For
a
profession
built
on
the
idea
of
justice,
law
schools
sometimes
spend
an
awful
lot
of
time
preparing
students
for
things
that
look
more
like
billing
than
advocacy.
But
social
justice
initiatives
—
from
clinics
to
fellowships
to
public
interest
support
—
can
play
a
critical
role
in
shaping
how
future
lawyers
think
about
the
law
and
their
place
in
it.
When
schools
prioritize
that
work,
they
help
ensure
that
the
next
generation
of
attorneys
is
equipped
not
just
to
practice
law,
but
to
challenge
the
systems
behind
it.
The National
Jurist’s
preLaw
magazine recently
released
its
specialty
ranking
of
the
best
law
schools
for
social
justice
on
its
Social
Justice
Honor
Roll,
highlighting
schools
for
the
strength
of
their
programs.
Here’s
the
methodology
that
was
used:
Schools
were
scored
using
a
weighted
formula
that
considered
academic
and
experiential
offerings,
including
centers
(20%),
clinics
(20%),
journals
(10%),
courses
(20%)
and
other
related
programs
(10%),
based
on
Social
Justice/Public
Interest
specialty
updates.
Student
body
diversity
accounted
for
20%
of
the
total
score
and
was
drawn
from
ABA
J.D.
enrollment
and
ethnicity
data.
Without
further
ado,
according
to
preLaw
magazine,
these
are
the
law
schools
that
earned
A+
grades
for
their
social
justice
programs:
1.
Howard
University
2.
CUNY
School
of
Law
3.
Southern
University
Law
Center
4.
University
of
Miami
5.
LMU
Loyola
Law
School
6.
UC
Davis
School
of
Law
7.
University
of
Houston
8.
University
of
Maryland
9.
Georgetown
University
10.
Santa
Clara
Law
10.
Northeastern
University
Click here to
see
the
rest
of
the
Honor
Roll.
Congratulations
to
all
of
the
law
schools
that
made
the
cut
for
this
important
ranking.
Top
law
schools
for
social
justice
[preLaw
magazine
/
National
Jurist]
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Zaretsky is
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