Drake University Law School has been named a Best Law Schools for 2025 by The Princeton Review. The education services company recently released their annual unranked list of outstanding law schools across the country.
The list features the company’s detailed profiles of the schools with The Princeton Review’s ratings of them and quotes from students attending the schools whom The Princeton Review surveyed.
Drake earned a score of 86 for overall academic experience, 94 for interesting professors, 94 for accessible professors, and 86 for career services. (The ratings are scores of 60 to 99 the company reports in up to five categories in the profiles.)
The profile also includes comments from students enrolled in Drake Law School who were surveyed by The Princeton Review for this project. Highlights from the student comment section include:
- Professors are patient and kind but also demand a lot out of students.
- Drake’s location in the capital city and the Law School’s strong alumni network and relationships with the bench and bar in Iowa create an advantage for Drake Law students.
- The small class size allows students to engage effectively and adds to a family atmosphere and many opportunities for students to bond and network outside of the classroom.
- Drake’s “world-class caliber” research and writing program outshines many of the other law schools in the region, according to student response.
- The First-Year Trial Practicum allows first year students “watch the entirety of a trial,” and are able “to discuss various aspects of the trial with professors, the judge, jurors, and practicing attorneys”—an invaluable learning experience.
- Students praise Drake’s Legal Clinic, in which students give “legal aid to people who couldn’t otherwise afford it,” and cite it as a “great opportunity for practical experience.”
- The research program exposes students to a wide variety of research sources and methods early on—tools “students at other law schools don’t touch until after they graduate.”
“All of the schools that made our list for 2025 deliver exceptional legal education programs,” said Rob Franek, The Princeton Review’s Editor-in-Chief. “We recommend each one as an academically excellent choice for a student considering earning a J.D.”
The Princeton Review editors weigh more than 60 data points in making their annual selections for their annual Best Law Schools lists. The selections for the 2025 list took into account data from surveys the company conducted in 2025 of administrators at 168 law schools as well as surveys over the past three academic years of 18,400 students enrolled at the schools.
“At Drake Law, our mission is to provide an educational experience that transforms lives and launches meaningful legal careers,” said Dean Roscoe Jones, Jr. “It’s deeply rewarding to see that mission recognized nationally through the excellence of our faculty, the dedication of our staff, and the expansive, hands-on opportunities that define a Drake Law education.”