text: what, in your opinion is the best non-ivy league law school? i'm only in the 7th grade but i've always wanted to be a lawyer. more importantly a criminal lawyer. what would be the best non-ivy leagure law school? i've always thought about boston university but only because my older sister goes there but not for law purposes. not sure why you care whether it's an "ivy" or not, but generally, virginia, michigan, and berkley are regarded as the best public law schools.  the best non-ivy schools are generally considered to be nyu, stanford, chicago.  some ivies don't even have law schools (brown, princeton).  boston university is highly regarded, especially in boston, though most people wouldn't call it a "top" school."  us news ranks law schools annually; their methodology is kind of weird and the rankings hardly ever change, but people for some reason seem to put a lot of weight on the rankings.  you can see them online.