Princeton Review's Law School Rankings: Academic Experience

With U.S. News & World Report set to release its new 2007 law school rankings on April 1, I want to return to a subject I previously blogged:  The Princeton Review's book, Best 159 Law Schools.  This week, I will focus on five of the quantitative rankings based on a survey of more than 15,000 students and statistics provided by law school administrators.

Academic Experience Rating:  The quality of the learning environment, on a scale of 60-99.   The rating incorporates the Admissions Selectivity Rating and the average responses of law students at the school to several questions on our law student survey.  In addition to the Admissions Selectivity Rating, factors include how students rate the quality of teaching and accessibility of their professors, the school's research resources, the range of available courses, the balance of legal theory and practical lawyering skills stressed in the curriculum, the tolerance for diverse viewpoints in the classroom, and how intellectually challenging the course work is. 

Here is the Princeton Review's ranking of the Top 24 law schools based on Academic Experience (and their scores):

1.  Chicago	99
1.  Stanford	99
3.  Loyola-L.A..	98
3.  Virginia	98
5.  BYU	97
5.  Georgetown	97
7.  Washington & Lee	96
7.  Michigan	96
9.  Boston University	95
9.  Penn	95
11. UCLA	94
11. Northwestern	94
13. Wake Forest	93
13. Boston College	93
15. California- Berkeley	92
15. Harvard	92
17. Notre Dame	91
17. Emory	91
19. Vanderbilt	90
19. Arizona	90
19. Tennessee	90
19. California- Davis	90
19. Texas	90
19. Minnesota	90