Law School Profile

The Law School is noted for its exceptional and accessible faculty and a highly competitive admissions process that results in highly credentialed students. With one of the largest law libraries in the country, student and faculty-edited journals, LL.M. and dual and joint degree programs, and a nationally recognized clinical education program, the Law School is truly a school of opportunities.

2012-13 Profile

Tuition & Fees	Resident: $36,820 (excludes optional health insurance)
	Nonresident: $45,484 (excludes optional health insurance)
	Optional Health Insurance: $1,900

Student Body	854 students: 759 J.D., 13 international visiting, 47 LL.M. (18 countries represented)
Class of 2015*	Applied: 3,225; Enrolled: 205 LSAT Median: 167 25-75 Percentile: 158-168 GPA Median: 3.8 25-75 Percentile: 3.36-3.89 Class Composition: Male 59%; Female 41%; Minorities 24% 36 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico 7 foreign countries 120+ undergraduate institutions 32% Minnesota residents 68% nonresidents 40+ student organizations
Degrees Offered	Juris Doctor (J.D.) Master of Law (LL.M.) J.D./M.B.A.; J.D./M.P.A; J.D./M.A., J.D./M.B.S., J.D./M.P.P., J.D./M.S., J.D./M.D., J.D./M.P., J.D./M.B.T., J.D./M.U.R.P., J.D./M.P.H., J.D./M.S.S.T., J.D./M.H.A., and J.D./Ph.D., through the Curtis L. Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota, the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, the School of Journalism and Mass Communications, or the Joint Degree Program in Law, Health and the Life Sciences at the University of Minnesota, as well as various other colleges and departments
Faculty	10.9:1 student to faculty ratio 69 full-time law faculty 12 clinical faculty, 31 University-affiliated faculty, 207 adjunct faculty 32 faculty members hold endowed chairs/professorships 34 permanent endowed chairs/professorships
Law Library	7th largest law library in the U.S. 1,000,000+ volumes and volume equivalents 330 study carrels 773 total seating
Clinics	24 clinical education courses Over 50% of students take at least one live-client clinical course (national average is 25%): Bankruptcy Business Law Child Advocacy & Juvenile Justice Civil Rights Enforcement Community Mediation Consumer Protection Criminal Defense Appeals Criminal Prosecution Appeals Environmental Sustainability: Land Use & Water Policy Federal Defense Housing Law Human Rights Litigation and International Legal Advocacy Immigration and Human Rights Law Indian Child Welfare (ICWA) Innocence Project Insurance Law Misdemeanor Defense Misdemeanor Prosecution Misdemeanor Prosecution/Defense (2 sem.) Philip C. Carruthers Public Interest Law Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi Civil Practice Ronald M. Mankoff Tax Special Education Law Workers' Rights
Scholarly Journals	ABA Journal of Labor and Employment Law Constitutional Commentary Crime and Justice Law & Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice Minnesota Journal of International Law Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology Minnesota Law Review 199 students participate on a journal
Research Institutes	Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences Corporate Institute Human Rights Center Institute on Crime and Public Policy Institute for Law and Economics Institute for Law and Rationality Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity Robina Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice
Exchange Programs	Semester Exchange Programs Bocconi University, Milan, Italy Bucerius Law School, Hamburg, Germany ESADE Faculty of Law, Barcelona, Spain Getulio Vargas Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany Tilburg University Faculty of Law, Tilburg, Netherlands Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, Lyon, France University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland Universidad de Montevideo, Uruguay University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden Summer International Program Renmin University, Beijing, China
Career Center	Please visit the Career Facts & Statistics page for information on Class of 2011 graduates known to be employed as of February 24, 2012.
Alumni	Number of living alumni: 12,411 (in 50 states and over 53 countries; more than 250 federal and state judges nationwide [2008])
Endowment	$87.3 million (as of August 2012)

*LSAT/UGPA percentiles were calculated by the Law School Admission Council based on matriculant lists provided by the University of Minnesota Law School to the ABA.

October 5, 2012. Subject to change.

The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer.

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