Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Education

Schools of Law

Posted 4/7/02

Schools of Law

The Top Schools

A - Rank/School

B - Overall score

C - Peer assessment score (5.0 highest)

D - Assessment score by lawyers/judges (5.0 highest)

E - '01 undergrad GPA 25th-75th percentile

F - '01 LSAT score 25th-75th percentile

G - '01 acceptance rate

H - '01 student/faculty ratio

I - '00 grads employed at graduation

J - Employed 9 months after graduation

K - Schools's bar passage rate in jurisdiction

L - Jurisdiction's overall bar passage rate

A

B C D E F G H I J K L

1. Yale University (CT)

100 4.8 4.7 3.77-3.93 168-174 7.6 7.4 99.5 99.6 96.6 NY 72

2. Stanford University (CA)

93 4.8 4.8 3.68-3.95 165-170 10.7 12.5 98.3 98.6 83.3 CA 64

3. Harvard University (MA)

92 4.8 4.9 3.76-3.95 167-172 14.1 13.5 96.8 97.5 95.2 NY 72

4. Columbia University (NY)

89 4.7 4.6 3.49-3.80 166-172 17.6 12.4 97.7 99.0 92.3 NY 72

5. New York University

88 4.5 4.5 3.55-3.81 167-172 20.9 11.6 97.1 100.0 94.6 NY 72

6. University of Chicago

84 4.7 4.7 3.47-3.75 165-172 19.4 12.7 99.4 100.0 98.6 IL 83

7. University of California-Berkeley

82 4.6 4.6 3.59-3.86 162-168 15.5 16.2 93.2 99.4 94.3 CA 64

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

82 4.6 4.6 3.37-3.71 164-168 29.1 14.3 94.2 98.8 89.6 NY 72

University of Pennsylvania

82 4.3 4.4 3.39-3.74 163-167 23.0 12.8 98.7 100.0 94.3 NY 72

University of Virginia

82 4.5 4.5 3.48-3.77 163-169 27.4 14.1 98.6 100.0 90.0 VA 73

11. Northwestern University (IL)

80 4.2 4.3 3.33-3.71 164-169 19.5 13.4 99.0 99.6 92.3 IL 83

12. Duke University (NC)

79 4.3 4.3 3.40-3.76 162-168 26.1 15.8 98.0 99.0 87.2 CA 64

13. Cornell University (NY)

78 4.2 4.3 3.43-3.72 163-166 21.6 11.7 94.6 97.3 92.2 NY 72

14. Georgetown University (DC)

77 4.2 4.3 3.47-3.78 163-168 22.2 15.4 94.0 98.1 92.6 NY 72

15. University of Texas-Austin

76 4.2 4.1 3.50-3.85 158-164 23.6 17.9 92.6 99.5 93.4 TX 78

16. University of California-Los Angeles

74 4.0 4.1 3.47-3.77 161-166 19.0 15.2 90.8 97.5 87.0 CA 64

17. Vanderbilt University (TN)

70 3.8 3.9 3.48-3.85 160-164 32.3 13.5 91.7 97.7 81.3 TN 83

18. University of Iowa

68 3.6 3.7 3.21-3.76 156-163 35.7 12.0 90.0 100.0 86.7 IA 87

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

68 3.7 3.7 3.38-3.81 160-165 34.4 13.3 87.8 97.9 95.5 MN 88

University of Southern California

68 3.7 3.5 3.33-3.68 160-165 24.4 15.4 88.8 95.9 77.0 CA 64

Washington and Lee University (VA)

68 3.3 3.7 3.05-3.64 161-167 30.9 11.1 87.2 97.2 94.9 VA 73

22. Boston College

65 3.4 3.6 3.38-3.72 160-164 23.7 13.6 93.7 97.2 88.7 MA 77

Emory University (GA)

65 3.4 3.7 3.33-3.71 158-162 34.8 16.1 84.4 96.6 89.1 GA 81

24. University of Notre Dame (IN)

64 3.3 3.7 3.28-3.71 159-164 31.8 17.3 75.6 99.6 96.8 IL 83

25. Boston University

63 3.4 3.5 3.14-3.55 161-165 25.3 11.4 81.7 100.0 88.0 MA 77

George Washington University (DC)

63 3.4 3.6 3.29-3.64 160-164 24.7 18.8 92.1 98.1 92.5 NY 72

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