U.S. News Ultimate Guide to Law Schools » (Third)

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U.S. News Ultimate Guide to Law Schools, the best-selling law school guide, combines expert advice with key information on law school programs in the U.S.

Introduction     v
Choosing the Right Law School     1
Inside America's Top Law Schools     15
What Law Schools Will Look For in You     27
The Application     37
Finding the Money     51
Getting Your First Job     63
The U.S. News Insider's Index: How Do the Schools Stack Up?     73
What are the hardest and easiest law schools to get into?     75
What are the largest and smallest law schools?     79
What are the most and least diverse law schools?     83
Who's the priciest? Who's the cheapest?     87
What schools award the most and the least financial aid?     91
Whose graduates have the most debt? The least?     95
Whose students are the most and least likely to drop out?     99
What schools have the best first-time bar passage rate?     103
Whose graduates are the most and least likely to land a job?     107
Whose graduates earn the most? The least?     109
Where do graduates work?     113
The U.S. News & World Report Ultimate Law School Directory     117
How to Use the Directory     118
Directory     122
Alphabetical Index of Schools     505
Index ofSchools by State     509
About the Authors and Editors     513