Anonymous
Post 02/19/2026 20:04     Subject: Re:DC area law schools
Anonymous wrote:Interesting that Howard hasn't been mentioned yet...


DCUM is white AF so
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2026 19:57     Subject: Re:DC area law schools
Interesting that Howard hasn't been mentioned yet...
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2026 19:54     Subject: Re:DC area law schools
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Anonymous wrote:FWIW, The current USNWR rankings are
Georgetown 14 (tied with others)
GW and Mason tied at 31 (with several others, including W&M)
Catholic 71 (tied)
American 104

I went to AU law when it was ranked in the top 50 and liked it, have had good jobs since graduation. But it was outrageously expensive then and seems to be so now. I can’t fathom what it has done to fall so far in the rankings.

If I had it to do all over again and wanted to be in this area, I would live in VA and go to Mason law school. Well ranked and a lot less expensive.


Yeah, what's going on at AU Law?


Likely nothing is "going on at AU Law," the rankings have never meant much beyond top 15 or so and they have shifted like crazy for many, many schools in recent history, and usually for no obvious reason. I attended Tulane when it was just inside the first tier at 40 and now it's 78. Nothing "going on" (although there were some issues when Katrina hit, that was over 20 years ago).


LOL. The "first tier" stops way short of no. 40.


Not when I went to law school it didn't. It referred to the top 50, not the top 14 like now.


When did you go to law school? Fifty years ago?
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2026 19:53     Subject: DC area law schools
If you want Biglaw your only realistic choices are Georgetown and GWU. Mason may be highly ranked but its reputation doesn't match its ranking. As for AU, virtually all of its top students end up transferring.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2026 19:44     Subject: Re:DC area law schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:FWIW, The current USNWR rankings are
Georgetown 14 (tied with others)
GW and Mason tied at 31 (with several others, including W&M)
Catholic 71 (tied)
American 104

I went to AU law when it was ranked in the top 50 and liked it, have had good jobs since graduation. But it was outrageously expensive then and seems to be so now. I can’t fathom what it has done to fall so far in the rankings.

If I had it to do all over again and wanted to be in this area, I would live in VA and go to Mason law school. Well ranked and a lot less expensive.


Yeah, what's going on at AU Law?


Likely nothing is "going on at AU Law," the rankings have never meant much beyond top 15 or so and they have shifted like crazy for many, many schools in recent history, and usually for no obvious reason. I attended Tulane when it was just inside the first tier at 40 and now it's 78. Nothing "going on" (although there were some issues when Katrina hit, that was over 20 years ago).


LOL. The "first tier" stops way short of no. 40.


Not when I went to law school it didn't. It referred to the top 50, not the top 14 like now.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2026 19:15     Subject: Re:DC area law schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:FWIW, The current USNWR rankings are
Georgetown 14 (tied with others)
GW and Mason tied at 31 (with several others, including W&M)
Catholic 71 (tied)
American 104

I went to AU law when it was ranked in the top 50 and liked it, have had good jobs since graduation. But it was outrageously expensive then and seems to be so now. I can’t fathom what it has done to fall so far in the rankings.

If I had it to do all over again and wanted to be in this area, I would live in VA and go to Mason law school. Well ranked and a lot less expensive.


Yeah, what's going on at AU Law?


Likely nothing is "going on at AU Law," the rankings have never meant much beyond top 15 or so and they have shifted like crazy for many, many schools in recent history, and usually for no obvious reason. I attended Tulane when it was just inside the first tier at 40 and now it's 78. Nothing "going on" (although there were some issues when Katrina hit, that was over 20 years ago).


LOL. The "first tier" stops way short of no. 40.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2026 17:47     Subject: Re:DC area law schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:FWIW, The current USNWR rankings are
Georgetown 14 (tied with others)
GW and Mason tied at 31 (with several others, including W&M)
Catholic 71 (tied)
American 104

I went to AU law when it was ranked in the top 50 and liked it, have had good jobs since graduation. But it was outrageously expensive then and seems to be so now. I can’t fathom what it has done to fall so far in the rankings.

If I had it to do all over again and wanted to be in this area, I would live in VA and go to Mason law school. Well ranked and a lot less expensive.


Yeah, what's going on at AU Law?


Likely nothing is "going on at AU Law," the rankings have never meant much beyond top 15 or so and they have shifted like crazy for many, many schools in recent history, and usually for no obvious reason. I attended Tulane when it was just inside the first tier at 40 and now it's 78. Nothing "going on" (although there were some issues when Katrina hit, that was over 20 years ago).
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2026 17:25     Subject: Re:DC area law schools
Anonymous wrote:FWIW, The current USNWR rankings are
Georgetown 14 (tied with others)
GW and Mason tied at 31 (with several others, including W&M)
Catholic 71 (tied)
American 104

I went to AU law when it was ranked in the top 50 and liked it, have had good jobs since graduation. But it was outrageously expensive then and seems to be so now. I can’t fathom what it has done to fall so far in the rankings.

If I had it to do all over again and wanted to be in this area, I would live in VA and go to Mason law school. Well ranked and a lot less expensive.


Yeah, what's going on at AU Law?
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2026 17:22     Subject: Re:DC area law schools
FWIW, The current USNWR rankings are
Georgetown 14 (tied with others)
GW and Mason tied at 31 (with several others, including W&M)
Catholic 71 (tied)
American 104

I went to AU law when it was ranked in the top 50 and liked it, have had good jobs since graduation. But it was outrageously expensive then and seems to be so now. I can’t fathom what it has done to fall so far in the rankings.

If I had it to do all over again and wanted to be in this area, I would live in VA and go to Mason law school. Well ranked and a lot less expensive.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2026 17:10     Subject: Re:DC area law schools
AU grad here. The area schools have well-known reputations for their varying levels of selectivity, and job opportunities for new grads can reflect that. The top grads of any school =have excellent prospects, the rest of the classes proportionally less.

So it depends what your professional ambitions are. A typical Georgetown grad is likely to have more/better opportunities than a grad from Catholic, but both can have satisfying careers, depending on individual preferences and goals.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2026 16:36     Subject: DC area law schools
I went to AU law school years ago but loved it. The professors were incredible and the student body is very human rights/public service oriented.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2026 16:18     Subject: DC area law schools
My DH went to Catholic at night. He says: "It was fine." If you need a night school option (he was a practicing accountant at the time and his firm paid for his school), it's a good one. (Personally, I could never handle work and law school -- I attended a regular daytime one, but not in DC).
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2026 16:18     Subject: DC area law schools
Georgetown
GW

AU/Mason


Catholic



























UDC



Anonymous
Post 02/19/2026 16:15     Subject: DC area law schools
Choose law school by ranking. Georgetown > GWU >>> the rest
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2026 16:06     Subject: DC area law schools
If you attended law school in the DC region (GWU, AU, Georgetown, Catholic, UDC, GMU), or your kid currently attends/graduated recently from one in the DC area: do you recommend the law school and why?