U.S. News Ultimate Guide to Law Schools, the best-selling law school guide, combines expert advice with key information on law school programs in the U.S.
Introduction vChoosing the Right Law School 1Inside America's Top Law Schools 15What Law Schools Will Look For in You 27The Application 37Finding the Money 51Getting Your First Job 63The U.S. News Insider's Index: How Do the Schools Stack Up? 73What are the hardest and easiest law schools to get into? 75What are the largest and smallest law schools? 79What are the most and least diverse law schools? 83Who's the priciest? Who's the cheapest? 87What schools award the most and the least financial aid? 91Whose graduates have the most debt? The least? 95Whose students are the most and least likely to drop out? 99What schools have the best first-time bar passage rate? 103Whose graduates are the most and least likely to land a job? 107Whose graduates earn the most? The least? 109Where do graduates work? 113The U.S. News & World Report Ultimate Law School Directory 117How to Use the Directory 118Directory 122Alphabetical Index of Schools 505Index ofSchools by State 509About the Authors and Editors 513