THE 2008 (APRIL 9, 2007) RANKING OF LAW SCHOOLS BY SELECTIVITY (Top 100)

Some law schools may be able to use this table to see the strengths and weaknesses of their admission policy. Note that we work with the 25th percentile and the 75th percentile for both GPA and LSAT; also for each of these four pencentiles we give the rank of each of our hundred most selective law schools; note that this rank may vary from 1 to 184. The last two columns give the selective rank of the top one hundred most selective law schools. * Note that Wayne State University (Detroit) is a USN Tier Four law school but ranks 85 in selectivity. The University of Memphis is a USN Tier Three law school but ranks 88 in selectivity.

GPA GPA GPA LSAT LSAT LSAT Selec- Selec- USN USN   25th-75th 25th Pct 75th Pct 25th-75th 25th Pct 75th Pct tivity tivity RANK SCORE LAW SCHOOL Percentile Rank Rank Percentile Rank Rank Score Rank                       1 100 Yale U (CT) 3.83-3.97 1.0 1.0 170-176 1 1 100.00 1 2.5 90 Harvard U (MA) 3.72-3.95 3.0 3.0 169-175 3 2 94.43 2 2.5 90 Stanford U (CA) 3.77-3.96 2.0 2.0 167-172 7.5 5.5 88.92 3 4 87 New York U  3.58-3.89 6.0 4.5 168-172 5 5.5 83.02 4 5 85 Columbia U (NY) 3.51-3.82 9.5 21.5 169-174 3 3 82.10 5 6.5 80 U Chicago  3.51-3.77 9.5 41.5 169-172 3 5.5 76.17 6 6.5 80 U Pennsylvania  3.47-3.84 16.0 12.5 167-171 7.5 9 75.73 7 10.5 77 U Virginia  3.49-3.82 13.5 21.5 167-171 7.5 9 74.90 8 14 72 Georgetown U (DC) 3.47-3.82 16.0 21.5 167-171 7.5 9 74.58 9 10.5 77 Duke U (NC) 3.66-3.85 4.0 9.0 165-169 13.5 13 73.98 10 8.5 78 UC Berkeley  3.65-3.89 5.0 4.5 163-169 19 13 73.83 11 12 76 Northwestern U (IL) 3.40-3.80 27.5 29.0 166-172 11 5.5 72.71 12 8.5 78 U Michigan 3.53-3.80 7.0 29.0 166-170 11 11 71.72 13 16.5 69 Vanderbilt U (TN) 3.49-3.88 13.5 6.5 164-167 15.5 20.5 68.79 14 13 74 Cornell U (NY) 3.50-3.80 11.5 29.0 166-168 11 15.5 68.17 15 15 71 UCLA 3.44-3.80 19.0 29.0 162-169 25.5 13 64.18 16 20.5 63 Boston U  3.52-3.83 8.0 17.0 163-166 19 29 63.72 17 16.5 69 U Southern California 3.47-3.75 16.0 51.0 165-167 13.5 20.5 62.15 18 22.5 62 George Washington U 3.45-3.81 18.0 24.5 163-166 19 29 61.46 19 18 68 U Texas-Austin  3.33-3.80 43.0 29.0 162-168 25.5 15.5 60.90 20 32 58 William and Mary  (VA) 3.33-3.84 43.0 12.5 162-166 25.5 29 60.13 21 29 59 U Washington  3.50-3.84 11.5 12.5 159-166 45 29 59.41 22 26 60 Fordham U (NY) 3.41-3.74 23.0 56.5 163-167 19 20.5 58.34 23 44.5 54 Brigham Young U (UT) 3.40-3.80 27.5 29.0 161-166 31 29 57.81 24 29 59 Boston College  3.41-3.76 23.0 46.5 162-166 25.5 29 56.81 25 20.5 63 U Minnesota-TC  3.25-3.74 64.5 56.5 163-167 19 20.5 55.80 26 26 60 Washington & Lee U 3.28-3.73 54.0 61.5 162-167 25.5 20.5 54.56 27 29 59 U Notre Dame (IN) 3.28-3.69 54.0 84.5 164-167 15.5 20.5 54.55 28 39.5 55 U Alabama  3.29-3.83 51.0 17.0 159-165 45 36 53.96 29 39.5 55 U Maryland  3.40-3.77 27.5 41.5 160-165 36 36 53.41 30 54.5 48 Baylor U (TX) 3.41-3.88 23.0 6.5 158-162 56.5 65.5 53.00 31 46 53 Southern Methodist U 3.33-3.83 43.0 17.0 158-164 56.5 44 51.93 32 39.5 55 U Georgia  3.39-3.85 31.0 9.0 156-164 79 44 51.74 33 19 64 Washington U (MO)  3.20-3.70 80.5 81.0 162-167 25.5 20.5 51.57 34 24 61 U Iowa  3.40-3.83 27.5 17.0 158-163 56.5 55 51.51 35 22.5 62 Emory U (GA) 3.30-3.69 48.5 84.5 162-166 25.5 29 51.05 36 34.5 56 George Mason U (VA) 3.10-3.78 113.5 36.0 160-166 36 29 50.75 37 39.5 55 U Colorado-Boulder  3.37-3.75 34.0 51.0 159-165 45 36 50.64 38 52