U.S. News & World Report ranks the top law schools in the United States. I’ve narrowed this list down to the top 14 best law schools for transfer students. Find out if your dream school made the list.
With few exceptions, the best law schools for transfer students are the top 14 law schools.
Click on the links below to view each school’s transfer requirements. You can also see the approximate number of transfer students that each school accepts per year, as well as which law schools offer an early decision option for transfer applicants.
1. Yale Law School — 10-15 transfer students
2. Stanford Law School — 10-15 transfer students
3. Harvard Law School — 25-55 transfer students
4. University of Chicago — 15-25 transfer students; early decision option
5. Columbia Law School — 40-60 transfer students
6. NYU School of Law — 30-50 transfer students
7. University of Pennsylvania Law School — 20-25 transfer students
8. University of Michigan Law School — 20-25 transfer students
8. University of Virginia School of Law — 30-35 transfer students
10. Duke University School of Law — 12-20 transfer students
10. Northwestern Law — 20-30 transfer students
12. Berkeley Law — 25-50 transfer students
13. Cornell Law School — 5-10 transfer students
14. University of Texas School of Law — 25-45 transfer students; early decision option
P.S. Are you looking to transfer law schools? Then check out all of my law school transfer articles.