Other Notable Features
The School of Law is recognized as one of the top public interest law schools in the nation. All students are required to complete a public interest co-op, and many students participate in the school's clinics and institutes, which are dedicated to challenging existing boundaries of law in pursuit of economic and social justice. In addition, all students are required to complete a year long social justice project during their first year. Graduates of the School of Law enter public interest careers at a rate three to five times the national average for all law school graduates.
The Princeton Review's “The Best 172 Law Schools” ranks Northeastern #2 among all the law schools for both providing the “best environment” for minority students and for having the “most liberal” students.
Northeastern is one of the top 10 “Most Diverse Law Schools” according to The National Jurist.
Northeastern is one of the "Top Five Overlooked Law Schools" in the nation according to Above the Law.
WorldWideLearn, an online educational resource, says the Northeastern law website is among "20 Law School Websites That Set the Bar High."
The law school publishes an award-winning magazine, Northeastern Law Magazine
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