The nation has by no means been extra divided politically, and whether or not they’re strongly in favor of President Trump’s insurance policies or adamantly against them, with a battle for the rule of regulation at stake, folks have been impressed to go to regulation faculty as a method to by some means change our nation’s future.
As our readers know, the newest Princeton Overview regulation faculty rankings are out, and at the moment, we’ll be specializing in what are maybe an important rankings of all of them: the regulation faculties with essentially the most conservative college students and the regulation faculties with essentially the most liberal college students. Throughout these occasions of political division and strife, why not attend a regulation faculty the place there’s a excessive probability that your classmates will share your political ideology?
Which regulation faculties do you suppose got here out on prime of those lists?
First, we’ll start with the methodology Princeton Overview used to find out which regulation faculties had essentially the most conservative and liberal college students. A single query was requested of respondents to find out the political bent of every faculty’s pupil physique: “If there’s a prevailing political bent amongst college students at your faculty, how would you characterize it?” Reply selections have been: “Very Liberal, Liberal, Center of the Street, Considerably Conservative, Very Conservative.”
Per Princeton Overview, these are the regulation faculties with the most conservative students:
- Ave Maria Faculty of Legislation (no change)
- Regent College Faculty of Legislation (no change)
- Brigham Younger College J. Reuben Clark Legislation Faculty (no change)
- George Mason College Antonin Scalia Legislation Faculty (no change)
- Faulkner College Thomas Goode Jones Faculty of Legislation (no change)
- Baylor College Faculty of Legislation (unranked final yr)
- Louisiana State College Paul M. Hebert Legislation Heart (no change)
- Mississippi Faculty Faculty of Legislation (ranked #10 final yr)
- College of Idaho Faculty of Legislation (ranked #7 final yr)
- College of Mississippi Faculty of Legislation (ranked #8 final yr)
It’s value noting that almost all of those regulation faculties are in Southern states.
In keeping with Princeton Overview, these are the regulation faculties with the most liberal students:
- Northeastern College Faculty of Legislation (no change)
- Metropolis College of New York Faculty of Legislation (no change)
- College of California Davis Faculty of Legislation (unranked final yr)
- American College Washington Faculty of Legislation (ranked #7 final yr)
- Vermont Legislation and Graduate Faculty Legislation Program (unranked final yr)
- New York College Faculty of Legislation (ranked #3 final yr)
- College of California Berkeley Faculty of Legislation (ranked #4 final yr)
- College of California Los Angeles Faculty of Legislation (ranked #10 final yr)
- Boston College Faculty of Legislation (ranked #8 final yr)
- College of Colorado Faculty of Legislation (ranked #7 final yr)
It’s value noting right here that almost all of those regulation faculties are on both the East or West coasts, and three of them are T14 establishments.
Did your regulation faculty make the reduce? If it did, do you suppose it was ranked pretty? If it didn’t make the record for having essentially the most conservative or liberal college students, do you agree with that evaluation? Please email us (Opens in a brand new window) or textual content us (646-820-8477) along with your ideas.
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Staci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Legislation, the place she’s labored since 2011. She’d love to listen to from you, so please be at liberty to email her with any ideas, questions, feedback, or critiques. You’ll be able to comply with her on Bluesky, X/Twitter, and Threads, or join along with her on LinkedIn.
