the 2011 edition of u.s. news publication ranked suffolk 20th in the united states for its legal clinics, 13th for its alternative dispute resolution program, and 15th for its legal writing. lawschool100.com ranked suffolk university law school as 98th overall in its 2010 ranking of law schools. the 2010 edition of "judging the law schools" ranked suffolk 35th overall in the united states based upon aba data. in 2010 the princeton review's "the best law schools" publication ranked suffolk 5th in the united states in "most competitive students". in 2010 the national jurist ranked suffolk as the 54th best law school in the country for public interest law. the ilrg also has numerous other categories and ranks suffolk university law school as the 68th most selective law school, 45th for job placement before graduation, 78th for job placement after 9 months, 23rd for best bar passer rates among first time takers, 14th when ranking the school versus the state average for bar passage rates, 92nd for student to faculty ratio and 87th overall for student median lsat/gpas. law & politics' 2010 ranking of law schools ranked suffolk university law school 33rd overall. in 2010, the social science research network ranked suffolk 25th in the country. leiter's ranking of most desirable law schools lists suffolk as the 35th most desirable law school in the country. law.com ranks suffolk 54th overall for best job placement and employment trends into "biglaw" with eleven percent of the class entering big law. in 2010, the hylton rankings placed suffolk university law school 94th overall among all law schools.