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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have direct experience with both schools. There is no quality difference between them. Really, none. Both have great faculties full of well known people, both have strong students. UVA is great if you like small towns and close knit communities. Georgetown is great if you like cities, like DC, want to do policy work or have a specialized interest - with its larger size, Georgetown has a far wider range of course offerings. At Georgetown students can do externships and internships and take courses from the kind of all-star-adjuncts the best law school in DC can get. UVA is more laid back- major beer and softball culture.

Both these schools are fantastic but they have a very different feel. [/quote]

Agree with this completely; these are both excellent schools with very different locations and culture, so it's about your personal preference, OP.  One factor to consider, would be that  Georgetown has more than twice as many students as UVA (approx. 2000 students v. approx 900).  Both my husband and I are lawyers, and our oldest son is completing the first year of law school.  In my experience, and from my observations of my son's experience, class size makes a significant difference in the culture of a law school.  Law schools attract highly competitive and argumentative people (I'm sure this is coming as news to everyone reading this) and when you have more of those people, the intensity can get ratcheted up in an unpleasant way.  At a small school, the fact that you're going to see people over and over again in classes, at parties, etc., mitigates that tendency.    [/quote]

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