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Law Schools in Arkansas

Are you are looking to go to one of the law schools in Arkansas? There are 2 ABA accredited law schools in Arkansas.

The highest ranked law school in Arkansas is University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, which was ranked 105 by US News in 2023. The school has an LSAT median of 156 and a GPA median of 3.6.

The best law school in Arkansas depends on what you're looking for. Every law school is different, just like every person is different.

Other schools in Arkansas include UALR William H. Bowen School of Law. If you want to go to law school in Arkansas, you should consider these schools.

ABA accredited law schools in Arkansas

  1. University of Arkansas Law School
  2. UALR William H. Bowen School of Law

You can also check out law schools in the states that border Arkansas: Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas.

Detailed information on Arkansas law schools

University of Arkansas Law School

Fayetteville, Arkansas
Rank 105 (US News 2023)
  • Ranked: 105 by US News in 2023.
  • LSAT percentiles (25/50/75): 153/156/158
  • GPA percentiles (25/50/75): 3.34/3.6/3.87
  • Acceptance rate: 41.2
  • Bar passage rate: 81.1

UALR William H. Bowen School of Law

Little Rock , Arkansas
Rank 150 (US News 2023)
  • Ranked: 150 by US News in 2023.
  • LSAT percentiles (25/50/75): 149/152/155
  • GPA percentiles (25/50/75): 2.98/3.41/3.69
  • Acceptance rate: 55.8
  • Bar passage rate: 74.1

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jb2028
21:04
To make that a bit more scrutable, an example: 3 years WE before HLS, $90K in savings, borrowed sticker ($424K per Law School Transparency). $10K+(3*10K)=$40K in assets are protected, $40K unprotected. ($40K*100%) is divided by $424K, so LIPP benefits would be reduced by 9.4% (you would receive 90.6% of the full benefit) during your first year of repayment
jb2028
21:05
Oops, mixed up my figures above (initially used $80K in savings). For $90K, you have $50K unprotected and benefits are reduced by 11.8%
21:06
HLS better have super deep pockets for how expensive sticker is lol
jb2028
21:06
And yeah, the passage @geauxblue notes *implies* that assets aren't considered in the PSLF plan (at least, not in the exact same way), but I for one am going to ask the HLS financial aid folks to walk me through it in excruciating detail before I sign up for $424K all in over three years
21:07
I’m with you jb
21:08
If you can go BL then exit into a PSLF eligible govt or PI role and get the benefits of LRAP then that’s massive
AnnoyingOpenYogurt
21:08
TY for all the info <3 and yes I will also need them to advise me lol
jb2028
21:09
Oh, and as an added bonus HLS lets you roll in up to $50K for undergrad/joint degrees and up to $15K in bar-related expenses as LIPP-eligible borrowing (for standard as well as PSLF tracks)
AnnoyingOpenYogurt
21:09
It feels weird to spend the ***k I’ve saved and go back to 0. But also scary to take out loans for full coa
AnnoyingOpenYogurt
21:10
manifesting good financial futures for all of us
jb2028
21:12
Beyond the (extremely generous) topline figures, the area where the HLS plan really shines compared to its peers (And so, I assume, do YLS/SLS, have not researched as much since I have not gotten As) is those fringe questions/cases - no maximum income, lots of ancillary loans can be rolled in, edge-case employment (non-legal nonprofit) is eligible, etc. All the stuff that is not as flashy for prospective students, but can help grads a lot if your law school has more money than God
AnnoyingOpenYogurt
21:14
ah I’m reading the website and u can’t use lipp if you’re borrowing instead of paying w savings, except those 10k x year protected assets
im leaning towards HLS over the BLOS
jb2028
21:18
For a sense of where the HLS endowment really makes a difference, compare to NYU - a peer school with a focus on PI. Under NYU's PSLF plan: Benefits start to phase out at the same $ amount as Harvard ($110K), but the phase-out is steeper (40% vs 30% of marginal dollars), they have a strict asset cap ($100K net worth or less), you can't roll as much debt in from undergrad ($30K vs $50K) or bar prep ($10K vs $15K), and non-legal nonprofit employment is not eligible
21:19
Damn so for NYU you CAN’T do BL then qualify for their plan
21:20
Or would the loans be accounted in your net worth so you still could
jb2028
21:25
I believe they'd be factored into your net worth, so you could do biglaw and then do the NYU LRAP if you slow-walk loan repayment and spend all your biglaw $ on hookers, blow, and increasingly Preſtigious (expensive) private schooling and enrichment for the kids
jb2028
21:25
Many such cases
jb2028
21:26
They just don't seem to make it out of biglaw when their lifestyle collides with the practical realities of government salaries
21:35
Jb when are you visiting HLS
jb2028
21:37
3/29 ASD. You?
21:43
April 12
21:43
Lmk how you like it!
jb2028
21:46
Will do!
I’m going April 12 too
im going 4/19 since it was cheaper for me lol
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