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U.S. News Ultimate Guide to Law Schools combines expert advice on how to get into law school, U.S. News' exclusive indices and data on all the law-school programs in the U.S. Building on the tremendous reputation of U.S. News & World Report for news and information gathering and an ability to gather and interpret exclusive data on colleges and universities, this book gives potential law-school students the information they need to make wise decisions about their future. This step-by-step guide includes: -- How to choose the right program -- A look inside the country's top five law schools -- Putting together the application, test scores, essays and recommendations that will get you in -- How to pay for it all -- Complete profiles of every U.S. law school, with information on cost and financial aid, LSAT scores and grade point averages of students, special programs, job placement and bar passage rates Plus, exclusive U.S. News indices help you compare schools.