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TTT officially stands for Third Tier Toilet, which is the Third Tier in the US News Rankings. TTT is also applied to the Fourth Tier or any non-ABA schools. In general, these schools are said to have lower prestige and worse career prospects.

Since we are talking about TTTs, it wouldn't hurt to talk about another popular term: Top Tier. Top Tier is usually referred to as Tier 1 law schools in the US News. Many law schools (on their websites) refer to themselves as Top Tier if they are in Tier 1 (ranked 1-50 in the US News).

Some elitists also like to refer to the Top Tier as Top 10, Top 14, Top etc. It really depends on who you talk to. Most people like to include their own school in the Top Tier. For example, a ND Law grad may refer to the Top Tier as T25 or a Columbia Law grad may view it as the Top 10, while Georgetown Law grad Top 14.