Public Defender Top 10 Lists 2007

Some Top 10 lists on a few points of value for future PDs. Cost figures are the sum of resident full-time tuition and off-campus living expenses from the 2008 ABA-LSAC Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools. Debt figures are from USNWR. Placement figures are in raw numbers.

Lowest Cost ($)

1. NC Central 15,075
2. Brigham Young 15,513
3. Wyoming 19,276
4. Arkansas - Little Rock 20,193
5. South Dakota 20,333
6. Nebraska 20,389
7. Montana 20,478
8. Georgia State 20,842
9. Southern 20,919
10. West Virginia 21,823

Least Debt ($)

1. Florida International 16,068
2. Southern 16,637
3. Florida A&M 18,500
4. NC Central 19,061
5. Texas Southern 20,000
6. Indiana - Indianapolis 20,331
7. Howard 23,647
8. Appalachian 23,789
9. Southern Methodist 25,012
10. George Mason 35,041

Clinical Training (USNWR)

1. Georgetown
2. American
3. NYU
4. WUSTL
5. Maryland
6. New Mexico
7. CUNY
8. Yale
9. Michigan
10. Northwestern

Trial Advocacy (USNWR)

1. Stetson
2. Temple
3. WUSTL
4. Georgetown
5. John Marshall (IL)
5. Northwestern
5. South Texas
8. Loyola (CA)
9. Harvard
10. Notre Dame

Government Placement (N)

1. George Washington 74
2. Catholic 72
3. Suffolk 71
4. Florida State 66
5. American 65
6. Florida 64
7. Brooklyn 64
8. Denver 57
9. St. John's 48
10. Georgetown 47

Public Interest Placement (N)

1. American 41
2. Berkeley 36
3. Miami 35
4. Michigan 30
5. Seattle 29
6. NYU 29
7. Northeastern 28
8. CUNY 26
8. Georgetown 26
10. Florida 25