Northwestern University School of Law - Rankings and Honors

Rankings and Honors

The 2011 edition of U.S. News & World Report Best Grad Schools ranked Northwestern Law:
  • 11th in the country Overall
  • 7th for Trial Advocacy
  • 4th for Tax Law
  • 11th for Legal Writing
Leiter’s Law School Rankings placed the law school:
  • 5th in Percentage of Federal Appellate Clerkships for 2008–2009
  • 6th in Success Rate of Graduates on the Teaching Market 2006-2008
  • 9th in Student Quality
  • 10th in Total Supreme Court Clerks for 2000-2007 terms
  • 11th for Largest Gross Endowment
The Princeton Review most recently placed the law school:
  • 1st for Best Career Prospects
  • 7th for Toughest to Get Into
  • 9th for Best Quality of Life
  • 10th for Best Overall Academic Experience
Judging the Law Schools (2009) ranked the law school:
  • 7th in the country Overall
The 2008 Vault Law School Guide rankings placed the law school:
  • 9th in the country overall
The 2010 National Law Journal "Go-To Schools" list ranked Northwestern Law:
  • 1st for Percentage of Graduates Hired by NLJ250 Firms

On March 22, 2012 U.S. News & World Report included the law school in its list of "10 Law Schools That Lead to the Most Debt.". According to the same article, the average indebtedness of the law school graduates is $139,101.

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