The School of Law at University of Miami
EDU
March 2, 2019
Law School Admissions
Application
| Director of admissions |
Michael Goodnight |
| Application deadline |
July 31 |
| Full-time program application fee |
$60 |
| Part-time program application fee |
$0 |
| Besides the fall semester, can enter in |
N/A |
Admissions & Enrollment (Overall)
| Acceptance rate |
47.0% – Medium |
| Median undergraduate GPA for all program entrants |
3.38 |
| Median LSAT score for all program entrants |
158 |
Admissions & Enrollment (Full-time)
| Acceptance rate |
47.0% |
| LSAT scores (25th-75th percentile) |
156-160 |
| Undergraduate GPA (25th-75th percentile) |
3.19-3.57 |
| Median undergraduate GPA for full-time program entrants |
3.38 |
| Median LSAT score for full-time program entrants |
158 |
Admissions & Enrollment (Part-time)
| Acceptance rate |
N/A |
| LSAT scores (25th-75th percentile) |
N/A |
| Undergraduate GPA (25th-75th percentile) |
N/A |
| Median undergraduate GPA for part-time program entrants |
N/A |
| Median LSAT score for part-time program entrants |
N/A |
Law School Academics
Academic Program Details
| Academic calendar |
Semester |
| Joint degrees offered |
| J.D./M.B.A. |
JD/LLM REAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT |
| J.D./M.A. IN COMMUNICATIONS |
JD/MASTER IN MUSIC BUSINESS |
| J.D./LL.M. TAX |
JD/MBA/LLM TAXATION |
| JD/MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH |
JD/MPS IN MARINE AFFAIRS |
| JD/LLM INTERNATIONAL OR OCEAN LAW |
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| Special programs offered to J.D. students (as provided by the school) |
| LWOW, a collaborative academic model exploring innovation in legal education and practice; international focus with international arbitration specialty, nine international exchange programs plus summer study in Europe and Asia; ten clinics in multiple specialties; joint degrees including triple JD/MBA/LL.M. in Tax; skills training integrating trial, pre-trial, and clinical. See www.law.miami.edu |
| Programs/courses offered in |
| appellate advocacy |
intellectual property law |
| clinical training |
international law |
| dispute resolution |
tax law |
| environmental law |
trial advocacy |
| health care law |
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Curricular Offerings (Overall)
| Classroom course titles, beyond the first-year curriculum, offered last year |
151 |
| Seminars |
115 |
| Positions available in seminars |
2,505 |
| Positions available in simulation courses |
1,150 |
| Positions available in faculty-supervised clinical courses |
182 |
| Student activities (as provided by the school) |
| Student activities include governance organizations like SBA and Honor Council; over 50 student organizations based on specific legal issues, common affinity or heritage; award winning mock trial and negotiations competitions including international; 7 law reviews; student newspaper; many conferences and symposia organized by students; community events. For more information visit www.law.miami.edu |
Curricular Offerings (Full-time)
| Typical first-year full-time section size taught by full-time faculty (excludes small sections) |
97 |
| Is there typically a full-time “small section” of the first-year class taught by full-time faculty (excluding Legal Writing)? |
Yes |
| Typical size of first-year “small section” |
49 |
| Positions filled in full-time program seminars |
1,645 |
| Positions filled in full-time program simulation courses |
967 |
| Positions filled in faculty-supervised full-time program clinical courses |
182 |
| Full-time students involved in field placements |
271 |
| Full-time students involved in law journals |
219 |
| Full-time students involved in advanced moot court or trial competitions |
150 |
| Full-time students enrolled in independent study |
164 |
Curricular Offerings (Part-time)
| Typical first-year part-time section size taught by full-time faculty (excludes small sections) |
N/A |
| Is there typically a part-time “small section” of the first-year class taught by full-time faculty (excluding Legal Writing)? |
No |
| Positions filled in part-time program seminars |
N/A |
| Positions filled in part-time program simulation courses |
N/A |
| Positions filled in faculty-supervised part-time program clinical courses |
N/A |
