Pre-Law Career Information Subject Guide
Rankings of Law Schools
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Best...Law Schools
KF 266 .S79 (Ref Desk Collection) The Princeton Review publishes this volume that offers essential information and succinct snapshots of the best law schools in the United States and Canada. There are also helpful chapters on writing personal statements, getting recommendations, interviewing, and financing law school.
Best Law Schools
KF 273 .M37 1993 (Waldo Library General Stacks)
Although a bit outdated, this guide compiled by attorney Thomas H. Martinson is still useful for its in-depth analysis of 25 top law schools in the US, followed by 15 runners-up. The book is especially useful for its detailed descriptions of key law schools, including commentary on student life, the educational experience and the search for employment.
National Association for Law Placement (NALP): Law School Rankings
This professional organization discourages the use of rating systems in evaluating law schools. Read their information on the ranking process.
Thomas E. Brennan's Judging the Law Schools
Written by a Michigan Supreme Court judge, the raw data used in Judging the Law Schools came from the 1994 Review of Legal Education in the United States, published by the American Bar Association's Section of Legal Education and Admissions. Fifty categories were developed, based on the type of data collected and reported by the ABA, to rank law schools. Some of the categories are straight numerical computations. Other categories are calculations Judge Brennan thought to be significant ratios. The law schools were ranked according to the results. USE WITH CAUTION! There is some controversy regarding the author's methodology.
Created by Ken DeLeon, this site provides potential law students with over 70 profiles of top law schools in the U.S.; interviews with law school admissions personnel; tips on writing a quality personal statement; information about school rankings; pre-law advice; and many other helpful hints for getting into law school.
US News & World Report Rankings
See at a glance U.S. News & World Report's ranking of the top 100 law schools in the U.S. You can only see the numerical list without subscribing to the journal or buying their publication. The site has other useful information for pre-law students.