Law School selection: What rankings don’t say about costly choices
The National Law Journal carries this article that is subcaptioned: “Some students should consider lower-ranked schools that offer more grants, better opportunities.” It also reports:
Law schools obsess about rankings as much or more than do prospective students. In terms of admissions, the conventional law school playbook is pretty simple: Provide steep tuition breaks to students with LSAT scores and undergraduate GPAs above this year’s target medians, and make up for the lost revenue by charging closer to full tuition for students who do not boost the school’s numbers — especially transfer students who are hungry for the more prestigious J.D.