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The document is an introduction to the 2000-2001 NAPLA Law School Locator, which helps law school applicants assess their competitiveness for admission at different schools based on their LSAT scores and GPAs. It explains that the Locator groups schools into cells based on typical admittance statistics and that schools in or near an applicant's cell are "competitive", while schools above and to the right are "long-shots" and below and to the left are "safeties". It recommends applying to schools from at least three different cells to develop a strong and varied application portfolio.
![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.)](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/bostoncollegeburnsdeannaplaschoollocator-150910150541-lva1-app6891/85/Boston-college-burns-dean-napla-school-locator-1-320.jpg)
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- 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