For an aspirant lawyer, willing to make it big in the legal profession, selection of the right school of law is critical. Getting into this type of school you want is not easy and finding it even harder. Thousands of law schools have sprouted all over the place and each claim to provide you with the best education. It is thus imperative that you carefully choose the law school. There are certain guidelines that you can consider while choosing a school of law. Caution and circumspection will go a long way in to ensuring that you have chosen the right school.
Let us take a look at the factors that need to be considered for selecting a school of law.
First, the faculty of the school is of premium importance. The quality of faculty is essentially equal to the quality of the students. You need to address a number of issues here. Find out whether the faculty is adequately diverse in terms of race, gender, experience, qualification and so on.
What is the faculty to student ratio? The higher the number of teachers to the students, the higher a student will get the attention. Are the teachers considered authorities in their respective fields or have they published papers on the subject? Does the law school invite enough visiting lecturers of eminence regularly? Try to answer these fundamental questions to evaluate the quality of faculty.
Second, find out how equipped is the library? Does the library have a rich collection of core law books, law reference books and journals and are these subscribed on a regular basis? Does it have internet connection and adequate number of personal computers that will facilitate intense research? Is the staff qualified enough to handle a library or in other words, is the staff certified? Find out this critical information about the library.
Third, find out the quality of the curriculum. All the law schools typically follow courses like contracts, criminal law, constitutional and property law, civil procedure, legal methods, along with writing, torts.