Ratings & Rankings

Colored bars represent the range of average school ratings.  Black line is this school's rating. 

Academics

0

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2

3

4

Students
vs. all schools

Minimum

2.25

Mean

3.46

Maximum

4

0

1

2

3

4

Alumni
vs. all schools

Minimum

2.4

Mean

3.22

Maximum

4

Practical/Clinical Training

0

1

2

3

4

Students
vs. all schools

Minimum

2.14

Mean

3.46

Maximum

3.83

0

1

2

3

4

Alumni
vs. all schools

Minimum

1.86

Mean

2.72

Maximum

3.8

Career Counseling

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2

3

4

Students
vs. all schools

Minimum

1.29

Mean

3.15

Maximum

3.56

0

1

2

3

4

Alumni
vs. all schools

Minimum

1.17

Mean

2.50

Maximum

3.25

Financial Aid Advising

0

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2

3

4

Students
vs. all schools

Minimum

1.5

Mean

3.33

Maximum

3.29

0

1

2

3

4

Alumni
vs. all schools

Minimum

1.25

Mean

2.67

Maximum

3.5

Social Life

0

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2

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4

Students
vs. all schools

Minimum

1.8

Mean

3.77

Maximum

3.67

0

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2

3

4

Alumni
vs. all schools

Minimum

2.4

Mean

3.17

Maximum

3.86

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Ratings*

Student

Alumni

Academics

B

B-

Practical/Clinical Training

A

C

Career Counseling

A-

A-

Financial Aid Advising

A+

A-

Social Life

A+

B+

US News Rank

#47 - Tie

What do these ratings mean? 

from Brian Dalton, Breaking Media Director of Research

The ATL School and Firm Insiders Survey asks self-identified current students,
alumni, and practicing lawyers to rate major aspects of life at their law school (academics, social
life, clinical training, career services, financial aid advising) and/or law firm (compensation,
hours, morale, culture, training).  We then translate these ratings into letter grades, where the
mean score for each particular ratings category is the equivalent of a “B.”

We require a minimum threshold of responses for each institution before we publish any survey-based
ratings content.  Using a standard formula for statistical validity, we adhere to a threshold that
gives us an 85% confidence level and a 10% margin of error.  The precise threshold number will of
course vary depending on the size of the individual institution.  For example, for a law firm of
1,000 attorneys, we would require 50 responses in order to publish ratings for the firm. 

The ATL Career Center's goal is to reconcile publicly available employment data for the class of
2013, nine months after graduation.  We compared data from the American Bar Association, Law School
Transparency, National Association for Legal Professionals, and individual school websites.  If any
information is inaccurate, please contact us at careers@abovethelaw.com. 

Student Career Plans

Sector

Anticipated

Actual

Source: ATL Insider Survey and the American Bar Association

Work for a firm

44%

Work for government

10%

Work in non-profit/public interest

7%

Go solo

1%

Insider Reviews

from students and alumni of University of Florida – Levin College of Law

Alumni

Great experience, but the basics of how job placement worked, what was required and expected to get OCI interviews, and the process of finding a job outside of OCI was completely absent or heavily neglected. 

Alumni

I hear the Center for Career Development has undergone a clot of changes in my years there and in the year since I have graduated, but there is still a long way to go.  Other than that, I would recommend that anyone who wants to practice law in Florida or the Southeast to attend UF Law. 

Alumni

Top tier law school which gives in-state tuition after first year with Biglaw employers at on campus interviews (need to be in top 25 percent).  I got a job with Biglaw out of law school in NYC and had much nicer apartment than colleagues who have six figures in student loans. 

Alumni

Students

A lot of people don’t have jobs.  Work around the clock 1L year to make sure you rank at the top of your class. 

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