The Princeton Review® —known for its college rankings in dozens of categories based on students’ ratings of their colleges—today released its 2019 annual ranking lists of the best law schools in various categories are out. We have summarised the rankings here to give you a glimpse of top ranking law schools.
The Princeton Review tallied these ranking lists based on its surveys of 17,700 students attending 165 law schools. The 80-question survey asked students to rate their schools on several topics and report on their experiences at them. Some ranking list tallies also factored in school-reported data.
So, Let’s find out who are top law schools of 2019 as per various categorisation:
Toughest Law Schools to get into
Based on institutional admission data, including LSAT scores, undergraduate GPAs, and acceptance rates for the most recently enrolled class.
#1
Yale University – Law School
New Haven, CT
#2
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
#3
Stanford University – School of Law
Stanford, CA
#4
Columbia University – School of Law
New York, NY
#5
University of Pennsylvania – Law School
Philadelphia, PA
#6
University of Virginia – School of Law
Charlottesville, VA
#7
University of Chicago – Law School
Chicago, IL
#8
University of Michigan – Law School
Ann Arbor, MI
#9
Duke University – School of Law
Durham, NC
#10
New York University – School of Law
New York, NY
Top Law Schools with Best Classroom Experience
#1
Stanford University – School of Law
Stanford, CA
#2
University of Virginia – School of Law
Charlottesville, VA
#3
Duke University – School of Law
Durham, NC
#4
University of Chicago – Law School
Chicago, IL
#5
University of Notre Dame – Law School
Notre Dame, IN
#6
University of Michigan – Law School
Ann Arbor, MI
#7
Boston College – Law School
Newton, MA
#8
The University of Texas at Austin – School of Law
Austin, TX
#9
Northwestern University – Pritzker School of Law
Chicago, IL
#10
Georgetown University – Law Center
Washington, DC
Top Law Schools with Best Career Prospectus
#1
New York University – School of Law
New York, NY
#2
Columbia University – School of Law
New York, NY
#3
University of Chicago – Law School
Chicago, IL
#4
University of Virginia – School of Law
Charlottesville, VA
#5
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
#6
University of Pennsylvania – Law School
Philadelphia, PA
#7
Northwestern University – Pritzker School of Law
Chicago, IL
#8
University of Michigan – Law School
Ann Arbor, MI
#9
Stanford University – School of Law
Stanford, CA
#10
University of California, Berkeley – Berkeley Law
Berkeley, CA
Top Law Schools with Best Professors
#1
University of Virginia – School of Law
Charlottesville, VA
#2
Duke University – School of Law
Durham, NC
#3
University of Chicago – Law School
Chicago, IL
#4
Stanford University – School of Law
Stanford, CA • 579 Enrolled
#5
Washington and Lee University – School of Law
Lexington, VA
#6
University of Notre Dame – Law School
Notre Dame, IN
#7
Pepperdine University – School of Law
Malibu, CA
#8
Boston College – Law School
Newton, MA
#9
Vanderbilt University – Law School
Nashville, TN
#10
Boston University – School of Law
Boston, MA
Top Law Schools with Best Resources for Women
#1
Vermont Law School – Law Program
South Royalton, VT
#2
Stanford University – School of Law
Stanford, CA
#3
New England Law – Boston
Boston, MA
#4
University of the District of Columbia – David A. Clarke School of Law
Washington, DC
#5
Washington University – School of Law
St. Louis, MO
#6
University of San Francisco – School of Law
San Francisco, CA
#7
University of California, Davis – School of Law
Davis, CA
#8
Vanderbilt University – Law School
Nashville, TN
#9
American University – Washington College of Law
Washington, DC
#10
University of California, Berkeley – Berkeley Law
Berkeley, CA
Some of the 12 ranking categories and the schools that came in #1 on the lists are:
- “Best Career Prospects”—New York University (NY)
- “Best Professors”—University of Virginia
- “Best Classroom Experience”—Stanford University (CA)
- “Greatest Resources for Women” (a new category this year)—Vermont Law School
- “Most Competitive Students”—Baylor University (TX)
- “Most Conservative Students”—Ave Maria School of Law (FL)
- “Most Liberal Students”—Northeastern University (MA)
- “Toughest to Get Into”—Yale University (CT)
More Criteria here:
Greatest Resources for Minority Students
Most Diverse Faculty
Best Quality of Life
Most Chosen by Older Students
About The Princeton Review Law School Rankings
The Princeton Review’s law school rankings lists for 2019 factored in data from its surveys of 17,700 students attending 165 law schools. On average, 107 students at each law school were surveyed. The surveys were done during the 2017-18, 2016-17, and 2015-16 school years. The survey (completed at www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings/student-survey) asked students about their school’s academics, student body and campus life, and their career plans. All institutional data used to tally the ranking lists was collected in 2017-18. Further information about the methodology is at A description of the methodology is at www.princetonreview.com/law-school-rankings/ranking-methodology.
