National Jurist - October 2007 - (Page 21) figure out your spring break plan, or which cell phone program is the best. “ Lammert-Reeves says students should visit www.findaid.org, where they can get a rough guide as to what salary they will need based on their law school expenses. Jeffrey Hanson, director of borrower education for the Access Group, a nonprofit organization specializing in graduate and professional student loans, says law school can be a great education, as long as students are smart about their finances. “To get the most out of your law school investment, you should borrow the minimum amount possible to achieve your goals,” Hanson said. While the schools at the top of the Best Value list are not household names, they all deliver a quality legal education for a cost-effective price. And their examples can give other schools some ideas. Best value schools To see the rest of the National Jurist’s best value law schools, go to www.NJPLonline.com. Also hear what students have to say about their law schools’ students life and opportunities waiting for you. State in-state tuition state bar avg. school bar rate ★ % employed ★ ★ ★ ★ No. School 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 North Carolina Central University School of Law The University of Alabama School of Law Georgia State University College of Law The Florida State University College of Law The University of Memphis — Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law University of Georgia School of Law Brigham Young University — J. Reuben Clark Law School The University of Mississippi School of Law Texas Tech University School of Law West Virginia University College of Law The University of New Mexico School of Law University of Nebraska College of Law The University of Kansas School of Law University of Florida, Fredric G. Levin College of Law Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville University of Tennessee College of Law University of Kentucky College of Law University of Montana School of Law University of North Dakota School of Law University of Colorado School of Law Faulkner University, Thomas Goode Jones School of Law Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law University of Oklahoma College of Law University of Hawai‘i at Manoa — William S. Richardson School of Law NC AL GA FL TN GA UT MS TX WV NM NE KS FL KY TN KY MT ND CO AL LA AZ OK HI $4,625 $9,736 $7,366 $9,837 $10,596 $10,614 $8,200 $8,300 $12,615 $9,342 $9,566 $9,213 $10,399 $9,861 $11,510 $9,934 $12,842 $9,978 $8,386 $16,738 $15,000 $12,124 $16,201 $13,564 $13,032 71% 79% 84% 71% 80% 84% 90% 87% 80% 68% 90% 86% 82% 71% 77% 80% 77% 91% 90% 76% 79% 70% 71% 90% 79% 81% 97% 92% 79% 91% 91% 93% 92% 89% 72% 96% 89% 83% 83% 86% 89% 88% 92% 94% 89% 87% 84% 82% 97% 87% 89.80% 93.60% 92% 95.60% 95.10% 95.80% 92.90% 91.60% 97.80% 92.60% 91.90% 92.50% 94.40% 87.30% 92% 88.70% 93.40% 92.10% 87.10% 97% 95.90% 86.70% 95.40% 91.90% 88.50% 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 North Carolina Central University School of Law Diversity and practical experience At North Carolina C e n t r a l U n i v e r s i t y, diversity rules. Its student body has one of the largest minority populations among law schools — more than half of its students are minorities, and about 60 percent are female. Established in 1939, the Durham, N.C., law school has about 550 students, and instate tuition at $5,800 per year; out-of-state tuition is under $17,000. ★ ★ We honor 62 schools as Best Value law schools. See if your school is on the chart. www. njplonline.com, and click on Best Schools page. October 2007 THE NATIONAL JURIST 21 http://www.njplonline.com http://www.findaid.org http://www.njplonline.com http://www.njplonline.com
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