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Nova law refers to the Shepard Broad College of Law at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Its incoming class medians are a 155 LSAT and 3.52 GPA, per Nova Southeastern's 2025 ABA Standard 509 report; its current U.S. News 2026-27 standing is published in the U.S. News list and is not in the verified data used here.
By Ali Unar, JD candidate at Georgetown Law and founder of Lovare Institut. Last updated August 2026. Every figure on this page was verified in August 2026 against the sources listed below.
Nova law is the Shepard Broad College of Law at Nova Southeastern University, located in the Fort Lauderdale area of South Florida. Its current U.S. News 2026-27 position is published in the U.S. News Best Law Schools list, though it is not in the verified data used here. Nova Southeastern is a regionally focused school whose graduates concentrate in the Florida legal market, so its Florida placement matters more to most applicants than its national rank.
The table gives the figures that most affect your admission odds and outcomes. The LSAT, GPA, and acceptance figures come from the school's 2025 ABA Standard 509 report.
MetricFigure (2025 cycle)SourceU.S. News rankSee U.S. News 2026-27 listU.S. NewsMedian LSAT155ABA 509Median GPA3.52ABA 509Acceptance rate47.32%ABA 509Employed at 10 months, bar-passage-requiredSee ABA employment reportABAFirst-time bar passageSee ABA 509 reportABA 509
LSAT, GPA, and acceptance figures are from Nova Southeastern's 2025 ABA Standard 509 report; its U.S. News 2026-27 rank, employment rate, and first-time bar passage are not in the verified data used here and are published in the U.S. News list and the school's ABA disclosures at abarequireddisclosures.org.
Most law school rankings that applicants cite come from U.S. News and World Report, which scores schools on reputation surveys, incoming LSAT and GPA medians, graduate employment, bar passage, and spending measures. The exact weights change from year to year and are published in the U.S. News Best Law Schools methodology rather than captured in the verified data used here. For Nova Southeastern's underlying numbers, the ABA Standard 509 report is the authoritative source.
Nova Southeastern can be a strong choice if you plan to practice in Florida, since regional schools place best in their home state. Weigh its employment rate in bar-passage-required jobs, its bar-passage rate, and any scholarship against your total cost, each of which is published in Nova Southeastern's ABA employment summary and 2025 Standard 509 report. Then check whether your LSAT and GPA meet its medians of 155 and 3.52 to gauge your odds and scholarship potential.
Nova Southeastern's Shepard Broad College of Law is ABA-approved and regionally focused on Florida rather than nationally ranked. Whether it is a good fit depends on its employment rate in bar-passage-required jobs, its bar-passage rate, and how your LSAT and GPA compare to its medians. Nova Southeastern reports a median LSAT of 155, a median GPA of 3.52, and a 47.32% acceptance rate in its 2025 ABA Standard 509 report, with employment and bar-passage figures in its ABA disclosures. For Florida-bound applicants with scholarship offers, it can be a sensible option.
The T14 refers to the fourteen law schools that have effectively always ranked in the U.S. News top 14: Yale, Stanford, Chicago, Columbia, Harvard, Penn, NYU, Virginia, Berkeley, Michigan, Duke, Northwestern, Cornell, and Georgetown. They hire nationally rather than regionally, which is why they are grouped. Their internal order changes yearly; in U.S. News 2026-27 it runs Stanford 1st; Chicago and Yale tied 2nd; Penn and Virginia tied 4th; Harvard 6th; Duke and NYU tied 7th; Columbia, Northwestern, and Michigan tied 9th; Cornell tied 13th; Berkeley tied 16th; and Georgetown tied 18th, per U.S. News 2026-27.
The schools usually called the best are the T14; in the U.S. News 2026-27 list the top five are Stanford 1st, Chicago and Yale tied 2nd, and Penn and Virginia tied 4th, per U.S. News 2026-27. The best school for you, though, is the one where your LSAT and GPA are competitive and that places graduates in the state and practice area you want.
Law school rankings are compiled by private publishers, mainly U.S. News, not by the ABA or any government body. U.S. News scores each school on reputation surveys, incoming LSAT and GPA medians, graduate employment and bar-passage rates, and per-student spending to produce the rank. The exact weights change periodically and are published in the U.S. News Best Law Schools methodology.
Verified August 2026.
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