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Deciding where you apply to law school
can be one of the most difficult decisions
you have to make. Your undergraduate GPA and
LSAT score may limit your choices, perhaps
significantly. Even so, there are more than
200 law schools in the United States, most
of them ABA-approved, which means you have
plenty from which to choose. In addition to
your GPA and LSAT score, here are a number
of factors you may want to consider in
deciding where to apply:
- Whether you can move to attend law school someplace
other than where you now live;
- The overall cost of living and quality of life in the
cities where you might apply;
- The availability of financial aid and work study
programs;
- The quality of life at the different law schools
themselves;
- The degree of competitiveness among students;
- The number of law journals, legal clinics, and other
extracurricular activities available to supplement
classroom experience;
- The quality of the faculty, including student-faculty
ratios, and minority and female representation on the
faculty;
- The diversity of the student population;
- The quality of the physical facilities, including the
library, and access to facilities like courts; and
- Information about graduates, such as bar exam pass
rates, and placement and starting salary information.
This listing is not exhaustive; there may be other issues
that you want to check out. The point is simply that your
law school investigation process should be designed to
answer the questions that are most important to you. All of
the above information is available somewhere. You just have
to dig until you find it.
More:
How to Choose a Law School |
