ANALYSIS: Location Tops the List for Law School Decision Factors

Location, Location, Location. A recent Bloomberg Law survey revealed location to be the most-considered factor in the law school decision process, besting several others, including ranking, tuition, financial aid, university prestige, and campus culture.

More specifically, 71% of respondents to the Law School Preparedness Survey (which included more than 1,000 practicing attorneys, law students, law school faculty, and law librarians) reported that location factored into the decision to attend their law school. In fact, it was the most popular choice across all four respondent groups.

While law school ranking was the second most common, it was selected by only half ...