LAW SCHOOL RANKING LEAST SELECTIVE LAW SCHOOLS SUMMARY

If your GPA and LSAT are not that impressive, it may be time to downsize your law school expectations. In the previous section, we considered the 100 most selective law schools; now consider the flip side, namely the least selective law schools (rank between 101 and 184); the two least selective law schools are Texas Southern University (Houston, Texas) and Southern University (Baton Rouge, Louisiana). Before listing the Bottom Eighty-Four, we include data for two law schools that are only provisionally approved by the ABA.            Florida A&M (Orlando): UGPA (2.75-3.39), LSAT (140-147)           University of St Thomas (Minneapolis, MN): UGPA (2.91-3.71), LSAT (153-159).

TOPICS TABLE (LEAST SELECTIVE LAW SCHOOLS) METHODOLOGY

THE 2008 (APRIL 9, 2007) RANKING OF LAW SCHOOLS BY SELECTIVITY (THE BOTTOM 84) The least selective listed first

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                       Tier 4   Texas Southern U 2.65-3.19 182.0 184.0 145-150 182 183 -13.15 184 Tier 4   Southern U (LA) 2.60-3.42 183.0 171.5 144-149 183.5 184 -7.08 183 Tier 4   Appalachian SL (VA) 2.59-3.32 184.0 181.0 147-152 178.5 178.5 -5.75 182 Tier 4   Thomas M. Cooley LS 2.79-3.37 177.0 179.0 146-152 181 178.5 -2.69 181 Tier 4   St. Thomas U (FL) 2.70-3.38 180.0 177.5 147-152 178.5 178.5 -2.51 180 Tier 4   Thomas Jefferson (CA) 2.74-3.29 179.0 183.0 149-154 169 168 -2.00 178.5 Tier 4   U District of Columbia 2.80-3.30 176.0 182.0 149-153 169 173.5 -2.00 178.5 Tier 4   Barry U (FL) 2.85-3.38 173.5 177.5 147-151 178.5 182 -1.98 177 Tier 4   North Carolina Central U  2.91-3.49 165.0 161.0 144-152 183.5 178.5 1.37 176 Tier 4   U Detroit Mercy  3.01-3.43 139.5 170.0 148-152 175 178.5 3.06 175 Tier 4   Whittier Law School (CA) 2.91-3.34 165.0 180.0 151-155 144 160 3.85 174 Tier 4   Touro College (NY) 2.86-3.41 171.5 173.0 151-153 144 173.5 3.95 173 Tier 4   Oklahoma City U 2.97-3.47 157.0 165.0 148-153 175 173.5 5.05 172 Tier 4   Western New England 2.66-3.39 181.0 175.5 151-157 144 131.5 5.08 171 Tier 4   St. Mary's U (TX) 2.76-3.39 178.0 175.5 151-156 144 148 5.11 170 Tier 4   Nova Southeastern U (FL) 2.94-3.47 161.0 165.0 149-153 169 173.5 5.47 169 Tier 4   Mississippi College  3.00-3.54 146.5 150.0 147-152 178.5 178.5 6.19 168 Tier 4   Florida Coastal SL  2.89-3.49 168.5 161.0 149-154 169 168 6.64 167 Tier 3   Howard U (DC) 2.95-3.50 160.0 158.0 148-154 175 168 6.88 166 Tier 4   South Texas CL 2.98-3.40 154.5 174.0 151-156 144 148 7.65 165 Tier 4   John Marshall LS (IL) 2.81-3.42 175.0 171.5 153-156 117 148 8.11 164 Tier 4   New England SL (MA) 3.05-3.47 126.5 165.0 150-154 158.5 168 8.23 163 Tier 4   U Dayton (OH) 2.89-3.49 168.5 161.0 150-155 158.5 160 8.31 162 Tier 4   Widener U (DE) 2.87-3.49 170.0 161.0 151-155 144 160 8.83 161 Tier 4   Roger Williams U (RI) 2.97-3.46 157.0 167.0 151-156 144 148 9.70 160 Tier 4   Golden Gate U (CA) 3.01-3.45 139.5 168.5 151-156 144 148 9.74 159 Tier 4   U Tulsa (OK) 2.93-3.55 162.5 146.0 150-154 158.5 168 9.90 158 Tier 3   Vermont Law School  2.97-3.51 157.0 156.5 149-157 169 131.5 11.02 157 Tier 4   U Baltimore  2.93-3.52 162.5 154.5 151-156 144 148 11.45 156 Tier 4   California Western SL  3.07-3.49 122.0 161.0 151-156 144 148 11.76 155 Tier 4   Capital U (OH) 2.99-3.54 152.5 150.0 151-155 144 160 11.81 154 Tier 3   Franklin Pierce (NH) 3.00-3.60 146.5 124.5 149-155 169 160 12.63 153 Tier 3   Albany LS-Union U (NY) 2.86-3.51 171.5 156.5 152-158 129.5 117.5 13.02 152 Tier 4   Valparaiso U (IN) 3.12-3.59 107.0 131.5 150-154 158.5 168 13.22 151 Tier 4   CUNY-Queens College  3.00-3.57 146.5 140.5 150-156 158.5 148 13.22 150 Tier 3   Loyola U New Orleans  3.04-3.59 129.5 131.5 150-155 158.5 160 13.38 149 Tier 4   Texas Wesleyan U  3.17-3.45 87.5 168.5 153-157 117 131.5 13.70 148 Tier 3   U Wyoming  3.13-3.61 104.5 119.0 150-154 158.5 168 14.03 147 Tier 3   New York Law School  3.00-3.54 146.5 150.0 152-157 129.5 131.5