Princeton Review's Law School Rankings: Career Rating

With yesterday's release of the U.S. News & World Report new 2007 law school rankings (blogged here, here, and here), I want to conclude this week's discussion of five of the quantitative rankings in The Princeton Review's book, Best 159 Law Schools, based on a survey of more than 15,000 students and statistics provided by law school administrators.

Career Rating:  How well the law school prepares its students for a successful career in law, on a scale of 60-99.  The rating incorporates school-reported data and the average responses of students at the school to a few questions on our law student survey.  We ask law schools for the average starting salaries of graduating students, the percentage of graduating students who find employment after graduation, and the percentage of students who pass the bar exam the first time they take it.  We ask students about how much the law program encourages practical experience; the opportunities for externships, internships, and clerkships; and how prepared to practice the law they will feel after graduating.

Here is the Princeton Review's ranking of the Top 29 law schools based on Career Rating (and their scores):

1.  Northwestern	99
1.  Michigan	99
3.  Harvard	98
3.  Chicago	98
5.  Penn	97
5.  NYU	97
5.  Louisville	97
5.  Franklin Pierce	97
5.  Duquesne	97
10. Yale	96
10. Georgetown	96
10. Notre Dame	96
13. California- Berkeley	95
13. Virginia	95
13. Oklahoma	95
13. Marquette	95
13. Capital	95
18. Boston College	94
18. Boston University	94
18. Hofstra	94
18. Stetson	94
18. Penn State	94
18. Touro	94
18. Florida Coastal	94
25. UCLA	93
25. Fordham	93
25. Saint Louis	93
25  Detroit-Mercy	93

Princeton's Review's Law School Rankings:

• Monday:  Academic Experience
• Tuesday:  Professors Interesting
• Wednesday:  Professors Accessible
• Thursday:  Admissions Selectivity