The Best Schools For Intellectual Property

Rank and School Annual Tuition (Full-Time) LSAT (25th -75th Percentile) Acceptance Rate Median Private (PR) and Public (PU) Sector Starting Salaries Post-Graduation Debt Employ-ment After 9 Months (2012 Grads) Over-all Rank
1. Stanford $52,530 169-173 10.3% $160,000 (PR)$62,459 (PU) $108,391 96.1% 2
2. U. of California-Berkeley $48,058 (In-State)$52,009 (Out-of-State) 163-169 17.8% $160,000 (PR)$60,000 (PU) $141,358 88.1% 9
3. George Washington U. $49,840 159-167 41.5% $160,000 (PR)$60,000 (PU) $123,693 91.0% 20
4. New York U. $54,678 168-172 31.4% $160,000 (PR)$51,630 (PU) $147,685 95.9% 6
4. Santa Clara U. $1500 (Per Credit) 155-160 56.9% $120,000 (PR)$74,500 (PU) NA 56.4% 107
6. Yeshiva U. $51,778 156-162 46.0% $75,000 (PR)$53,000 (PU) $118,677 60.5% 64
7. American U. $48,148 153-159 46.7% $80,000 (PR)$55,000 (PU) $158,638 53.6% 72
7. U. of Houston $29,748 (In-State) $39,792 (Out-of-State) 157-162 34.1% $127,500 (PR)$53,000 (PU) $89,530 75.2% 58
9. U. of New Hampshire $41,190 153-159 53.9% $97,250 (PR)$50,000 (PU) $125,815 68.1% 93
10. Boston U. $45,786 161-166 34.5% $160,000 (PR)$57,000 (PU) $110,309 68.1% 27
10. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago Kent) 44,410 153-159 54.7% $70,000 (PR)$51,600 (PU) $112,500 65.2% 72

 
Source: U.S. News and World Report Notes: Private (PR) and Public (PU) Sector salaries
What differentiates the top schools for intellectual property:

Stanford Law School

Stanford Law School


To provide students with practical experience, Stanford operates the Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic. Here, students represent clients in areas like information technology, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology, helping shape public policy through filing briefs or comments in rule-making proceedings or authoring public whitepapers. Through a grant from Microsoft, Stanford has developed the Transatlantic Technology Law Forum, which works to reduce the policy inconsistencies between the United States and the European Union in areas like antitrust, intellectual property, and biotechnology law. In addition, Stanford offers courses in areas like commercial law, copyrights, international law, patent litigation, and internet law.

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