Vanderbilt, Emory, or University of Maryland?

Emory is without doubt the most respected of these schools, although Vanderbilt is also a decent school. U Md is everyone's safety school. It has basically no prestige at all. So, if you really are intent on getting into a top law school, I dont think MD can hold a candle to the other two. IF you go to MD you have to understand that you will really need to have an absolutely top GPA and recommendations coming out or you will be at some third level law school and wind up defending traffic fines and writing wills in Baltimore.