The Law Schools That Are The Toughest To Get Into (2025) – Above the Law

How
can
you
measure
a
law
school’s
worth,
aside
from
the
employment
statistics
of
its
graduates?
Another
telling
sign
of
its
success
may
be
its
selectivity.

The
latest
Princeton
Review
law
school
rankings
are
out,
and
today,
we’ll
focus
on
yet
another
incredibly
important
ranking
for
those
who
are
trying
to
get
into
law
school
in
the
first
place:
The
law
schools
that
are
the
toughest
to
get
into.

Which
law
schools
do
you
think
came
out
on
top
of
this
list?

First,
we’ll
begin
with
the
methodology
Princeton
Review
used
to
determine
which
law
schools
are
the
toughest
to
get
into.
This
ranking
was
based
on
school-reported
data,
including
the
median
LSAT
scores
and
undergraduate
GPAs
of
entering
1L
students,
the
percent
of
applicants
accepted,
and
the
percent
of
accepted
applicants
who
later
enrolled.

According
to Princeton
Review,
these
are
the
law
schools
that
are
the
most
difficult
to
get
into:

1. Yale
   University
   Law
   School
   (no
   change)
2. Harvard
   University
   Law
   School
   (no
   change)
3. Stanford
   University
   School
   of
   Law
   (no
   change)
4. Columbia
   University
   School
   of
   Law
   (ranked
   #9
   last
   year)
5. University
   of
   Pennsylvania
   Law
   School
   (ranked
   #10
   last
   year)
6. University
   of
   Chicago
   Law
   School
   (unranked
   last
   year)
7. University
   of
   Virginia
   School
   of
   Law
   (ranked
   #4
   last
   year)
8. University
   of
   Michigan
   Law
   School
   (ranked
   #6
   last
   year)
9. Northwestern
   University
   Pritzker
   School
   of
   Law
   (unranked
   last
   year)
10. New
    York
    University
    School
    of
    Law
    (ranked
    #5
    last
    year)

It’s
not
at
all
shocking
that
some
of
the
best
law
schools
in
the
nation
are
listed
here,
but
what is shocking
is
their
order
and
the
law
schools
that
were
left
out
entirely
—
like
Duke,
for
example,
which
is
a
Top
6
school
according
to
U.S.
News
and
the
No.
1
school
overall
according
to Above
the
Law,
but
is
nowhere
to
be
found
on
the
Princeton
Review
list
for
toughest
to
get
into.

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
toughest
to
get
into,
do
you
agree
with
that
assessment?
Please email
us or
text
us
(646-820-8477)
your
thoughts.

Best
Law
Schools
2025 [Princeton
Review]

Toughest
to
Get
Into
2025 [Princeton
Review]

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