[美国&加拿大] 版主有约—选校圆桌会加场：新排名对于选校的影响 [复制链接]

CostLLM 发表于 2014-3-12 09:59
突然想投票给密歇根……有一种一直在小跌的感觉……

CostLLM 发表于 2014-3-12 10:03
好吧 我又看了一下
2009年 9
2010年 9

CostLLM 发表于 2014-3-12 10:03
好吧 我又看了一下
2009年 9
2010年 9

“W&M put 40 students (20 percent of their class) into supposedly full time, long term, $20,000 per year school funded positions. Without those, they would have a 65 percent employment rate rather than an 85 percent rate, and be dropping like a stone.”

“My school didn't fund full time positions for ANY student.”

Duke is the "big winner here" going from number 11 to a tie for number 10?

Wow, that is going to change a lot of minds about that school.

WinsWang 发表于 2014-3-12 10:13
American University 真是跌的够惨的，2013版中还是40刚出头，现在已经跌出了前70。
Washington and Lee 也 ...

yanchunfu 发表于 2014-3-12 10:38
赞同“不要迷信排名，还是要选择真正适合自己的学校”。

我一直认为在某个梯度内，排名高一点低一点没 ...

A lot of international students are really concerned about rankings, look to US News, in particular, for law school rankings, and often make their decision solely based on those rankings alone. Rankings like US News are, for most part, applicable to the JD programs only. Sure, a highly ranked schools like Harvard, NYU, Columbia, likely have some great teachers to whom you would have access, likely have good resources for students, but there are schools that are not ranked as highly in US News, for whatever reason, that are just as strong as these elite universities in certain areas, American University being such an example.

Although American University Washington College of Law is a very good law school, it is not as highly ranked as USC and BC - US News ranks USC 18th, Boston 31st and American 56th. That being said, American University is ranked #5 in the country in international law (grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-sch… and #8 in IP law. Its LL.M. program in international law is regarded as one of the best in the country - on par with NYU, Columbia, etc. - in particular because of AU's reputation in the area of international law. You have some of the top scholars in the field (i.e. Paul Williams www.wcl.american.edu/faculty/pwilliams/; Robert Goldman www.wcl.american.edu/faculty/goldman/; Horacio Grigera Naón www.wcl.american.edu/faculty/grigeranaon/; Padideh Ala'i www.wcl.american.edu/faculty/alai/; etc.). In the area of international law, AU is particularly known for international human rights. It really is one of best programs in the country. In addition to the coursework, the law school has programs like the Human Rights Clinic and War Crimes Research Office.

Additionally, AU is located in DC. You'll have access to countless internships with NGOs (even those affiliated with American University such as PILPG (Public International Law & Policy Group)), international orgs, etc. Los Angeles, the home of USC, really lacks in that department. Boston is a tad better than USC, as far as internships/fellowships go, but can not compete with Washington, DC. Also, USC is not in the best part of town. In fact, it is in a terrible part of town.

If you are interested in international law then AU is an easy choice between the schools you mentioned. If you were picking between AU, Georgetown, and NYU, I would advise NYU/Georgetown over AU, because both are just as good in international law and, overall, have a better global reputation than AU, but vis-a-vis BC and USC, AU is significantly more known/respected in the area of international law than either BC/USC and, strategically, is in a much better location. It is sort of like if I was interested in pursuing an LL.M. in maritime law and I was accepted to LL.M. programs at UCL, Durham, Queen Mary, and Southampton, even though UCL, Durham, Queen Mary are, overall, ranked higher than Southampton, I would be inclined to go to Southampton because of the strength of its maritime law program.

As I said, unless you are an American student applying for a JD program, who is interested in working for a major law firm after graduation, the fact that AU is ranked 56th overall is absolutely irrelevant. And even so, there are plenty of JDs from AU at major law firms.
———Tristan

Hansen_the_pooh 发表于 2014-3-12 10:30
从ABL的网友评论里面选取两端人气比较高的，供大家参考
关于威廉玛丽的上扬，有网友提到：但是马上有校友质 ...

xuanie 发表于 2014-3-12 10:42
感觉BU和BC的排名今年拉开差距了，不知道有没有人知道原因

往年都是BU法学院排名略高，但是BC名声（本科 ...