| Part-time students involved in field placements |
N/A |
| Part-time students involved in law journals |
N/A |
| Part-time students involved in advanced moot court or trial competitions |
N/A |
| Part-time students enrolled in independent study |
N/A |
Faculty Profile (Fall 2011)
| Student-faculty ratio |
13.2:1 – Medium |
| Full- and part-time faculty |
168 |
| Full-time minority faculty |
20.7% |
| Part-time minority faculty |
18.6% |
| Total faculty |
189 |
| Total faculty (men) |
58.7% |
| Total faculty (women) |
41.3% |
| Total faculty (minorities) |
20.6% |
Class Size
Law School Ranking
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(3) Ranking by Specialties
#14 in International Law
#50 in Law Firms Rank Schools
#9 in Tax Law
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Law Ranking Scores
| Score |
48 |
| Peer assessment score (out of 5) |
2.8 |
| Assessment score by lawyers/judges (out of 5) |
3.3 |
| GPA (25th-75th percentile) |
3.19-3.57 |
| Median undergraduate GPA for all program entrants |
3.38 |
| LSAT scores (25th-75th percentile) |
156-160 |
| Median LSAT score for all program entrants |
158 |
| Acceptance rate |
47.0% – Medium |
| Student-faculty ratio |
13.2:1 – Medium |
| Graduates known to be employed at graduation |
52.8% – Medium |
| Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation |
83.5% – Medium |
| Bar passage rate (first-time test takers) |
84.3% – Medium |
| State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar |
FL |
| Statewide bar passage rate (first-time test takers) |
77.6% |
Law School Student Body
Student Body (Overall)
Student Body (Full-time)
| Enrollment (full-time) |
1,290 |
Student Body (Part-time)
| Enrollment (part-time) |
71 |
Attrition Rates for Full- and Part-time Students (2010-2011)
| First-year students discontinuing law school |
9.6% |
| Second-year students discontinuing law school |
1.5% |
| Third-year students discontinuing law school |
N/A |
| Fourth-year students discontinuing law school |
N/A |
| Male students discontinuing law school |
4.2% |
| Female students discontinuing law school |
3.5% |
Law School Cost
Financial Aid Contact Information
| Financial aid director |
Brenda Brown |
| Financial aid phone |
(305) 284-3115 |
| Financial aid application deadline |
March 1 |
Expenses
| Tuition and fees |
Full-time: $39,848 per year
Part-time: $1,390 per credit |
| Room and board |
$13,734 |
| Books |
$1,200 |
| Miscellaneous expenses |
$7,100 |
| Is the tuition the same for first-, second-, and third-year students? |
No |
| Does the university offer housing restricted to law students? |
No |
| Does the university offer graduate student housing for which law students are eligible? |
No |
| Does the university offer a public-interest scholarship program to current J.D. students? |
Yes |
Grants (Full-time students)
| Students receiving grants of less than one-half tuition |
13.6% |
| Students receiving grants of one-half tuition or more but less than full |
18.8% |
| Students receiving grants of full tuition |
0.1% |
| Students receiving grants of more than full tuition |
1.3% |
| Median grant amount |
$23,000 |
| Grant range (25th–75th percentile) |
$10,000–$25,000 |
| Full-time students receiving grants |
33.9% |
Grants (Part-time students)
| Students receiving grants of less than one-half tuition |
N/A |
| Students receiving grants of one-half tuition or more but less than full |
N/A |
| Students receiving grants of full tuition |
N/A |
| Students receiving grants of more than full tuition |
N/A |
| Median grant amount |
N/A |
| Grant range (25th–75th percentile) |
N/A |
| Part-time students receiving grants |
N/A |
Indebtedness
| Average indebtedness of 2011 graduates who incurred law school debt |
$128,350 |
| Proportion who borrowed |
75.8% |
| Does the school offer a loan repayment assistance program for 2011 J.D. graduates? |
No |
Law School Library
Library Information Resources
| Print titles (excluding nonbook titles) |
109,254 |
| Microform titles |
710 |
| Electronic titles |
22,001 |
| Other non-book titles |
954 |
| Total titles |
132,919 |
| Volumes (excluding microforms) |
417,624 |
| Volume equivalent microforms |
227,686 |
| Total volumes and volume equivalents |
645,310 |
| Number of volumes in the collection that are stored off site and are systematically retrievable |
6,501 |
