Santa Clara University Law School Featured in The Princeton Review’s “Best 170 Law Schools 2007 Edition”

Santa Clara University’s Law School is one of the nation’s most outstanding law schools, according to The Princeton Review.  The New York-based education services company features the school in the recently published 2007 edition of its “Best 170 Law Schools” (Random House / Princeton Review 2006).

According to Robert Franek, Princeton Review VP-Publishing, "We chose schools for this book based on our high regard for their academic programs and offerings, institutional data we collect from the schools, and the candid opinions of students attending them who rate and report on their campus experiences at the schools.  We are pleased to recommend Santa Clara University School of Law to readers of our book and users of our website as one of the best institutions they could attend to earn a law school degree." 

“Best 170 Law Schools” has two-page profiles of the schools with write-ups on their academics, student life and admissions, plus ratings for their academics, selectivity and career placement services.  In the profile on Santa Clara, the Princeton Review editors describe the school as: a law school in the heart of California’s Silicon Valley with “a lot of resources, amazing overseas summer programs, [and] in-depth clinical programs for public interest law.” It also reports great student satisfaction with the patent and technology program and a faculty “with good credentials and [who] strike a good balance between theory and practice.”     

In a "Survey Says. . ." sidebar in the profile, The Princeton Review lists topics that Santa Clara law students it surveyed for the book were in most agreement about.   The list includes: "’great library staff," “beautiful campus” and "Students love Santa Clara, CA."   The Princeton Review’s 80-question survey asked students about themselves, their career plans, and their schools’ academics, student body and campus life.  

The Princeton Review does not rank the schools in the book on a single hierarchical list from 1 to 170, or name one law school best overall.   The book has 11 ranking lists of the top 10 law schools in various categories.  The lists are posted at www.PrincetonReview.com.  Ten lists are based on The Princeton Review’s surveys of 17,000 students attending the 170 law schools profiled in the book.  (Only schools that permitted The Princeton Review to survey their students were eligible for consideration for these lists).   Conducted during the 2005-06, 04-05 and 03-04 academic years, the student surveys were done primarily online.