What are some good law-schools? I am a political science major and I am thinking in either law-school or grad-school.

I'm not a lawyer, but I've ranked the top 100 Law Schools as I see them.

Remember, this is just my opinion, it's not like fact or anything!

Hope this helps!



1 Yale University (CT)

2= Harvard University (MA)

2= Stanford University (CA)


4 New York University

5 Columbia University (NY)

6= University of Chicago

6= University of Pennsylvania

8University of California–Berkeley

8University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

10Duke University (NC)

10University of Virginia

12Northwestern University (IL)

13Cornell University (NY)

14Georgetown University (DC)

15University of California–Los Angeles

16University of Southern California (Gould)

16Vanderbilt University (TN)

18University of Texas–Austin

19Washington University in St. Louis

20Boston University

20University of Minnesota–Twin Cities

22Emory University (GA)

22George Washington University (DC)

24University of Iowa

25Fordham University (NY)

25University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign

25Washington and Lee University (VA)

28Boston College

28University of Notre Dame (IN)

28University of Washington

31College of William and Mary (Marshall-Wythe) (VA)

31Ohio State University (Moritz)

31University of Wisconsin–Madison

34George Mason University (VA)

34University of California–Davis

36Indiana University–Bloomington

36University of Alabama

36University of California (Hastings)

36University of Colorado–Boulder

36University of Georgia

36University of Maryland

36University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill

36Wake Forest University (NC)

44Brigham Young University (Clark) (UT)

44University of Arizona (Rogers)

46Southern Methodist University (TX)

47American University (Washington) (DC)

47Tulane University (LA)

47University of Connecticut

47University of Florida (Levin)

51Arizona State University (O'Connor)

52Yeshiva University (Cardozo) (NY)

53Baylor University (TX)

53Case Western Reserve University (OH)

53Florida State University

53University of Tennessee–Knoxville

57University of Cincinnati

57University of Pittsburgh

57University of Utah (Quinney)

60Brooklyn Law School (NY)

60Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent)

60Temple University (Beasley) (PA)

60University of Houston

60University of Kentucky

60Villanova University (PA)

66Loyola Law School (CA)

66Pepperdine University (CA)

66University of Kansas

66University of Missouri–Columbia

70Loyola University Chicago

70Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–Camden

70Seton Hall University (NJ)

70St. John's University (NY)

70University of Miami (FL)

70University of New Mexico

70University of Oklahoma

77Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–Newark

77University at Buffalo–SUNY

77University of Denver (Sturm)

77University of Nebraska–Lincoln

77University of Richmond (VA)

82Georgia State University

82Lewis and Clark College (Northwestern) (OR)

82University of Oregon

85Indiana University–Indianapolis

85Northeastern University (MA)

85Seattle University

85St. Louis University

85University of San Diego

85University of Toledo (OH)

91DePaul University (IL)

91Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge

91Pennsylvania State University (Dickinson)

91Santa Clara University (CA)

91University of Hawaii (Richardson)

91University of South Carolina

97Catholic University of America (Columbus) (DC)

97Marquette University (WI)

97University of Louisville (Brandeis) (KY)

100Mercer University (GA)

100Stetson University (FL)

100University of Nevada–Las Vegas (Boyd)

100University of San Francisco

100University of the Pacific (McGeorge) (CA

I'd place Georgia University three or four places higher than the University of Buffalo, but other that that it's a fairly comprehensive list.

Number23 said:

Are you crazy? GU is a joke!

fathermcmeekle said:

