The most frequent answer I ve received is, I enrolled at the highest ranked school that accepted me. All law schools are not alike. Teaching, research, and service are the three main goals of any law school, but there are more differences than similarities in the way law schools go about pursing those goals.
Law schools have different missions, purposes, priorities, emphases, attitudes, styles, and methods.
They differ in size, impact, admissions policies, and career services focus. A law school with a large student population often has the advantage of a hefty budget, a sizeable library collection, and a large faculty of professor-specialists. By contrast, a law school with a small student population often has a low student-faculty ratio, a more personalized approach to admissions and teaching, and a heightened sensitivity to the importance of collegiality and community. Some will be quick to cite exceptions to the above generalizations about large and small law schools. That only makes my point.