• Founded in 1895
• Accredited by: American Bar Association (1923) and Association of American Law Schools (1900)
• Faculty and Legal Writing Professors: 56 (45% women; 18% minority)
• Students enrolled: 608 (17% of upperclass students are joint degree candidates)

• Merit- and need-based financial aid programs
• Admissions application deadline: April 1
• Financial Aid application deadlines:
  
  
  • Submit FAFSA on the Web to federal processor: early January
  • Submit College of Law financial aid application: February 15
  • See catalog for complete instructions
  
  
• Application processes for admission and financial aid must be done concurrently; do not wait for an admissions decision to begin the financial aid application process.
• Tuition in 2009 - 2010: $43,250
• Required fees: $1606
• Class of 2012 receiving institutional financial aid: 71%

• Number enrolled: 223
• Gender ratio: 39% female; 61% male
• Students of Color: 23%
  
          GPA
  • 75th Percentile: 3.51
  • 50th Percentile: 3.32
  • 25th Percentile: 3.13
  
          LSAT
  • 75th Percentile: 157
  • 50th Percentile: 155
  • 25th Percentile: 153
  
  
• Average age at entry: 24; age range: 21 - 42; 14% are 27 years and older
• Number of students holding advanced degrees: 6%
• Number of undergraduate colleges & universities represented: 139
• Number of states represented: 32 (39% from New York state): After New York state, California, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Michigan, Florida, Ohio, and Massachusetts are the largest feeder states
• Student to Faculty Ratio: 13 to 1 

•  Employment Survey for the Class of 2008 (nine months after graduation)
  
  
  • Number of graduates in class: 224
  • Percent employed including full-time degree students: 94%
  • Average salary reported for 100+ attorney firms: $125,000
  • Average salary reported for all private practice: $86,500
  • Average salary reported for government employers: $50,000

•  Centers and Institutes
  
  
  • Burton Blatt Institute: Centers of Innovation on Disability
  • Disability Law and Policy
  • Family Law and Social Policy
  • Global Law and Practice
  • Indigenous Law, Governance and Citizenship
  • Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism
  • Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics, and the Media
  • Property, Citizenship, and Social Entrepreneurism
  • Technology Commercialization Law
    
    
• Clinical Programs
  
  
  • Children's Rights and Family Law Clinic
  • Community Development Law Clinic 
  • Criminal Defense Law Clinic
  • Disability Rights Clinic 
  • Elder law Clinic
  • Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic 
  • Securities Arbritration/Consumer Law Clini
  
  
• Externship Courses
  
  
  • Advocacy Externship
  • Judicial Externship
  • Public Interest Externship
  
  
•  Advocacy Skills Program
  
  
  • Trial Advocacy Courses
  • Moot Court Teams and Competitions
    
  
  

•  First-Year Elective Courses *: 
  
  
  • Employment Discrimination
  • Family Law
  • Health Law 
  • Special Education Law
  • Voting Rights

         * Courses may vary from year to year 

•  Joint Degree Programs:
  
  
  • J.D./Public Administration (M.P.A.)
  • J.D./Business Administration (M.B.A.) 
  • J.D./Social Work (M.S.W.)
  • J.D./M.S. in Accounting
  • J.D./M.S. Communications
  • J.D./M.S. in Disability Studies
  • J.D./M.S. or Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Forestry 
  • J.D./M.S. in Engineering and Computer Science
  • J.D./M.S. in International Relations
  • J.D./M.S. or M.A. in other disciplines including economics,  education, English, history, library science, philosophy, and political science.
  
  
• Summer Abroad Program
  
  
  •  Law in London