Some Winners Are Predictable, Some Might Surprise You.
Princeton Review publishes a yearly review ranking top law schools in 11 categories, based on information gathered from 185,000 students at 169 U.S. law schools
The top five law schools for careers are:
(1) Columbia
(2) Chicago
(3) Pennsylvania
(4) Harvard
(5) New York University
Above: The Law School, Harvard University, c1901. Lib. of Congress.
Median starting pay for students at all the above schools was $160,000, while the percentage employed nine months after graduation ranged from 99 percent at Columbia to 97 percent at New York University, according to Forbes.
The top schools in other categories:
• Best professors: Boston University
• Best quality of life: Duke
• Best classroom experience: University of Chicago
• Most diverse faculty: Southern
• Most competitive students: Baylor
• Most liberal students: Northeastern
• Most conservative students: Ave Maria
• Best environment for minority students: University of Hawaii
• Most chosen by older students: District of Columbia
• Toughest to get into: Yale
