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Much awaited US News law school rankings are out. Yale retains the top slot in the overall rankings, while Harvard is the favourite for recruiters. Here is the link to the entire law school rankings.
Top 20 Law Schools
US Blog Above the Law has compiled the rankings with a comparison to the last year rankings of top 14 law schools, otherwise known as the "T14" in the legal community.
However, there is some change when it comes to the recruiters ranking these law schools. (See detailed rankings here)
US News said, "Currently, Yale University occupies the top spot in the U.S. News Best Law School rankings. But now Harvard University has something to crow about. In the first ever ranking of law schools by hiring officials at the country's top law firms, the Boston school has beaten out its archrival in New Haven, Conn. Yale is tied for the second spot with Stanford University in the U.S. News survey, which was sent last fall to 750 hiring partners and recruiters at law firms who made the 2010 Best Law Firms rankings produced jointly by U.S.News and the publication Best Lawyers. The response rate was 14 percent".
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- 1. "I believe that this is JD (equivalent to LLB) ranking, is there a LLM ranking for US law schools?". Sam,
- 2. "You don't need a separate ranking. Most of the top law schools in the US do not have separate classes for LL.Ms. JDs and LL.Ms have the same choices in course/ faculty selection, and they attend the same classes. Yale, Stanford and Chicago are very selective about their LLM classes (much smaller intake) - while Harvard and Columbia admit approximately 200-250 students. ". LLM,
- 3. "I agree with No. 2. Michigan is also very selective - only 30-40 students in their LL.M. class. All classes for LL.Ms are with the JD students, with LL.Ms having the same course/faculty selection. If the school is ranked at a certain position - it is a good factor to consider for an LL.M. aspirant. However, their rankings in terms of placement are limited to JD students. LL.M job placements don't factor into the matrix for ranking these schools (including the ones that have a small LL.M class).". PR, Mumbai
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