Northern California Law Schools

Stanford University Law School

• A private institution, Stanford University Law School is approximately 30 miles south of San Francisco, adjacent to the town of Palo Alto. The law school ranked third in the nation in 2010 ratings by "U.S. News and World Report." The college has roughly 550 law students and features specialty programs in constitutional, criminal, environmental, international, business and economic, scientific and technological law and public interest law. Each year, the school extends an invitation to enroll in its programs to roughly nine percent of those who apply for admission, according to the Law School Admission Council. The average first year class has around 60 students, and the unviersity has an overall student to faculty ratio of eight to one. Around 97 percent of graduates pass the Bar examination on the first attempt, and more than 98 percent have employment within nine months of graduation. About half of all students at Stanford University Law School receive grants to help offset the cost of tuition.

  Stanford University Law School

  Crown Quadrangle

  559 Nathan Abbott Way

  Stanford, CA 94305

  650-723-4985

  law.stanford.edu

University of California, Berkeley, School of Law

• A public institution with around 900 students, the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law is 10 miles east of San Francisco across the bay in the city of Berkeley. "U.S. News and World Report" rated the school seventh in the United States in 2010. The school admits roughly 10 percent of applicants, explains the Law School Admission Council, and has average class sizes of 90 during first year seminars. The student to faculty ratio is slightly more than 13 to one. Areas of specialization at the university include law and economics, comparative legal studies, environmental law, international law, law and technology and social justice. The school has a 96 percent job placement rate at nine months among its graduates, and around 88 percent of students with Berkeley law degrees pass the bar examination on their first attempt. Around 47 percent of students benefit from grants, and California residents receive tuition discounts.

  University of California, Berkeley, School of Law

  2850 Telegraph Ave., Suite 500

  Berkeley, CA 94705

  510-642-2274

  law.berkeley.edu

University of California, Davis, School of Law

• Fifteen miles west of Sacramento, the University of California, Davis, School of Law is a public law school ranked 28th in the nation by "U.S. News and World Report" in 2010. Around 600 students attend the school, which has a student to faculty ratio of around 12 to one. Roughly one-third of all applicants receive offers to enroll, and the average first-year seminar has about 72 students, reports the Law School Admission Council. Among the school's areas of concentration are business, criminal, environmental and natural resources, health care, human rights and social law, intellectual property, international and public interest legal specialties. The school's first-attempt pass rate for the bar examination is around 80 percent and 95 percent of graduates have employment within nine months of graduation. Approximately 60 percent of students at the Davis School of Law are grant recipients, and California residents receive tuition discounts.

  University of California, Davis, School of Law

  400 Mrak Hall Drive

  Davis, CA 95616

  530-752-6477

  law.ucdavis.edu