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The 50 Best Law Schools in America

50 BestBusiness Insider:  The 50 Best Law Schools in America:

We held a survey to determine what real professionals consider the best law schools. … More than 650 of our readers responded, of which 60% had J.D.s. and 69% had hiring experience. Thirty-six percent of the respondents work in legal fields, 23% work in finance, 10% work in technology, 6% are current law students, and 6% work in consulting.

  1. Harvard (#3 in U.S. News)
  2. Yale (#1)
  3. Stanford (#2)
  4. Columbia (#4)
  5. Chicago (#5)
  6. Penn (#7)
  7. NYU (#5)
  8. Duke  (#11)
  9. UC-Berkeley (#7)
  10. Georgetown (#13)
  11. Northwestern (#12)
  12. Virginia (#7)
  13. Cornell (#14)
  14. Michigan (#10)
  15. UCLA (#15)
  16. Texas (#16)
  17. Notre Dame (#22)
  18. USC (#18)
  19. George Washington (#20)
  20. Vanderbilt (#16)
  21. Emory (#24)
  22. North Carolina (#38)
  23. Boston College (#29)
  24. Boston University (#26)
  25. Washington U. (#23)
  26. William & Mary (#35)
  27. Fordham (#29)
  28. UC-Hastings (#44)
  29. UC-Davis (#29)
  30. Wisconsin (#35)
  31. Washington & Lee (#24)
  32. Tulane (#51)
  33. Wake Forest (#44)
  34. BYU (#39)
  35. Indiana (#26)
  36. U. Washington (#20)
  37. Ohio State (#39)
  38. Minnesota (#19)
  39. George Mason (#39)
  40. Pepperdine (#49)
  41. Illinois (#35)
  42. American (#49)
  43. Colorado (#44)
  44. Iowa (#29)
  45. Florida (#48)
  46. Maryland (#39)
  47. Georgia (#34)
  48. Baylor (#51)
  49. SMU (#51)
  50. Loyola-L.A. (#51)

An Inside Look at America's Best Law Schools:

(Hat Tip: Law Librarian Blog.)


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