School Size/Evironment

Graduate School Law School
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<p>Just a couple of questions I just randomly thought of. U of I is huge and I love that. I need a lot of space. I'd feel cramped a small college (physically and socially). I felt crushed by U of C (really it's not big but has a huge friggin city around it) and other small colleges (by class or by space) so I knew that the biggest college I could get to that excelled in my major was the best decision.</p>

<p>I'm also looking the same way for law schools. Is there any LS that have a good graduate student life (U of I lacks a bit in this area)? Any that have lots of students, lots of room? (Maybe even some "fun" law schools? haha j/k a little.)</p>

<p>I've been trying to find some of the biggest class sizes as well. I am having trouble locating the information on my usual websites but those are directed toward 4-year universities. Is there any place that has number information for law schools in a large, comparable place (like collegeboard.com or princetonreview.com for colleges [these were lacking in grad areas])? Or where to find information about which law schools specialize in a particular type of law (they are supposed to offer all but some areas can be better like patent law at an engineering university)?</p>

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<p>Here goes...</p>

<p>USNews will give rankings for various specialities in law. As I like to say, the graduate edition of that magazine, unlike the undergrad edition, is actually useful. </p>

<p>The largest law school will probably be around 500-600 students per class. The largest classes probably won't be more than 100-150 students, and you'll have a smaller section for writing or one class. So, your best bet might be to go to a school in a city, where there are a lot of other things going on. Also, consider not going to a law school that is not part of a college - ex. Brooklyn and New York Law School. </p>

<p>The city atmosphere may help to negate a lot of the "bell jar" phenomena that goes on in law school... but, IMO, you're going to get that in almost any school. Everyone will know each other (and if you go to a big school, you'll pretty much only see people in your section), everyone takes the same courses, and everyone wants to be a lawyer. (This, by the way, is probably my single largest complaint about law school - the way that everyone does the same thing, thinks law all the time, gossips like it's high school, and have few outside activities.)</p>