Law School Rankings



Examining the various law school rankings and ranking methodologies may be helpful in deciding where to apply and where to attend. The variability in the law school rankings and the diversity in methodologies can serve to illustrate the personal nature of your decision to find the best law school for you.







TLS does not endorse or recommend any particular law school rankings and would like to caution its readers about placing too much value on law school rankings. However, hopefully some of the rankings approaches below can serve as useful guides in your decision process.













Many of the sites that rank law schools typically have profiles of the schools they rank. One of the signature features of TLS used to be its law school profiles, but many of the TLS profiles haven't been updated in years, and you are likely better served by reading profiles on the sites mentioned above or on other sites that have law school profiles such as the LSAC law school profiles and Wikipedia law school profiles. You can also find quite a bit of information about law schools in the TLS forums.



A final note of caution - what is the best law school is a personal choice and should not be solely determined by national law school ratings but instead by what school is the best fit for you. It is generally recommended that you visit each law school that you are seriously considering attending.