Guide to America's Top 50 Law Schools
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The Standard in Attorney Search and Placement The 2016 BCG Attorney Search Guide to America’s Top 50 Law Schools 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 California Berkeley / University of Michigan Law School / University of Virginia School of Law / Duke University School of Law / North-western University School of Law / Cornell University Law School / Georgetown University Law Center / University of Texas School of Law / Vanderbilt University Law School / UCLA School of Law / Washington University School of Law - St. Louis / University of Southern California Gould School of Law / Boston University School of Law / University of Iowa College of Law / Emory Law School / University of Minnesota Law School / University of Notre Dame Law School / The George Washington University Law School / Arizona State University - Sandra Day O Connor College of Law / Indiana University Maurer School of Law / University of Alabama School of Law / Boston College Law School / Ohio State University Michael E Moritz College of Law / University of California Davis School of Law / The College of William & Mary / University of Georgia School of Law / University of Washington School of Law / University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School / Fordham Law School / Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School / University of North Carolina School of Law / University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law / University of Colorado School of Law / University of Illinois College of Law / Wake Forest University School of Law / Washington And Lee University School of Law / George Mason University School of Law / Southern Methodist University (Dedman) / University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law / University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law / University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law / Florida State University College of Law / Tulane University Law School The 2016 BCG Attorney Search Guide to America’s Top 50 Law Schools BCG Attorney Search 20 S Altadena Dr, Pasadena, CA 91107 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. 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Contents Introduction ........................................................................................................... 1 Decoding Law School Rankings ............................................................................... 2 Decoding Class Rankings: What Should The Recruiter Look For ............................. 5 Law Review Participation ....................................................................................... 8 2016 Best Law Schools (As Ranked By U.S. News) .................................................. 13 Yale Law School ...................................................................................................... 15 Harvard Law School ................................................................................................ 26 Stanford Law School ............................................................................................... 39 Columbia Law School .............................................................................................. 47 University of Chicago Law School ........................................................................... 63 New York University School of Law ......................................................................... 72 University of Pennsylvania Law School ................................................................... 85 University of California–Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law ..................................... 94 University of Michigan Law School .......................................................................... 103 University of Virginia School of Law ....................................................................... 116 Duke University School of Law ................................................................................ 131 Northwestern University School of Law .................................................................. 150 Cornell University Law School ................................................................................. 167 Georgetown University Law Center ......................................................................... 183 University of Texas School of Law ........................................................................... 197 Vanderbilt University Law School ........................................................................... 209 UCLA School of Law ................................................................................................ 222 Washington University School of Law—St. Louis ..................................................... 234 University of Southern California Gould School of Law ........................................... 246 Boston University School of Law ............................................................................. 254 University of Iowa College of Law ........................................................................... 264 Emory Law School ................................................................................................... 275 University of Minnesota Law School ........................................................................ 283 University of Notre Dame Law School ..................................................................... 299 The George Washington University Law School ...................................................... 311 Arizona State University — Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law ........................... 327 Indiana University Maurer School of Law—Bloomington .......................................... 337 University of Alabama School of Law ...................................................................... 345 Boston College Law School ..................................................................................... 358 Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law .......................................... 372 University of California—Davis School of Law .......................................................... 381 The College of William & Mary Marshall—Wythe School of Law ............................... 391 University of Georgia School of Law ....................................................................... 406 University of Washington School of Law ................................................................. 417 University of Wisconsin—Madison Law School ......................................................... 427 Fordham Law School ............................................................................................... 439 Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School .......................................... 450 University of North Carolina School of Law ............................................................. 461 University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law ........................................... 473 University of Colorado School of Law ...................................................................... 483 University of Illinois College of Law ......................................................................... 492 Wake Forest University School of Law .................................................................... 502 Washington and Lee University School of Law ........................................................ 512 George Mason University School of Law ................................................................. 523 Southern Methodist University (Dedman) ................................................................ 532 University of Utah — S.J. Quinney College of Law .................................................... 541 University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law .............................................. 556 University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law ....................................... 566 Florida State University College of Law ................................................................... 577 Tulane University Law School .................................................................................. 585 Introduction The 2016 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 the2016 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