High LSAT scores may pay all or a part of your law school tuition at Thomas Jefferson in beautiful San Diego! http://www.tjsl.edu/index.cfm?rID_int=7&sID_int=28#Q5 Who says U.S. News rankings aren't IMPORTANT?
As I've bashed my law school career so much on this forum (FYI: I graduated 71st out of 155--Mister Average), I figure I might as well do a little horn-tooting for balance. I did very well on the LSAT and it got me a full ride my first year. As my wife joined the faculty as an adjunct in time for my second year, I got a "family dependent" tuition waiver, so all I had to pay my final four semesters was a $250 a semester registration and activity fee. Law school education in toto: $1000. Made out like a bandit.
Well, I though no one could do it more cheaply than I did...I see that I am in error. Total tuition cost for ME was about $1,500 for all three years (after scholarship). Still, don't you think it's interesting? TJ, just like Case Western in my eldest daughter's case, is literally willing to BUY applicants with high LSAT scores. Why not? Average LSAT is one factor in the rankings; so is first-time Bar passage rate (which apparently is tied cloesly to LSAT scores and undergrad G.P.A.) QED: Buy the brightest students you can, REGARDLESS of individual financial need, BTW, and make the rest of the students PAY for your enhanced prestige...
Cooley Law in Michigan has a similar offer. They also base their admissions solely on a published LSAT/UGPA index.
So legal education becomes a capitalist meritocracy! Boy, U.S. News has a LOT more power than I'd ever have thought! Incidently, to potential law students lurking out there: Go ahead and TAKE the damned test! You, too, may hit the free tuition jackpot!