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Vault's Top 25 Most Underrated Law Schools is derived from 512 votes this past January and February cast by legal recruiting professionals (including law firm recruiting managers, law firm hiring partners and corporate counsel) throughout the United States.
Recruiters were asked to name law schools that, based on their experience as hiring managers, are underrated. There was no limit to the number of law schools a hiring manager could name as underrated. Recruiters were also asked to provide comments about underrated schools (see recruiter comments).
To determine the national rankings, Vault calculated a score for each school based on the following formula:
- 50% of the score is based on the number of votes a law school received from recruiters in its own region, when compared to the votes received by other law schools in the region.
- 50% of the score is based on the number of votes a law school received from recruiters outside its region, when compared to the votes received by law schools nationally.
The result is Vault's Top 25 (see full formula). To see schools underrated law schools by region, click here.
2007
RANK
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LAW SCHOOL
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LOCATION
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SCORE
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RECRUITER COMMENTS
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1
| Emory University School of Law
| Atlanta, GA
| 6.94
| Read Comments
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2
| Fordham University School of Law
| New York, NY
| 6.62
| Read Comments
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3
| Howard University School of Law
| District of Columbia
| 5.13
| Read Comments
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4
| Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
| Chicago, IL
| 4.65
| Read Comments
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5
| University of Oregon School of Law
| Eugene, OR
| 3.97
| Read Comments
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6
| George Mason University School of Law
| Arlington, VA
| 3.86
| Read Comments
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7
| University of Illinois College of Law
| Champaign, Illinois
| 3.61
| Read Comments
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8
| William and Mary Law School
| Williamsburg, VA
| 3.56
| Read Comments
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9
| Vanderbilt University Law School
| Nashville, Tennessee
| 3.40
| Read Comments
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10
| University of Georgia School of Law
| Athens, GA
| 3.14
| Read Comments
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11
| Georgia State University College of Law
| Atlanta, GA
| 3.01
| Read Comments
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12
| Ohio State University College of Law
| Columbus, OH
| 2.79
| (No specific comments)
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13
| American University - Washington, D.C.
| District of Columbia
| 2.73
| Read Comments
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14
| North Carolina Central University School of Law
| Durham, NC
| 2.68
| Read Comments
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15
| Boston College Law School
| Newton, MA
| 2.66
| Read Comments
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16
| Washington & Lee Univ School of Law
| Lexington, VA
| 2.64
| Read Comments
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17
| Case Western Reserve University School of Law
| Cleveland, OH
| 2.55
| Read Comments
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18
| Washington University-St Louis School of Law
| St. Louis, MO
| 2.43
| Read Comments
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19
| University of Houston Law Center
| Houston, TX
| 2.43
| Read Comments
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20
| Lewis & Clark Law School
| Portland, OR
| 2.39
| Read Comments
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21
| Wake Forest University School of Law
| Winston-Salem, NC
| 2.35
| Read Comments
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22
| University of Iowa College of Law
| Iowa City, IA
| 2.33
| (No specific comments)
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23
| Boston University School of Law
| Boston, MA
| 2.27
| Read Comments
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24
| George Washington University Law School
| District of Columbia
| 2.06
| (No specific comments)
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25
| Pepperdine University School of Law
| Malibu, CA
| 1.89
| Read Comments
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Source: Vault 2007 Underrated Law Schools Survey
To determine the most underrated law schools by region, votes from each region were tabulated for schools in that region, and the schools with the most votes appear on our top regional lists.
Note: Unlike our
national ranking, our regional lists are not ordered by rank; schools are listed alphabetically in each region.
California
Mid-Atlantic and DC
Midwest
New York Tri-State
Northeast
Pacific Northwest
Southeast
Southwest/Texas
Source: Vault 2007 Underrated Law Schools Survey
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