Education.

1. 2000-2001 NAPLA LAW SCHOOL LOCATOR
JOSEPH BURNS
BOSTON COLLEGE
The NAPLA Law School Locator is an extension of the Rochester Locator developed by Professor
Arthur S. Goldberg. Its purpose is to help applicants quickly assess the LSAT and GPA expectations of
different law schools and identify schools from across the country that they may wish to research further
as
they choose the schools to which they will apply.
While LSAT and GPA are only two of the many criteria that law schools consider in admitting
students, they are perhaps the most basic. The Locator matrix groups schools according to their LSAT and
GPA expectations for admission. If you locate the cell in which your own GPA and LSAT scores fall, you
can identify those schools at which you are "competitive" (a fifty-fifty chance or better) for admission
based
on numbers alone. It is at this set of schools that your personal statement, letters of reference, and other
qualitative credentials play the greatest role in determining whether you will be admitted and the schools
in
this cell and the immediately adjoining cells should make up the bulk of your applications. If you find
schools here about which you know little you may want to discuss them with your pre-law advisor and do
more research on them in the schools' catalogs or webpages, in the Official Guide to U.S. Law Schools, or
at
the Law School Forum nearest you. It is important to note that the Locator is meant to help you find new
schools for consideration and not to exclude any schools from your list.
In addition to several competitive schools, each applicant should apply to one or more "safe" schools
where your quantitative credentials make it very likely that you would be admitted. The cells containing
such "safe" schools are located to the left and below your "competitive" cell.
A good application strategy will also include some "long- shots" where numbers alone suggest that
you will not be admitted. Such schools are located above and to the right of your "competitive" cell. All
law
schools accept a few applicants with unusual experience or characteristics even if they do not meet the
usual
LSAT and GPA expectations. In choosing "long-shot" schools for application therefore you should
consider
the kinds of experience or achievements you have that would match the interests, goals or special
programs at
a particular law school and in your application, personal statement, and letters of reference emphasize
why
you think these qualify you for admission. In this way, you will give yourself the best chance for
admission
at a school that typically looks for higher numbers.
A reasonable application strategy will therefore include schools from at least three and probably
more different cells. It is important to note that LSAT and GPA expectations are not in any way indicative
of
the educational experience at a law school or the suitability of that school for any individual. The Locator
cannot rank the quality of law schools, nor can it tell you which is the best school for you. It simply
provides
a rough indicator of the competitiveness for admission at different schools, only one of many criteria you
should consider in selecting the schools to which you apply. (A good discussion of the variety of criteria
to
be considered is included in the section on "Choosing A Law School" [pages 16-20] in the 2001 Official
Guide to U.S. Law Schools published by LSAC.)

2. LOCATOR MATRIX
B A
G F E D C
K J I H
N M L
P O
The numerical information contained in the Locator is drawn from the 2000-2001 MAPLA Profiles edited by Ava
Preacher of Notre Dame. It is supplemented with data drawn from the 2001 Official Guide to U.S. Law Schools.
Since
only 25th-75th percentile ranges for GPA and LSAT are published, the Locator uses midpoints in those ranges as
rough
estimates of the actual medians. An interactive on-line version of the Locator with access directly to law school
websites is available on the Internet at the URL address: http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/svp/carct/matrix.html.
A) GPA: 3.6+ LSAT: 165+
California Berkeley (U. of)
Chicago (U. of)
Columbia U. Law
Harvard Law School
Michigan (U. of) Law School
New York University Sch. of Law
Stanford Law School
Virginia (U. of) School of Law
Yale Law School
B) GPA: 3.6+ LSAT: 160-164
Brigham Young U. Law School
California Los Angeles (U. of)
Texas (U. of) School of Law
Vanderbilt U. School of Law
Washington (U. of) Law
C) GPA: 3.40-3.59 LSAT: 165+
Cornell U. Law School
Duke University Law
Georgetown Law School
Northwestern U. Law
Pennsylvania (U. of) Law School
D) GPA: 3.40-3.59 LSAT:160-164
Boston College Law School
Boston University Law School
Colorado (U. of) School of Law
Emory U. School of Law
George Washington U. Law
Georgia (U. of) School of Law
Illinois (U. of) College of Law
Minnesota (U. of) Law
Notre Dame Law School
Southern California (U. of) Law
Washington & Lee U. Law
E) GPA: 3.40-3.59 LSAT: 155-159
Arizona (U. of) College of Law
Baylor Law School
Florida (U. of) School of Law
Iowa (U. of) School of Law
Kentucky (U. of) Law
North Carolina (U. of) Law
Ohio State U. College of Law
Tennessee (U. of) College of Law
Utah (U. of) Law
F) GPA: 3.40-3.59 LSAT: 150-154
Arkansas (U. of) Law - Little Rock
Nebraska (U. of) Law

