Monday, October 22, 2007 8:48 AM
In case you missed it a couple weeks back, The Princeton Review has posted its Best 170 Law Schools Rankings.
We surveyed more than 18,000 students at 170 law schools and used the information that they reported to us, along with school statistics provided by school administrators, to create 11 ranking lists. None of these lists purports to rank the schools in terms of overall quality; but by using the lists in conjunction with the Students Say profiles and the school statistics, you will be able to identify the attributes of a law school that are important to you—and ultimately, generate a list of the schools that can best help you achieve your personal and professional goals.
The ranking lists include:
Toughest to Get Into
Best Classroom Experience
Professors Rock (Legally Speaking)
Most Competitive Students
Best Career Prospects
Candidates for Heritage Foundation Fellowships?
Candidates for Center for American Progress Fellowships?
Best Environment for Minority Students
Most Diverse Faculty
Best Quality of Life
Most Welcoming of Older Students
Professor Paul Caron at TaxProf Blog has further analyzed these rankings to provide some additional viewpoints:
Last week, with the help of my assistant, I extracted from the individual profiles of the 170 law schools all of the available data and blogged the Top 25 and Bottom 25 schools in each of six categories:
- Academic Experience
- Admissions Selectivity
- Career Preparation
- Professors: Accessible
- Professors: Interesting
- Study Hours
See Professor Caron's post Princeton Review's Top 50 Law Schools for all of the details.