ABA-approved
law schools in Washington DC area
Seven
law schools are inside the Capital Beltway that surrounds
Washington, D.C. They are in the Eleventh Circuit of the
ABA's Law Student Division.
First are the basic facts for each of those seven law
schools:
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DC-area ABA
law schools
(alphabetical) |
2015 US
News
Rank |
2015
accept
rate |
LSAT
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BC
locator
list |
number of
first-year students
Sep. 2015 |
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 |
# 71 |
49% |
152-158 |
M |
full time: 365
part time: 73 |
21.1% |
81.03%
MD |
80.6% |
no
(private) |
Catholic [CUA]
* apply online |
# 108 |
55% |
151-157 |
P |
full time: 99
part time: 41 |
18.6% |
79.17%
MD |
80.6% |
no
(private) |
George
Mason [GMU]
* apply online |
# 42 |
34% |
156-163 |
H |
full time: 117
part time: 44 |
15.9% |
87.12%
VA |
77.57% |
yes
(public) |
George Washington [GW]
* apply online |
# 22 |
45% |
159-166 |
D |
full time: 504
part time: 35 |
6.4% |
90.51%
NY |
81.55% |
no
(private) |
Georgetown [GULC]
* apply online |
# 14 |
25% |
163-168 |
D |
full time: 534
part time: 46 |
2.8% |
92.28%
NY |
81.55% |
no
(private) |
Howard [HU]
* apply online |
# 110 |
41% |
148-155 |
Q |
full time: 126
(no part time) |
9.1% |
41.82%
NY |
81.55% |
perhaps
(Congress. $$$) |
UDC
* apply online |
4th tier |
36% |
N/A |
S |
full time: 48
part time: 42 |
14.4% |
54.55%
MD |
80.6% |
yes
(public) |
Links above
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See Lloyd
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Pruneyard. |
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Capital Beltway that circles Washington, DC. The
red dots show the locations of the seven law
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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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# 14 |
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George Washington |
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1st tier |
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# 22 |
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# 42 |
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# 71 |
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# 108 |
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# 110 |
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StartClass.com
ranking:
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2015 |
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1) Georgetown |
# 17 |
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2) George Washington |
# 30 |
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3) George Mason |
# 40 |
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4) American |
# 104 |
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5) Catholic |
# 122 |
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6) Howard |
# 158 |
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7) UDC |
# 196 |
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Scholarly impact of
faculty: [2012
info] |
(Leiter) |
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1) George
Washington |
# 16 |
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2) Georgetown |
# 18 |
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3) George
Mason |
# 21 |
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4) American |
# 47 |
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No other
DC-area law school made the list. |
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2015-2016
tuition & fees, full-year, full-time: (listed
alphabetically) |
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American: $51,002. |
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Catholic: $46,815. |
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George Mason:
out-of-state, $40,737; in-state, $25,351. |
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Georgetown:
$55,255. |
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George Washington:
$54,114. |
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Howard: $32,531. |
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UDC: out-of-state,
$43,544; in-state, $21,772. |
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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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P.S. Everything
you need to know to survive law school, on a 3 x 5 card:
For a glimpse at the
first-year of law school, check
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HELL,
by Alice Marie Beard, J.D.
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