The law school application process begins and ends with critical decisions about where to attend law school. First, you need to identify a handful of schools to which you will apply. Later, after admissions decisions are made, you must determine which school to attend. Because each school offers a unique complement of services and features, you should spend time gathering reliable information so that you successfully identify the schools best suited to your individual goals.
Educational quality is an important consideration in choosing a law school.
To assess the quality of a school, many students consult several annual law school rankings that attempt to measure the quality of education. US News ' rankings have received their fair share of criticism over the years. More recently, a letter endorsed by most of the country's law school deans, including deans from schools that consistently receive very favorable reviews, attacked the US News rankings for failing to examine variables that students traditionally list as most important when deciding the law school to attend. But US News and World Report admits that its rankings are not perfect. Our rankings are not perfect, but neither are theirs.