Top Ten Law Schools in America

Yale University

• Located in New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University ranks number one on the U.S. News and World Report list. Yale accumulated the highest score of 100 out of 100 points. As of 2007, 96.4 percent of Yale law students were employed upon graduation.

  Yale University
  PO Box 208215
  New Haven, CT 06520
  203-432-4995
  law.yale.edu

Harvard University

• This Cambridge, Massachusetts, school ranks number two in the report with a score of 95 out of 100 points, and 97.2 percent of Harvard graduates have employment upon graduation.

  Harvard University
  1563 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA 02138
  617-495-3109
  law.harvard.edu

Stanford University

• Based in the city of Palo Alto, California, and the alma mater of Google's founders, Stanford University comes in number three in the U.S. News and World Report ranking. Stanford scored 93 out of 100 points with 100 percent of its students having employment upon graduation.

  Stanford University
  Crown Quadrangle
  559 Nathan Abbott Way
  Stanford, CA 94305
  650-723-4985
  law.stanford.edu

Columbia University

• Ranked number four with a score of 88 out of 100, New York's Columbia University, provides 98.8 percent of graduates with employment upon completion of the school's law program.

  Columbia University
  435 W. 116th Street
  New York, New York 10027
  212-854-2670
  law.columbia.edu

New York University

• Another school in New York City, New York University ranks number five on this list with a score of 87. With 99.6 percent of its graduates having employment upon graduation, NYU falls slightly behind Stanford in this area.

  New York University
  40 Washington Square S.
  New York, New York 10012
  212-998-6060
  law.nyu.edu

University of California Berkeley

• UC Berkeley is the second California school on the list with the number six ranking and a score of 84, and 97.4 percent of graduates have employment upon graduation.

  University of California Berkeley
  Boalt Hall
  Berkeley, CA 94720
  510-642-2274
  law.berkeley.edu

University of Chicago

• Tied for sixth place with UC Berkeley, the University of Chicago in Illinois puts 96.5 percent of its graduates into jobs upon graduation from its program.

  University of Chicago
  1111 E. 60th St.
  Chicago, IL 60637
  773-702-9484
  law.uchicago.edu

University of Pennsylvania

• Located in Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania scored 82 out of 100 points, placing it in the number eight slot on the list (the list skips to the next numeric place when there is a tie); 97.2 percent of University of Pennsylvania graduates are employed upon graduation.

  University of Pennsylvania
  3400 Chestnut Street
  Philadelphia, PA 19104
  215-898-7400
  law.upenn.edu

University of Michigan Ann Arbor

• Scoring 81 out of 100 points and putting it in ninth place, the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, has a graduation-to-employment rate of 97.4 percent.

  University of Michigan Ann Arbor
  625 S. State Street
  Ann Arbor, MI 48109
  734-764-0537
  law.umich.edu

Duke University

• Duke University in Durham, North Carolina sits in a three-way tie for tenth place with Northwestern University in Chicago and University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Duke rounds out the list with a score of 80 out of 100, and 97.7 percent of Duke's graduates have employment upon graduation.

  Duke University
  Towerview and Science Drive
  Box 90362
  Durham, NC 919-613-7020
  law.duke.edu