National Jurist - January 2008 - (Page 23) Most Political law schools Left or right leaning, liberal or conservative — these law schools garner the top spots on both political spectrums. Find out what you should know before applying to law school. Is there a difference in education? And do schools really deserve their political labels? BY MICHELLE WEYENBERG dent bodies have a reputation as generally liberal. And those with religious affiliations, especially recently accredited Catholic law schools, are largely seen as conservative institutions. Surveys like the one conducted by The Princeton Review tend to back up these assumptions. Its rankings in the “Best 170 Law Schools” 2008 Edition place faith-based law schools including Regent University, Ave Maria School of Law, Brigham Young University and George Mason University among the top 10 law schools whose student bodies generally lean to the right. Meanwhile, schools such as University of the District of Columbia, Northeastern University, City University of New York-Queens College and Lewis & Clark College are in the lejandro Soto-Vigil was thinking of two things when he applied to law school: What was the best school for him and what fit his pocket? Both are challenging, since most of the top-tiered schools tend to take a chunk of change out of student bank accounts. But is thinking about the political bent of a law school another important issue to consider? Soto-Vigil, a 3L at The University of the District of Columbia, said it wasn’t until his first day of class that he noticed just how progressive the law school environment was — even when compared to his undergraduate experience at the University of California Berkeley. Many law schools understand that their faculties and stuJanuary 2008 THE NATIONAL JURIST 23
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