3. G) GPA: 3.40-3.59 LSAT: <150
Puerto Rico (U. of) School of Law
H) GPA: 3.20-3.39 LSAT: 160-164
California Hastings (U. of) Law School
Fordham U. Sch. Of Law
Washington U. (St. Louis) Sch. of Law
William and Mary School of Law
I) GPA: 3.20-3.39 LSAT: 155-159
Alabama (U. of) Sch. of Law
American U. Law
Arizona State U. Law
Brooklyn Law School
California Davis (U. of) Law
Cardozo School of Law
Case Western Reserve Law
Chicago Kent – IIT
Cincinnati (U. of ) Law
Connecticut, (U. of) Sch. of Law
Denver (U. of) Law School
Florida State College of Law
Hofstra U. Sch. of Law
Houston (U. of) Law
Indiana U. Sch. of Law Indianapolis
Louisville (U. of) Law
Loyola Law School - Los Angeles
Loyola U. Chicago Law
Marquette U. Sch. of Law
Maryland (U. of) Law
Missouri (U. of) Law
Montana (U. of) Sch. of Law
New Mexico (U. of) Law
Oregon (U. of)
Pepperdine U. School of Law
Rutgers Law School – Newark
San Francisco (U. of) Law
Santa Clara U. Law
Southern Methodist U. Law
Temple U. School of Law
Tulane Law School
Villanova U. Law
Wake Forest U. Law
Wisconsin (U. of) Law
J) GPA: 3.20-3.39 LSAT: 150-154
Akron (U. of) School of Law
Arkansas (U. of) Law - Fayetteville
Campbell U. Law
Depaul U. College of Law
Drake U. Sch. of Law
Duquesne U. Law
Hamline U. School of Law
Idaho (U. of) Law
Indiana U. Sch. of Law Indianapolis
Kansas U. Sch. of Law
Louisiana State U. Law Center
Memphis (U. of) Law
Mississippi U. School of Law
Missouri (U. of) Kansas City Law
Northern Kentucky U. Sch. of Law
Penn State-Dickinson Sch. of Law
Pittsburgh (U. of) Law
Seattle (U. of) Law
South Carolina (U. of) Law

4. South Dakota (U. of) Law
St. Louis U. School of Law
Syracuse U. College of Law
Texas Tech. U. Law
Valparaiso U. School of Law
Wayne State U. Law School
West Virginia U. School of Law
William Mitchell School of Law
Wyoming (U. of)
K) GPA: 3.20-3.39 LSAT: <150
Washburn U. School of Law
L) GPA: 3.00-3.19 LSAT: 155-159
George Mason U. Law
Georgia State U. Law School
Hawaii (U. of) School of Law
Lewis and Clark Law School
Northeastern School of Law
Richmond (U. of) School of Law
Rutgers Law – Camden
San Diego (U. of) Sch. of Law
Seton Hall U. Law School
M) GPA: 3.00-3.19 LSAT: 150-154
Buffalo (U. at) SUNY Law
California Western Sch. of Law
Capital University Law School
Catholic U. of America
Chapman U. Sch. of Law
Creighton U. Law School
Cumberland Law School
Dayton U. Law
Golden Gate U. Law
Gonzaga Law School
John Marshall Law School
Loyola U. Sch. of Law - New Orleans
Maine (U. of)
McGeorge School of Law
Mercer U. School of Law
Miami U. Sch. of Law
Michigan St. U. – Detroit College of Law
New York Law School
North Dakota (U. of)
Northern Illinois U. Law
Oklahoma (U. of) Law
Pace U. School of Law
St. John’s U. School of Law
Southern Illinois U. Sch.. of Law
Southwestern U. Sch. of Law
Stetson College of Law
Suffolk U. School of Law
Toledo (U. of) Law School
Vermont Law School
Williamette U. School of Law
N) GPA: 3.00-3.19 LSAT: <150
Albany Law School
Catholic U. of Puerto Rico
City Univ. – Queens
Cleveland State – Marshall U. Law
Detroit, (U. of) – Mercy
Franklin Pierce Sch. of Law
Inter. American U. of Puerto Rico
Mississippi College of Law
New England School of Law

5. Ohio Northern Law School
Regent U. School of Law
Roger Williams School of Law
Western New England College of Law
Widener U. School of Law
O) GPA: <3.00 LSAT: 150-154
Howard U. Sch. of Law
P) GPA: <3.00 LSAT: <150
Baltimore (U. of ) School of Law
District of Columbia Law School
North Carolina Central U. Law
Nova U. Law Center
Oklahoma City U. Law
Quinnipiac College School of Law
St. Mary’s U. San Antonio
St. Thomas U. School of Law
South Texas Col. Of Law – Texas A&M
Southern University School of Law
St. Thomas U. Law
Texas Southern U. School of Law
Texas Wesleyan
Thomas M. Cooley Law School
Touro College Law Center
Tulsa (U. of ) Law
Whittier College of Law