RESOURCES FOR THOSE MAKING LAW SCHOOL DECISIONS

For those of you who are now trying to decide between more than one law school, here are some resources you might be interested in using:

1. Top Law Schools. This is a useful site with rankings and (even better) discussion boards where you can compare notes with those who are applying to major law schools. http://www.top-law-schools.com/
2. Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports. Leiter is a law professor at Texas (now moving to the University of Chicago), and his website is well known as a major source of information on law schools. Also: links to other useful websites. http://leiterlawschool.typepad.com/leiter/. Leiter’s site is of particular interest for incoming law students contemplating a career as law professors. He has produced a ranking of major law schools that are oriented toward teaching careers. http://www.leiterrankings.com/jobs/2008job_teaching.shtml
3. For those of you lucky enough to be considering an admission offer from Harvard, you should be aware of one amazing piece of news about HLS financial aid policies: the law school is introducing a new policy that will waive tuition (around $40K) for all third-year students who have demonstrated a wish to pursue careers in public service and are willing to commit of five years of public-service work following law school. This is an incredible deal that everyone considering attending Harvard (even without a specific financial aid offer) should be aware of. The link to the announcement is here: http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/2008/03/18_publicserviceinitiative.php