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- Hey everybody.
I'm Gus with Crimson Education,
and, legally, I'm not allowed to say that I'm a lawyer,
mostly because I'm not.
But today,
we're gonna be talking about
the best law schools in the world,
- Law school?
- which is a great list to have
if you would like to become a lawyer,
because where you go to law school
will have a huge impact on what
your law career will look like
after you graduate.
- Practically deformed?
- No.
A law student.
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- We'll get on to our list
of the 10 best law schools in the world
starting with number 10,
the University of Melbourne in Melbourne, Australia.
It is the only law school on our list
that is in the southern hemisphere,
and the school has a global focus,
which is perfect if you're looking to work
in an international setting
or if you just love globes.
The program requires the LSAT,
as most law schools currently do.
U Melbourne also offers a joint law degree
with Oxford University,
where you study for two and a half years in Melbourne
and then one year at Oxford.
And that's pretty cool because that's both hemispheres,
and it doesn't get much more global than that,
right?
(sighs)
Okay, number nine brings us to the University of Chicago
in Chicago, Illinois.
The entire university has a reputation for
being a highly intellectual school,
and that extends to the law school,
with an average LSAT score of 170
and an average undergraduate GPA of 3.9 on a 4 point scale,
which is really, really high.
The U Chicago Law School Supreme Court Review
is one of the most widely cited legal journals
in the world,
which shouldn't come as a huge surprise
because they are a pretty smart bunch.
- Dumb?! I'm smart and I want respect!
- However, if you are more interested in
studying in New York,
then you might want to attend number 8 on our list,
Columbia Law School.
Columbia is also very competitive,
only one in five applicants is accepted.
Columbia Law is known for its emphasis
on teaching its students that the law
is a means to make the world a better place,
which is way better than teaching people the opposite.
Columbia also has a beautiful campus,
which provides a nice retreat
in the middle of New York City,
which has a reputation for being loud at times,
to put it mildly.
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- Hey! I'm walkin' here!
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I'm walkin' here!
- But number 7 takes us to the other side
of the United States with Berkeley Law.
Very close to San Francisco,
Berkeley has excellent programs for studying
environmental and intellectual property law,
among others.
Berkeley is unique in that it doesn't
grade its law students using a curve,
or GPAs at all, actually.
It also allows students to spend their final year
studying at Harvard Law School,
if they can't take the classes they want to at Berkeley,
which is also pretty cool.
Number 6 takes us back to New York City with
NYU Law School.
NYU's campus is much more integrated
into the city than Columbia's,
which gives it a very different vibe.
NYU has strong programs in public interest law
and international law,
and Rudy Giuliani,
the former mayor of New York City,
is an alum.
(laughing)
Legally, I'm required to say that results may vary,
but it's an exceptionally strong law school,
with the bonus of having a strong
New York City based network.
But if city life does not sound very appealing to you,
which is bad news because most of our schools
are, so far, smack in the middle of cities,
you're in luck with our number 5,
Stanford Law School,
located in sunny and suburban Palo Alto.
Stanford Law is different from other US schools,
because it emphasizes teamwork and group learning,
while most law schools emphasize working alone.
That doesn't mean it's not competitive to get in, though.
Less than 10% of applicants are accepted,
but the ones who get in really learn to work in groups.
So, if you hate group projects,
just keep that in mind.
Our number 4 law school is the Yale Law School.
Located in New Haven, Connecticut,
Yale Law has a smaller community than most law schools,
but it is still regarded as one of the
best law schools in the world.
Hillary and Bill Clinton actually met
while they were both attending Yale Law School,
and, amazingly, they are just the tip of the iceberg
of notable Yale Law alumni.
- Iceberg, right ahead!
- Our number 3 law school,
Cambridge University,
takes us to the United Kingdom.
Cambridge's Master of Laws,
or LLM,
program is a one year graduate course
that allows you to explore areas of legal interest,
and is common for students who already have
an undergraduate or JD degree.
Keep in mind, though,
that this program does not allow you
to practice law in the U.S. by itself,
but Cambridge does have a joint
three and a half year program with Harvard Law
that results in degrees from both schools,
which is pretty cool.
Keeping the U.K. train going
is our number 2 law school in the world,
the University of Oxford,
which has the smallest law program on our list;
only 90 students enrolled
and it is a close-knit group.
Small sections and seminars are what make Oxford
different from the large classes of other law schools.
The program is only one year long,
and there are degree programs for those who did
and those who did not get an undergrad degree in law.
And rolling in at number 1
is the most famous law school in history,
Harvard Law School.
It's been the subject of musicals and movies
and some very bad racist movies,
- Thank you, sir.
I'll do my best.
- I'd like you to meet my good friend,
Kareem Abdul Ali.
- [Narrator] Soul Man.
He didn't give up,
he got down.
- but it is one of the largest
and most diverse law schools in the world,
attracting students from all over the globe.
And, in a shocking twist,
Harvard Law has decided to no longer require
the LSAT to be considered for admission.
You can submit a GRE score instead.
Of course,
if you're applying to a whole bunch of law schools,
you're probably
definitely going to want to take the LSAT,
and do really well on it.
But if you want to send a GRE to Harvard Law,
that is an option for you.
Well, that's our list.
Thank you so much for watching.
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Again, I'm Gus with Crimson Education signing off.
Take care.