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2014 BCG Attorney Search Guide to America's Top 50 Law Schools THE STANDARD IN ATTORNEY SEARCH AND PLACEMENT TM Your Legal Recruite r Yale Law School Harvard Law School Stanford Law School Columbia Law School University of Chicago Law School New York University School of Law University of Pennsylvania Law School University of Virginia School of Law University of California—Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law University of Michigan Law School Duke University School of Law Northwestern University School of Law Cornell University Law School Georgetown University Law Center University of Texas School of Law Vanderbilt University Law School University of California—Los Angeles School of Law University of Southern California Gould School of Law University of Minnesota Law School Washington University School of Law—St. Louis The George Washington University Law School University of Alabama School of Law Emory Law School University of Notre Dame Law School Indiana University Maurer School of Law—Bloomington University of Iowa College of Law Washington and Lee University School of Law University of Washington School of Law Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law Boston University School of Law Boston College Law School University of North Carolina School of Law The College of William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law University of Georgia School of Law University of Wisconsin--Madison Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law Wake Forest University School of Law Fordham Law School University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law University of California—Davis School of Law George Mason University School of Law University of Maryland School of Law S.J.Quinney College of Law Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School University of Colorado School of LawUniversity of Florida Fredric G.Levin College of Law University of Illinois College of Law Florida State University College of Law Southern Methodist University (Dedman) Tulane University Law School The 2014 BCG Attorney Search Guide to America’s Top 50 Law Schools The 2014 BCG Attorney Search Guide to America’s Top 50 Law Schools by: BCG Attorney Search BCG Attorney Search 175 S. Lake Ave, Suite 212 Pasadena, CA 91101 800-298-6440 (toll-free) 213-895-7300 (tel.) 213-895-7306 (fax) [email protected] (email) Visit our website at www.bcgsearch.com for more information on our services and products. No portion of this book may be reproduced or transmitted without the express written consent of the publisher. While the publisher has endeavored to provide accurate and up-to-date information, it makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents of this book. BCG Attorney Search may not be held liable for any loss or damage resulting from use of the information herein. CONTENts 7 Introduction 8 Decoding Law School Rankings 14 Decoding Class Rankings—What Should the Recruiter Look For? 17 Law Review Participation 24 Yale Law School 33 Harvard Law School 44 Stanford Law School 55 Columbia Law School 68 University of Chicago Law School 77 New York University School of Law 88 University of Pennsylvania Law School 101 University of Virginia School of Law 112 University of California—Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law 122 University of Michigan Law School 134 Duke University School of Law 143 Northwestern University School of Law 152 Cornell University Law School 161 Georgetown University Law Center 173 University of Texas School of Law 182 Vanderbilt University Law School 192 University of California—Los Angeles School of Law 202 University of Southern California Gould School of Law 209 University of Minnesota Law School 218 Washington University School of Law—St. Louis 229 The George Washington University Law School 240 University of Alabama School of Law 249 Emory Law School 257 University of Notre Dame Law School 266 Indiana University Maurer School of Law—Bloomington 273 University of Iowa College of Law 281 Washington and Lee University School of Law 289 University of Washington School of Law 297 Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law 306 Boston University School of Law 316 Boston College Law School 325 University of North Carolina School of Law 334 The College of William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law 345 University of Georgia School of Law 354 University of Wisconsin--Madison 362 Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law 370 Wake Forest University School of Law 378 Fordham Law School 387 University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law 397 University of California—Davis School of Law 405 George Mason University School of Law 413 University of Maryland School of Law 422 S.J.Quinney College of Law 432 Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School 440 University of Colorado School of Law 449 University of Florida Fredric G.Levin College of Law 457 University of Illinois College of Law 465 Florida State University College of Law 472 Southern Methodist University (Dedman) 480 Tulane University Law School Introduction The 2014 BCG Attorney Search Guide to America’s Top 50 Law Schools is a comprehensive overview of America’s top 50 law schools as identified by the2014 U.S. News & World Report. The purpose of this guide is to provide readers with updated and current information that is useful and easily accessible. This meticulously compiled guide is a product of BCG Attorney Search, the leading search and recruitment company for attorneys. BCG Attorney Search is owned and operated by Employment Research Institute, the largest conglomerate of organizations in the world dedicated to helping attorneys find jobs and enhance their careers. In our guide, we aim to provide law firms with objective information about the best law schools. Our hope is that this information will prove useful in understanding the grading systems of top law schools and the various academic programs and journals in which students at these schools participate. Whether you are a recruiter, recruiting coordinator, hiring partner, or prospective law student, deciphering the grading and ranking systems of various schools can pose a challenge. This publication attempts to demystify these classifications and to provide the reader with objective information and a greater understanding of how to interpret resumes, transcripts, and cover letters. In short, the 2014 BCG Attorney Search Guide to America’s Top 50 Law Schools provides: • A comparative reference to the top U.S. law schools. • An explanation of the grading systems used by America’s top 50 law schools. • Information about each school’s publications. • Information to help guide potential employers in making informed hiring choices. • Information regarding each school’s faculty, class size, academic honors and awards, moot court and clinical programs, entering-class GPA and LSAT scores, and post-law school employment statistics, as well as a few facts that convey the overall atmosphere at each school. In our endeavor to bring to our readers the best and most current information, we have gathered and analyzed data from the website of each law school, The U.S. News & World Report, and the NALP Directory. We hope you find this guide useful. We have done our best to provide you with consistent information about each of the top 50 law schools. Your comments and suggestions, as well as updated information, are always welcome. The 2014 BCG Attorney Search Guide to America’S Top 50 Law Schools DECODING LAW SCHOOL RANKINGS Why does the U.S. News rank law schools? A controversial question. But the answer is very simple. Law school rankings help you make educated decisions on vital issues supported by reliable comparison data. According to the U.S. News, it ranks colleges not just for quality but also for best value. The BCG Attorney Search Guide to America’s Top 50 Law Schools relies on the time-tested metrics and rankings of law schools made by U.S. News & World Report. Backed with our own knowledge bases and research inputs we created a dependable study which starts off with the published law school rankings as a base and then provides supplementary information vital to decision making. For potential law students, this information will help you make the most informed choice about which law schools to apply to and perhaps attend. For recruiters, we have compiled this information to help you hire the best attorneys who fit the needs of your business. The rankings of law schools by U.S. News & World Report are based on a weighted average of 12 measures of quality indicators. These indicators are quality assessment (weighted by .40), selectivity (weighted by .25), placement success (weighted by .20), and faculty resources (weighted by .15). Specialty rankings are based on nomination by legal educators at peer institutions. These rankings are based on two types of data: expert opinion about program quality and statistical indicators that measure the quality of a school’s faculty, research, and students. Statistical indicators fall into two categories: inputs, or measures of the qualities that students and faculty bring to the educational experience, and outputs, or measures of graduates’ achievements linked to their degrees. Different output measures are available for different fields. In law, the measures include the time taken for new grads to get jobs and the state bar exam passage rates. The 2014 U.S. News & World Report has continued the same main law school rankings methodology that was used in the 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 editions for admissions data. They used the combined 2012 class admissions data for both full-time and part-time entering students for the median LSAT scores, median undergraduate grade-point averages, and the acceptance rate in calculating the school’s overall ranking. A school’s rank reflects the number of schools that sit above it; if three schools are tied at 1, the next school will be ranked 4, not 2.
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