A Closer Look at U.S. News 2016 Top Law Schools

Applying to law school? How do your target schools measure up? Lets see how U.S. News ranks the countrys best law schools. Top 10 Best Law Schools: Notes on Methodology: †¢Ã‚  196 accredited law schools were surveys and ranked based on a weighted average of the following 12 measures. †¢Ã‚  Indicators include: quality assessment (weighted by 0.40 – 0.25 for the peer assessment and 0.15 for the lawyer and judge assessment); selectivity (weighted by 0.25 – 0.125 median LSAT scores, 0.10 for median undergraduate GPA, and 0.025 for acceptance rate; placement success (weighted by 0.20 – 0.04 for employment rates at graduation, 0.14 for employment rates 10 months post-graduation, and 0.02 for bar passage rate; and faculty resources (weighted by 0.15 – 0.0975 for expenditures per student on instruction, library, and supporting services, 0.015 on expenditures per student on all other items, including financial aid, 0.03 on student-faculty ratio, and 0.0075 on library resources. hbspt.cta.load(58291, '5443a258-0d74-4529-8836-cf9127e33d4d'); Related Resources: †¢Ã‚  The Law School Admissions Guide †¢Ã‚  LLM Degree: Opportunity NOT Cost †¢Ã‚  Good News for Law School Grads†¦Two Years in a Row!