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Top 10 Law Schools for Business Law
In 2014, Law Street Media released its first set of law school rankings, in response to the changing legal education industry. Law Street Specialty Rankings are a detailed resource for prospective law students as they consider the many law schools across the country. You'll notice some differences this year, as we return to the categories we first ranked in 2014. This year, we've changed the way we do our methodology slightly, to reflect feedback from our readers and the law school community. We've also redesigned our look, to make it easier to navigate and compare various schools. But as always, Law Street Specialty Rankings are built to blend the quantitative and qualitative in a way that accurately highlights the top law schools based on specialty programs.
This year's law school specialty rankings were compiled by Anneliese Mahoney, Alexis Evans, Celia Heudebourg, Gabe Fernandez, James Levinson, Josh Schmidt, and Marcus Dieterle.
Jobs: 16/20
Employment opportunities for graduates from Berkeley Law are very solid. Students at Berkeley Law also have clinical opportunities to learn about certain aspects of business law. Berkeley’s Community Economic Justice Clinic gives law students the chance to provide business development services to the surrounding community.
Classes: 25/25
UC Berkeley offers a specific certificate in business law that requires students to take some foundational classes and provides a variety of interesting electives. Some of these electives offer a California-specific perspective on business law, including courses like “Negotiating Hollywood Contracts.”
Networking: 15/15
UC Berkeley offers valuable networking events focused on business law, like an annual mergers and acquisitions roundtable discussion.
Extracurriculars: 14/15
This law school offers both a journal and a student organization dedicated solely to business law and entrepreneurship. There’s also a Global Corporate Law Society that concentrates on corporate law from a worldwide perspective.
Location: 12/15
Berkeley received a solid score in the location category because of its proximity to cities like Oakland and San Francisco, which provide many opportunities to students.
Other Rankings: 10/10
UC Berkeley’s law school earned a perfect score in this category because of its consistent placement on the top of other organizations’ business law rankings.
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