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The Experts' Choice: Colleges for Those Preparing to Be a Lawyer

You know that rush you get when you win an argument, that "I win! In your face!" feeling? If you live for that, you might make a good lawyer. These colleges and universities make good lawyers too.

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The Top Tier

• American University (Washington, DC)
• Claremont McKenna College (Claremont, CA)
• Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH)
• Franklin & Marshall College (Lancaster, PA)
• Georgetown University (Washington, DC)
• Gettysburg College (Gettysburg, PA)
• Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)
• Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)
• Rice University (Houston, TX)
• The George Washington University (Washington, DC)
• University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
• University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN)
• Willamette University (Salem, OR)
• Yale University (New Haven, CT)

The Next Tier

• Amherst College (Amherst, MA)
• Bates College (Lewiston, ME)
• Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA)
• Bowdoin College (Brunswick, ME)
• Colby College (Waterville, ME)
• Colgate University (Hamilton, NY)
• Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA)
• Drew University (Madison, NJ)
• Duke University (Durham, NC)
• Emory University (Atlanta, GA)
• Hamilton College (Clinton, NY)
• Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)
• Middlebury College (Middlebury, VT)
• Muhlenberg College (Allentown, PA)
• New York University (New York, NY)
• Occidental College (Los Angeles, CA)
• Pomona College (Claremont, CA)
• Stanford University (Stanford, CA)
• Tufts University (Medford, MA)
• University of California, San Diego (La Jolla, CA)
• University of Michigan — Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, MI)
• University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)
• Wellesley College (Wellesley, MA)
• Whitman College (Walla Walla, WA)
• Williams College (Williamstown, MA)