Law Schools With The Most Competitive Students v. Law Schools With The Best Quality Of Life (2025) – Above the Law

Are
you
searching
for
a
law
school
where
you
can
actually
have
a
social
life?
Of
course
you
are!
But
would
that
social
life
be
dampered
by
ultra-competitive
classmates?
These
are
questions
well
worth
asking
before
you
plop
down
a
deposit
to
reserve
your
seat
for
the
next
three
years
of
your
life.

As
our
readers
know,
the
latest
Princeton
Review
law
school
rankings
are
out,
and
today,
we’ll
focus
on
two
rankings
categories
for
which
student
feedback
matters
most:
the
law
schools
with
the
most
competitive
students
and
the
law
schools
with
the
best
quality
of
life.
Which
schools
do
you
think
made
these
lists?
We’ll
give
you
a
hint:
Not
a
single
T14
law
school
cracked
one
list,
but
the
other
is
chock
full
of
them.

Don’t
be
surprised
that
the
most
elite
law
schools
in
the
nation
are
nowhere
to
be
found
on
a
list
of
the
law
schools
with
the
most
competitive
students.
Students
at
those
schools
know
jobs
are
theirs
for
the
taking.
Many
of
the
schools
listed
here
may
be
filled
with
the
students
you
hear
urban
legends
about
—
the
ones
who
tear
vital
pages
out
of
library
books,
the
ones
who
tell
you
the
wrong
homework
assignments,
the
ones
who
won’t
let
you
join
their
study
groups.
That’s
the
kind
of
competition
we’re
talking
about.

For
this
category,
students
were
asked
the
number
of
hours
they
study
outside
of
class
each
day,
the
number
of
hours
they
think
their
fellow
students
study
outside
of
class
each
day,
and
the
degree
of
competitiveness
among
students
at
their
school.

Without
further
ado,
these
are
the
law
schools
with
the most
competitive
students,
per
Princeton
Review:

1. Baylor
   University
   School
   of
   Law
   (no
   change)
2. Ave
   Maria
   School
   of
   Law
   (unranked
   last
   year)
3. Mississippi
   College
   School
   of
   Law
   (ranked
   #6
   last
   year)
4. University
   of
   Houston
   Law
   Center
   (ranked
   #10
   last
   year)
5. Florida
   International
   University
   College
   of
   Law
   (unranked
   last
   year)
6. University
   of
   Missouri-Kansas
   City
   School
   of
   Law
   (unranked
   last
   year)
7. Elon
   University
   School
   of
   Law
   (unranked
   last
   year)
8. Southern
   University
   Law
   Center
   (ranked
   #3
   last
   year)
9. Faulkner
   University
   Thomas
   Goode
   Jones
   School
   of
   Law
   (ranked
   #4
   last
   year)
10. Brigham
    Young
    University
    J.
    Reuben
    Clark
    Law
    School
    (ranked
    #5
    last
    year)

Students
at
many
of
these
law
schools
may
be
crashing
out so
they
can
transfer
out,
or
in
the
alternative,
they
may
be
thinking
up
ways
to
somehow
get
an
edge
over
their
classmates
by
whatever
means
necessary.
Make
of
that
what
you
will.

Next
up,
we’ve
got
a
list
of
the
top
10
law
schools
that
offer
their
students
the
best
quality
of
life.
To
measure
this
category,
current
students
answered
survey
questions
based
on
the
strength
of
the
school’s
sense
of
community,
whether
differing
opinions
are
tolerated
in
the
classroom,
the
school’s
location,
the
fabulousity
of
students’
social
lives,
and
the
quality
of
the
school’s
research
resources
(library,
computer,
and
database
resources).

Here
are
the
schools
with
the best
quality
of
life,
per
Princeton
Review:

1. University
   of
   Virginia
   School
   of
   Law
   (ranked
   #2
   last
   year)
2. University
   of
   California
   Los
   Angeles
   School
   of
   Law
   (ranked
   #1
   last
   year)
3. University
   of
   Miami
   School
   of
   Law
   (unranked
   last
   year)
4. Florida
   State
   University
   College
   of
   Law
   (unranked
   last
   year)
5. Samford
   University
   Cumberland
   School
   of
   Law
   (ranked
   #6
   last
   year)
6. University
   of
   Georgia
   School
   of
   Law
   (ranked
   #4
   last
   year)
7. Duke
   University
   School
   of
   Law
   (no
   change)
8. University
   of
   Pennsylvania
   Law
   School
   (ranked
   #5
   last
   year)
9. Stanford
   University
   School
   of
   Law
   (ranked
   #8
   last
   year)
10. Vanderbilt
    University
    Law
    School
    (no
    change)

Congratulations
to
UVA,
UCLA,
Duke,
Penn,
Stanford,
and
Vanderbilt
for
making
this
list.
This
just
goes
to
show
that
your
quality
of
life
can
be
fantastic,
even
if
by
all
other
accounts
you’re
thought
to
be
a
nerd.
If
your
school
didn’t
make
it,
we’re
sorry
about
your
lack
of
social
life.
Here’s
a
word
of
advice:
Try
filing
that
motion
to
party
again
next
year;
hopefully
it
won’t
be
dismissed.

Did
your
law
school
make
the
cut?
If
it
did,
do
you
think
it
was
ranked
fairly?
If
it
didn’t
make
the
list
for
being
most
competitive
or
having
the
best
quality
of
life,
do
you
agree
with
that
assessment?
Please email
us
or
text
us
(646-820-8477)
with
your
thoughts.

Best
Law
Schools
2025 [Princeton
Review]

Best
Quality
of
Life
2025 [Princeton
Review]

Most
Competitive
Students
2025 [Princeton
Review]

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