bracket Of Death.

By using numerous polls and an elimination system, we will determine the various tiers of law schools, as well as our own t14, in a more competitive, and therefore better, style than is currently done.

I'll set-up all of the polls and they'll all run for 3 days. In the interest of not completely jamming the forum, I won't post more than 4 polls a day.

When a poll is done, the results will show up and I'll post them somewhere. In the event of a tie, we'll run mini-polls between the tied schools until someone wins.

God willing, this will keep us busy until at least the start of July.

Here's how the game will go:

Round 1:

196 Schools Remain (Everyone that's on the LSAC site)

All schools are randomly assigned to a group of 7 schools.  Everyone gets 3 votes. The top 4 schools in each grouping move on, everyone else is gone.

Round 2:

112 Schools

All of the remaining schools get randomly placed into groups of 8. Everyone gets 4 votes and the 6 best schools in each group move on.

Round 3:

84 Schools

Groups of 4. 2 votes each, 2 best schools move on.

Round 4:

42 Schools

Groups of 3. 1 vote each, top school in each group moves on.

Round 5:

14 Schools

Free for all. Everyone gets 6 votes.

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And here's the groupings for Round 1:

 Barry University Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law
 Baylor University School of Law
 Boston University School of Law
 Northern Illinois University College of Law
 Texas Southern University—Thurgood Marshall School of Law
 The Florida State University College of Law
 University of Illinois College of Law

 Cleveland State University—Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
 Lewis & Clark Law School
 Quinnipiac University School of Law
 The University of Alabama School of Law
 The University of New Mexico School of Law
 The University of Toledo College of Law
 Washburn University School of Law

 Rutgers—The State University of New Jersey—School of Law—Camden
 Stetson University College of Law
 Suffolk University Law School
 Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
 University of Baltimore School of Law
 University of Denver Sturm College of Law
 University of Missouri—Columbia School of Law

 Marquette University Law School
 Mercer University—Walter F. George School of Law
 The George Washington University Law School
 The John Marshall Law School
 The University of Texas School of Law
 University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
 University of Georgia School of Law

 Indiana University School of Law—Indianapolis
 Samford University, Cumberland School of Law
 The University of South Dakota School of Law
 University of Colorado Law School
 University of Montana School of Law
 Vermont Law School
 Washington and Lee University School of Law

 American University, Washington College of Law
 Duquesne University School of Law
 Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington
 Inter American University School of Law
 University of California, Davis School of Law (King Hall)
 University of Pennsylvania Law School
 Valparaiso University School of Law

 Cornell Law School
 Loyola University Chicago School of Law
 Rutgers University School of Law—Newark
 Syracuse University College of Law
 University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
 Wayne State University Law School
 Western New England College School of Law

 Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
 City University of New York School of Law
 Northwestern University School of Law
 Seattle University School of Law
 Seton Hall University School of Law
 University of Idaho College of Law
 University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law

 Brooklyn Law School
 Mississippi College School of Law
 Northeastern University School of Law
 Northern Kentucky University—Salmon P. Chase College of Law
 Stanford University Law School
 The University of Memphis—Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
 University of Nebraska College of Law

 Columbia University School of Law
 Florida A&M University College of Law
 George Mason University School of Law
 Penn State University, The Dickinson School of Law
 University of Richmond School of Law
 University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law
 Willamette University College of Law

 Emory University School of Law
 Pepperdine University School of Law
 Saint Louis University School of Law
 Santa Clara University School of Law
 Southern Illinois University School of Law
 St. John's University School of Law
 University of Washington School of Law

 New York Law School
 University of California, Hastings College of the Law
 University of Missouri—Kansas City School of Law
 University of San Diego—School of Law
 University of Wyoming College of Law
 Vanderbilt University Law School
 Wake Forest University School of Law

 Ave Maria School of Law
 Florida International University College of Law
 Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center
 The University of Akron School of Law
 The University of Mississippi School of Law
 University of Oklahoma College of Law
 University of St. Thomas School of Law—Minneapolis

 Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law
 SMU Dedman School of Law
 The University of Tulsa College of Law
 University of Maryland School of Law
 University of Oregon School of Law
 University of Tennessee College of Law
 West Virginia University College of Law

 California Western School of Law
 Franklin Pierce Law Center
 Notre Dame Law School
 University of Kentucky College of Law
 University of La Verne College of Law
 University of Maine School of Law
 University of the District of Columbia—David A. Clarke School of Law

 Capital University Law School
 Case Western Reserve University School of Law
 Florida Coastal School of Law
 Ohio Northern University—Claude W. Pettit College of Law
 University of Dayton School of Law
 University of Pittsburgh School of Law
 University of Virginia School of Law

 Creighton University School of Law
 Nova Southeastern University—Shepard Broad Law Center
 Pace University School of Law
 St. Thomas University School of Law
 Tulane University Law School
 University of Miami School of Law
 Villanova University School of Law

 Brigham Young University—J. Reuben Clark Law School
 DePaul University College of Law
 Drake University Law School
 Harvard Law School
 Southwestern Law School
 University of Arkansas School of Law - Fayetteville
 University of Connecticut School of Law

 North Carolina Central University School of Law
 Regent University School of Law
 Touro College—Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
 University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall)
 University of Southern California, Gould School of Law
 Washington University School of Law
 William & Mary Law School

 Boston College Law School
 South Texas College of Law
 Southern University Law Center
 Temple University—James E. Beasley School of Law
 Texas Tech University School of Law
 University of Hawai‘i at Manoa—William S. Richardson School of Law
 University of North Carolina School of Law

 Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University
 Chapman University School of Law
 Duke University School of Law
 Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
 New York University School of Law
 Whittier Law School
 Widener University School of Law - PA

 Charleston School of Law
 Georgetown University Law Center
 Golden Gate University School of Law
 Loyola Law School, Loyola Marymount University
 Phoenix School of Law
 The University of Chicago Law School
 University of Puerto Rico School of Law

 Michigan State University College of Law
 New England School of Law
 The University of Iowa College of Law
 University at Buffalo Law School, The State University of New York (SUNY)
 University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law
 University of San Francisco School of Law
 Yale Law School

 Albany Law School of Union University
 Oklahoma City University School of Law
 The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law
 The University of Michigan Law School
 Thomas Jefferson School of Law
 University of Louisville's Brandeis School of Law
 University of North Dakota School of Law

 Faulkner University, Thomas Goode Jones School of Law
 Hofstra University School of Law
 Howard University School of Law
 Liberty University School of Law
 Roger Williams University School of Law
 University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law
 University of South Carolina School of Law

 Fordham University School of Law
 Georgia State University College of Law
 Gonzaga University School of Law
 Hamline University School of Law
 The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
 The University of Kansas School of Law
 University of Wisconsin Law School

 Arizona State University—Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
 Atlanta's John Marshall Law School
 Campbell University, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law
 St. Mary's University School of Law
 University of Cincinnati College of Law
 University of Houston Law Center
 University of Minnesota Law School

 Appalachian School of Law
 The Thomas M. Cooley Law School
 The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
 University of Florida, Fredric G. Levin College of Law
 Western State University—College of Law
 Widener University School of Law - DE
 William Mitchell College of Law

Does anyone ever look at this board?

What really surprised everyone about their results this cycle, good or bad, and why?

Does anyone know when Grad PLUS loans are supposed to be available? I've been trying to do mine for a few months now but everywhere I've looked only has terms through the summer up.

Ark with $$$ or Miami with $0?

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