ABA-approved
law schools in Washington DC area
Seven
law schools make up the Eleventh Circuit of the ABA's Law
Student Division. They are the schools inside
the Capital Beltway that surrounds Washington,
D.C. First are the basic facts for each school:
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DC-area ABA
law schools
(alphabetical) |
'08 US
News
Rank |
'07
accept
rate |
LSAT
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number of
first-year students
Sep. 2007 |
Attrition rate
(flunk-out rate)
for 1st years |
bar pass
rate for
reported
state |
state's
overall
pass
rate |
First
Amend.
protection |
American [AU]
* apply
online |
# 46 |
22.8% |
159-163 |
full
time: 394
part time: 104 |
9.0% |
81.4%
MD |
77% |
no
(private) |
Catholic [CUA]
* apply
online |
# 88 |
34.3% |
153-160 |
full time: 201
part time: 100 |
11.7% |
79.6% MD |
77% |
no
(private) |
George
Mason
[GMU]
* apply
online |
# 38 |
22.3% |
158-166 |
full
time: 176
part time: 91 |
10.9% |
83.8%
VA |
74% |
yes
(public) |
George
Washington [GW]
* apply
online |
# 20 |
19.8% |
160-168 |
full time: 383
part time: 121 |
8.1% |
93.9.2% NY |
77% |
no
(private) |
Georgetown [GULC]
* apply
online |
# 14 |
23.2% |
160-171 |
full
time: 450
part time: 132 |
0.9% |
91% NY |
77% |
no
(private) |
Howard [HU]
* apply
online |
3rd tier |
22.7% |
149-155 |
full time: 150
(no part time) |
4.4% |
61.5% NY |
77% |
perhaps
(Congress. $$$) |
UDC
* apply
online |
4th tier |
18.7% |
148-153 |
full
time: 93
(no part time) |
24.7% |
53.8%
MD |
77% |
yes
(public) |
Links
above are to
law schools' sites. |
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See Lloyd
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Pruneyard. |
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| The above map shows the Capital
Beltway that circles Washington, DC. The
red dots show the locations of the seven
law schools. A more detailed map is
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The charts below show
the rankings of the schools against each other.
"Number one" on a list below does not
mean #1 among all ABA law schools; rather, it
means #1 among the ABA law schools being
considered here. The number on the right in each
grouping is the number being ranked.
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U.S. News ranking:
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April 2008 |
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Faculty
Quality |
2003-2004 |
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#
14 |
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1) Georgetown |
# 12 |
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Washington |
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1st tier |
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#
20 |
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2) George Washington |
# 22 |
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3) George Mason |
# 26 |
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#
46 |
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4) American |
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# 40+ |
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#
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Scholarly impact of faculty:
[2007 info] |
(Leiter) |
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1) Georgetown |
# 12 |
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2) George Washington |
# 19 |
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3) George Mason |
# 21 |
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No other DC law
school made the list. |
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2007-2008 tuition
& fees, full-year, full-time: (listed
alphabetically) |
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American:
$37,190. |
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Catholic:
$34,505. |
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George
Mason: out-of-state, $28,532; in-state,
$16,716. |
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Georgetown:
$39,390. |
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George
Washington: $38,198. |
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Howard:
$20,445. |
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UDC: out-of-state,
$14,700; in-state, $7,350. |
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| Each of the seven law schools is
shown with a red dot. Across the top,
from left to right are American, UDC,
Howard, and Catholic. Across the bottom,
left to right, are George Mason, George
Washington, and Georgetown. |
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For a glimpse at the
first-year of law school, check
ONE HELL,
by Alice Marie Beard.
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