University of Minnesota Reviews

"Pros: The faculty are extremely supportive, personable, and easily accessible, often bending over backward to make themselves available to students for any and all needs. Cons: The cons I can think of include a somewhat striking lack of diversity in the classroom. The cultural competence training is lacking, as well as a social medicine component."

"There are a lot of good things about Minnesota. The area immediately around the law school is a bit dead, but transportation is easy to get downtown or to a place with a little more life. If you want something super diverse it isn't going to be Minnesota."

"Great teachers + great peers. The atmosphere is excellent and the competition between students is friendly, not cutthroat. Not a big career network outside of the Midwest. The building is dreary because all the classrooms are essentially in the basement."

"Minneapolis is a great city to live in and the students and faculty at the Law School are very collegial and helpful. There are plenty of student organizations and outside organizations in the Twin Cities to get involved in and the Law School offers courses in an extremely wide variety of areas. Career Center is what you make of it."

"An intense but worthwhile program that puts its students onto some of the best career paths in the world."

"A premier education, at a great price, with incredible peers, in a really fun city. LOVE it."

"I am extremely happy with my choice to come to law school at Minnesota!"

"I really enjoy the law program at the University. The program is challenging and certainly pushes individuals to further master their understanding of the law."

"Minneapolis is a great city, so the school gets lots of points for that. Depending what you want to do, the career center and network are limited. Some faculty are amazing and accessible and some aren't. Anyone who is looking at the social life rating of law schools should not apply to law school."

" Great faculty (interesting classes, accessible outside of class, etc.), great location, generous financial aid.  Little guidance from the career center, "Law in Practice" program needs a serious overhaul."

"The U of M Law School is a great program for pursuing independent opportunities with faculty support."

"Love the school. It isn't super competitive. Everyone is nice and supportive. The only down side is if you want to get a job out of state, it is really difficult unless you have amazing grades."

"Good place to go to school. The Career Center is awful."

"I was very fortunate to receive a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, and the UofM has been very helpful by providing me with smaller research grants and scholarships to finance the field portion of my research."

"Minneapolis/St. Paul is a wonderful city with a lot to do and see (even in the winter!). However, you're probably too busy to see any of it. That being said, the graduate students in anthropology work very well together and help each other along. This is possible because there is not a lot of competitiveness among the graduate students. The current funding package is nearly unrivaled. In the biological anthropology side, the professors are generally more accessible and present than the socio/cultural side."

"Most faculty members are accessible, thoughtful, and interested in your work, even if you aren't their advisee. Very close-knit group of students. Everyone has the same funding. Students are supportive of their peers' projects. Sometimes you are assigned a teaching assistantship that is not relevant to your work, but it is still valuable professional experience."

"Pros: Easy contact to faculty, variety of fields to choose. Cons: Many required courses, leaves less space for electives."

"Awesome school and faculty. Would really recommend it for anyone interested in pursuing a degree in archaeology."

"Pros: Research oppurtunities in just about any subject Cons: No parking"

"Good environment and career opportunities for international students."