How did you choose the law schools that appear in Best 174 Law Schools: 2009 Edition?
In order for a school to appear on our ranking lists and receive “Students Say” text, it must: (1) meet our criteria for academic excellence and (2) allow us to conduct surveys of its students. We attempted to collect student opinions and statistical data from all law schools approved by the American Bar Association (ABA). We wrote “Students Say” profiles for all schools from which we collected student opinions. Those ABA-approved schools from which we didn’t collect student opinions, but whose administrators reported their statistics to us, receive a data listing on our site and in our book. We also include data listings of some Canadian and California Bar Association-Accredited (CALS) Schools.