That's bullshit because when Georgia University was incorporated by an act of the General Assembly on January 27, 1785, Georgia became the first state to charter a state-supported university.
In 1784 the General Assembly had set aside 40,000 acres of land to endow a college or seminary of learning.
At the first meeting of the board of trustees, held in Augusta on February 13, 1786, Abraham Baldwin was selected president of the university. A native of Connecticut and a graduate of Yale University, Baldwin -- who had come to Georgia in 1784 -- drafted the charter adopted by the General Assembly.
The university was actually established in 1801 when a committee of the board of trustees selected a land site. John Milledge, later a governor of the state, purchased and gave to the board of trustees the chosen tract of 633 acres on the banks of the Oconee River in northeast Georgia.
Josiah Meigs was named president of the university and work was begun on the first building, originally called Franklin College in honor of Benjamin Franklin and now known as Old College.
The university graduated its first class in 1804. The curriculum of traditional classical studies was broadened in 1843 to include courses in law, and again in 1872 when the university received federal funds for instruction in agriculture and mechanical arts.
Fifteen colleges and schools, with auxiliary divisions, carry on the university’s programs of teaching, research, and service.
These colleges and schools and the dates of their establishment as separate administrative units are: Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, 1801; College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, 1859; School of Law, 1859; College of Pharmacy, 1903; D. B. Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, 1906; College of Education, 1908; Graduate School, 1910; C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry College of Business, 1912; Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, 1915; College of Family and Consumer Sciences, 1933; College of Veterinary Medicine, 1946; School of Social Work, 1964; College of Environment and Design, 1969; School of Public and International Affairs, 2001; and the College of Public Health, 2005. The Division of General Extension, now the Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center & Hotel, was incorporated into the university in 1947.
In 1931 the General Assembly of Georgia placed all state-supported institutions of higher education, including UGA, under the jurisdiction of a single board.
This organization, known as the University System of Georgia, is governed by the board of regents. The board of regents’ executive officer, the chancellor, exercises a general supervisory control over all institutions of the University System, with each institution having its own executive officers and faculty.

Stax is a lawyer

Number23 said:

Well, that's pish, UB was founded in 1846 as a medical school to train the doctors for the communities of Buffalo, Niagara Falls, and surrounding villages. Dr. James Platt White was instrumental in obtaining a charter for the University of Buffalo from the state legislature in 1846. He also taught the first class of 89 men in obstetrics.

The doors first opened to students in 1847 and after associating with a hospital for teaching purposes, the first class of students graduated the medical school in July 1847. The first chancellor of the University was future President of the United States Millard Fillmore. Upon his ascension to the presidency after President Taylor's death, Fillmore stayed on as part-time chancellor. Fillmore's name now graces the evening and continuing education school Millard Fillmore College located on the South Campus as well as the Millard Fillmore Academic Center, an academic and administrative services building at the core of the residential Ellicott Complex, located on the North Campus.

After many expansions to the college medical programs, including a pharmacy division, UB acquired the Buffalo Law School from Niagara University in 1891 and formed the School of Law.

In 1909 the University acquired property (the "Erie County Almshouse") from the county of Erie, which became the first building on what would later become UB's initial comprehensive campus. Although the South Campus (also called the "Main Street" campus) is often referred to as the "original campus", however; the South (Main Street) Campus is not actually the University's oldest property. UB was originally housed in a leased building, the First Baptist Church which had also served as a post office from 1836-1846.

In 1915, the University at Buffalo formed the College of Arts and Sciences, formally departing from their tradition of only teaching for licensed professional fields. During the late 1960s, the College of Arts and Sciences was divided into three separate schools: arts and letters, natural sciences and mathematics, and social sciences. During the 1998-1999 academic year, the three schools were reunited to re-create the existing College of Arts and Sciences.

In 1950, the industrial engineering department branched off from the mechanical engineering department. In 1959, WBFO was launched as a simple AM radio station by UB's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and run by UB's students. WBFO became the launching pad of two modern National Public Radio personalities — Terri Gross and Ira Flatow.

In the early 1960s, the University of Buffalo was purchased by and incorporated into the SUNY system.

In 1961, the Western New York nuclear research program was created. This little known program installed a miniature, active nuclear fission reactor on the University's South (Main Street) Campus. This program was not particularly active, nor could it compete with government-run research labs operated by rival UC Berkeley. Consequently, the programs performed in this facility were abandoned somewhat shortly after its inception. This reactor was formally decommissioned in 2005 with little fanfare due to material security concerns.

In 1964, UB acquired property in northern Amherst Township, NY for future development of a second campus catering to most non-medical disciplines at UB. This would later become the North Campus, and the center of most non-medical UB activity.