U.S. News and World Report publishes an annual ranking of law schools in the country. Although the reach of almost 200 schools each year, the top 14 schools have always been in the top 14 since the classification was introduced. Although schools can move up and down relative to each other, have always been measured by U.S. News as the top 14 law schools in the country. These schools are: Yale, Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, Chicago, New York University, Berkeley, Virginia, Michigan, the University of Pennsylvania, Duke, Northwestern, Cornell and Georgetown.

Because these schools have always been at the forefront, these schools have become the standard by which law school applicants seek. "T14 or nothing" is a common mentality of many applicants. There is also a common belief that these 14 schools, the only "national" law schools, with all other schools as "regional" are. This means that you can go while attending a national school, wherever he / she wants, a regional student may only have jurisdiction in the schools (such as students at UCLA and USC in Los Angeles and New York Fordham , students). While this view is a bit extreme (some students can go to practice, if the network and the interview as well), there is a certain modicum of truth in the fact that the upper level schools, which are portable, with the lowest ranked schools in their local markets to specialize.

The 14 best schools are usually divided into small steps. The holy grail of the law schools at Yale, Harvard and Stanford, followed closely by the second-level mini Chicago, Columbia and New York University followed. The next level consists of schools in Virginia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Berkeley, and the last stage consists of Duke, Northwestern, Cornell and Georgetown. Within these levels in a given year, we see the biggest jump among the schools, but almost never a minute break from school on a different level. For example, Chicago and New York University's change places, but almost never seen or northwestern Virginia in the top six schools. Despite these distinctions important to potential candidates, most lawyers seem to agree that the allocation of mini-levels T14 is a bit careless in mind, and neither the school

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