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Here is something else to consider.

While the US News rankings are popular, they don't really mean much. The ABA does "Real World Rankings." Those rank the school based on factors that actually matter (not a reputation ranking) such as prestige of employers that recruit on campus, scholarship rate, % bar passage and % of grads employed 6 months after graduation.

In that poll, Howard (where I am a 2L) ranks 27th though we are only in the third tier of US News' reputation poll.

I ask this, what is more important to you? Being able to get a job at a top firm, or what US News thinks?

For me, the answer was easy and that is why though the administration of Howard bugs me at times I didn't transfer after my first year. There is something to be said for learning the law in a way that strives to create the lawyers that are the "social engineers" that Charles Hamilton Houston spoke about and not those that the are "parasites." Additionally, I like that I pay nothing to go to Howard (over 50% of the students receive some form of scholarship) and am still getting tons of interviews with top firms.