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The School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, commonly referred to as Boalt Hall, is one of 14 schools and colleges at UC Berkeley. Boalt Hall is consistently ranked both as one of the top 10 law schools and the top public law school in the United States, making it one of the most elite law schools in the country. Over the past several years, Boalt Hall has had an acceptance rate of around 10%, the lowest of any law school in the United States except Yale Law School and Stanford Law School. Admitted applicants generally have an undergraduate GPA of between 3.7 and 3.9 and a Law School Admission Test (LSAT) score of between 164 and 169 (91st and 97th percentile). The 2008 U.S. News & World Report ranked Boalt Hall eighth overall among all law schools in the country. It was also tied with the University of Michigan Law School for the distinction of top public law school. Boalt Hall is renowned for having what is regarded as the best intellectual property program in the world, and has held the top spot in U.S. News and World Report rankings for 10 consecutive years running.
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UC Berkeley law school ranking
When applying for law school or thinking about transferring, look at the full list to see what makes the most sense for you, your resume, and what you’re looking for in your legal education. And while a Top 10 or Top 25 school may look great on a future job application, keep in mind that one of the top schools may not be the best fit for your chosen field. That’s where the list of Specialty Program rankings come in.
Use the list to help you decide where to apply and to set realistic expectations for acceptance:
The Top 10
1) Yale Law School
https://law.yale.edu
Tuition: $62,170/year
LSAT scores (25th to 75th percentile): 170-175
Acceptance Rate: 8.4%
Full-time students: 625
Employed 10 months after graduation: 83.3%
Prominent alumni: President Bill Clinton, President Gerald Ford, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, California Governor Jerry Brown, NAACP President Cornell William Brooks, sexual harassment lawyer Lisa Bloom
2) Stanford Law School
https://law.stanford.edu
Tuition: $60,270/year
LSAT scores (25th to 75th percentile): 168-173
Acceptance Rate: 9.9%
Full-time students: 565
Employed 10 months after graduation: 91.8%
Prominent Alumni: Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist, Executive Director of the ACLU Anthony Romero
3) Harvard Law School
http://hls.harvard.edu
Tuition: $62,792/year
LSAT scores (25th to 75th percentile): 170-175
Acceptance Rate: 15.8%
Full-time students: 1,757
Employed 10 months after graduation: 93.6%
Prominent alumni: President Barack Obama, President Rutherford B. Hayes, U.S. Attorney Janet Reno, Senator Ted Cruz, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, Supreme Court Justice John G. Roberts, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, Massachussets Governor Mitt Romey
4) University of Chicago Law School
https://www.law.uchicago.edu
Tuition: $62,865
LSAT scores (25th to 75th percentile): 166-172
Acceptance Rate: 21.5%
Full-time students: 597
Employed 10 months after graduation: 95.3%
Prominent Alumni: Attorney General John Ashcroft, Director of the FBI James Comey
5) Columbia Law School
http://www.law.columbia.edu
Tuition: $67,564/year
LSAT scores (25th to 75th percentile): 169-173
Acceptance Rate: 20.3%
Full-time students: 1,264
Employed 10 months after graduation: 93.6%
Prominent Alumni: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Governor of New York John Jay, Director of the CIA William Colby, “Father of the CIA” William Joseph Donovan
6) New York University Law School
http://www.law.nyu.edu
Tuition: $63,986/year
LSAT scores (25th to 75th percentile): 166-170
Acceptance Rate: 27.2%
Full-time students: 1,364
Employed 10 months after graduation: 92%
Prominent Alumni: NYC Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, NYC Mayor Ed Koch, NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani, NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly
7) University of Pennsylvania Law School
https://www.law.upenn.edu
Tuition: $63,364
LSAT scores (25th to 75th percentile): 163-170
Acceptance Rate: 17.6%
Full-time students: 736
Employed 10 months after graduation: 95.7%
Prominent Alumni: Chairman of the EEOC William H. Brown
8) University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Law School
https://www.law.umich.edu/
Tuition: $57,262 (in-state) / $60,508 (out-of-state)
LSAT scores (25th to 75th percentile): 164-170
Acceptance Rate: 21.9%
Full-time students: 931
Employed 10 months after graduation: 92.4%
Prominent Alumni: Scopes Monkey Trial defense lawyer Clarence Darrow
9) TIE – University of Virginia Law School (-1)
http://content.law.virginia.edu
Tuition: $58,300 (in-state) / $61,300 (out-of-state)
LSAT scores (25th to 75th percentile): 163-170
Acceptance Rate: 18.3%
Full-time students: 912
Employed 10 months after graduation: 90.3%
Prominent Alumni: Attorney General of the United States Robert F. Kennedy, environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., United States Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano
9) TIE-University of California-Berkeley School of Law (+3)
https://www.law.berkeley.edu
Tuition: $49,364 (in-state) / $53,315 (out-of-state)
LSAT scores (25th to 75th percentile): 164-168
Acceptance Rate: 22.7%
Full-time students: 936
Employed 10 months after graduation: 87.6%
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