March 10, 2019

Which law schools had the most transfers in and out?

Which law schools had the most transfers in and out?Spivey Consulting Group

The following data is all from 2018 ABA 509 reports.

These are the top 25 schools to matriculate the most transfers:

1 Georgetown: 105 transfers in
2 NYU: 58 transfers in
3 Arizona State: 50 transfers in
4 Emory: 42 transfers in
5 UC Berkeley: 36 transfers in
6 Columbia: 35 transfers in
7 Loyola Los Angeles: 34 transfers in
8 Northwestern: 33 transfers in
9 Harvard: 32 transfers in
10 (tie) UCLA: 31 transfers in
10 (tie) George Washington: 31 transfers in
12 North Dakota: 28 transfers in
13 Florida: 27 transfers in
14 Houston: 25 transfers in
15 Hofstra: 24 transfers in
16 Miami: 23 transfers in
17 Rutgers: 20 transfers in
18 (tie) American: 19 transfers in
18 (tie) Fordham: 19 transfers in
18 (tie) San Diego: 19 transfers in
21 (tie) Chicago: 18 transfers in
21 (tie) Florida State: 18 transfers in
21 (tie) Georgia State: 18 transfers in
24 (tie) Mercer: 15 transfers in
24 (tie) St. John’s: 15 transfers in

And these are the top 25 schools to have the most 1L students transfer out:

1 American: 42 transfers out
2 Western Michigan: 31 transfers out
3 George Washington: 23 transfers out
4 (tie) Brooklyn: 21 transfers out
4 (tie) Thomas Jefferson: 21 transfers out
6 DePaul: 20 transfers out
7 Widener: 19 transfers out
8 (tie) Southwestern: 18 transfers out
8 (tie) Touro: 18 transfers out
10 (tie) Miami: 16 transfers out
10 (tie) Vermont: 16 transfers out
12 (tie) Barry: 15 transfers out
12 (tie) UC Irvine: 15 transfers out
12 (tie) Golden Gate: 15 transfers out
12 (tie) Maryland: 15 transfers out
12 (tie) Suffolk: 15 transfers out
17 (tie) John Marshall: 14 transfers out
17 (tie) Florida Coastal: 14 transfers out
17 (tie) Hofstra: 14 transfers out
20 (tie) Charleston: 13 transfers out
20 (tie) Nova Southeastern: 13 transfers out
20 (tie) Oklahoma City: 13 transfers out
20 (tie) South Texas: 13 transfers out
20 (tie) Valparaiso: 13 transfers out
25 Arizona Summit: 12 transfers out

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