Law magazine: Georgia State's College of Law ranked is No. 1

National Jurist magazine, a publication aimed at law school students ranked the College of Law at Georgia State University No.1 in value, up from its fourth place ranking last year.

Brigham Young University's J. Reuben Clark Law School, ranked second, unchanged from last year, while the University of Louisville’s Louis D. Brandeis School of Law ranked third.

The University of Georgia School of Law, the only other school from the Peach State to make the list, ranked 15th. The magazine based its selection on bar passage rates, tuition costs, average student debt after graduation and post-graduation employment rates.