Florida State is the #3 law school in the nation for best student quality of life, #1 in the country for greatest resources for women, #6 for best professors, and #6 for greatest resources for minority students, according to The Princeton Review (2024).
U.S. News & World Report (2024) rates Florida State as the 48th best law school in the nation. Florida State’s environmental law program is ranked 17th best nationally, and the tax law program is the 28th best.
According to preLaw magazine (2023), Florida State is the nation’s #6 law school for government careers.
According to American Bar Association data, Florida State is the nation’s 6th best law school and #1 in Florida in terms of 2023 graduates who were employed in full-time, long-term bar passage required or J.D. advantage jobs or who were pursuing graduate studies on a full-time basis within 10 months of graduation.
preLaw magazine (2023) ranks Florida State the nation’s #8 best value law school.
Alumni Network
Florida State's alumni network is truly superb, evidenced by our outstanding employment rates, extensive mentoring and alumni contribution rates. Hundreds of alumni visit campus each year to mentor and interview our students. Many additional alumni network via video conference.
Student Selectivity
Current students represent 31 U.S. states, 40 countries, and 125 colleges & universities.
The 2023 entering class has a median LSAT of 165 and a median GPA of 3.85.
Student Successes
Florida State is ranked the nation’s #18 law school for moot court. Our Moot Court Team and Trial Team consistently win national competitions and have been ranked among the nation’s best advocacy teams.
In 2022, our Black Law Students Association won 1st place in the National Constance Baker Motley Mock Trial Competition. Our BLSA has been named National Chapter of the Year four times since 2011.
Florida State’s Student Bar Association has received the Student Bar Association Award nine times. The American Bar Association Law Student Division award honors the best SBA in the nation.
Professional Skills Training
Law students earn academic credit at our in-house, live-client Business Law Clinic, Children’s Advocacy Clinic, Children in Prison Project, Health Care Access Project, Human Trafficking and Exploitation Law Project, Immigration and Farmworker Project, International Human Rights Advocacy Clinic and Juvenile Solitary Confinement Project. Clients in the Business Law Clinic are business and social entrepreneurs from across the Florida State University campus.
Our Stoops Center of Law & Business, Center for Environmental, Energy and Land Use Law, and Institute of Law, Technology & Innovation host programming featuring top scholars and practitioners from around the nation and enhance the law school’s training of students.
In our extensive clinical externship program, law students earn academic credit by working in one of 100+ outside law offices or courts. Placement areas include judicial, criminal, civil, legal services, appellate, business, and international.
Our rich curriculum includes series of courses focused on litigation skills, transactional skills, legislative practice skills, and administrative practice skills.