| Library’s online catalog or website includes links to electronic titles or databases made available by another campus library or consortia |
Yes |
Library Schedule of Operation
| Number of hours per week library is open on a regular schedule |
111 |
| Number of hours per week professional staff are on duty on a regular schedule |
77 |
| Number of hours per week only full-time support staff are on duty on a regular schedule |
34 |
| Number of hours per week only students or other part-time staff are on duty on a regular schedule |
0 |
| Number of hours of reference service provided per week on a regular schedule |
77 |
| Number of weeks per year library operates on an abbreviated schedule |
14 |
| Number of hours per week library is open on an abbreviated schedule |
101 |
| Number of hours per week professional staff are on duty are on an abbreviated schedule |
73 |
| Number of hours per week only full-time support staff are on duty on an abbreviated schedule |
28 |
| Number of hours per week only students or other part-time staff are on duty on an abbreviated schedule |
0 |
| Number of hours of reference service provided per week on an abbreviated schedule |
73 |
| Number of weeks per year library operates on expanded schedule |
5 |
Information Technology
| Department(s) responsible for the law school information technology operations |
law school information technology department |
| Approximate number of full-time-equivalent information technology staff (excluding hourly students and other temporary staff) |
28 |
| Number of open, wired network connections available to students in the law library (excluding computer labs) |
8 |
| Number of open, wired network connections available to students in classrooms |
18 |
| Number of open, wired network connections available to students in computer labs |
0 |
| Number of open, wired network connections available to students elsewhere in the law school |
0 |
| Does the law school have a wireless network? |
Yes |
| Wireless network is available |
in the law library, in classrooms, in computer labs, in administrative/faculty offices and work areas, elsewhere in the law school |
| Does the school require entering students to own a computer? |
No |
Physical Library Facilities
| Net square feet of space assigned for library purposes |
53,409 |
| Total seats available for library users |
652 |
| Details about the library and other facilities (as provided by the school) |
The law complex is in the beautiful Coral Gables campus, surrounded by lush landscape, accessible to food court, wellness center with full gym and pool; the law facilities include open courtyard where students and faculty mingle, AV equipped small and large classrooms, moot court, student lounge, caf??; law library with 630,000 volumes, quiet and group study space; wireless. See www.law.miami.edu |
Law School Careers
Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2010 administrations)
| State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar |
FL |
| Bar passage rate (first-time test takers) |
84.3% – Medium |
| Statewide bar passage rate (first-time test takers) |
77.6% |
Class of 2010 Graduates
| Total graduates |
462 |
| Graduates known to be employed at graduation |
52.8% |
| Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation |
83.5% |
Class of 2010 Graduates-Class Breakdown at Graduation
| Graduates whose employment status is unknown |
6.5% |
| Graduates whose employment status is known |
93.5% |
| Graduates known to be employed at graduation |
52.8% |
| Graduates known to be enrolled in a full-time degree program |
4.1% |
| Graduates known to be unemployed and seeking work |
32.9% |
| Graduates known to be unemployed and not seeking work |
3.7% |
Class of 2010 Graduates-Class Breakdown at Nine Months
| Graduates whose employment status is unknown |
8.9% |
| Graduates whose employment status is known |
91.1% |
| Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation |
83.5% |
| Graduates known to be enrolled in a full-time degree program |
4.1% |
| Graduates known to be unemployed and seeking work |
2.2% |
| Graduates known to be unemployed and not seeking work |
1.3% |
Starting Salaries of Graduates Employed Full-time (Class of 2010)
| 25th percentile private sector starting salary |
$65,712 |
| Median private sector starting salary |
$86,102 |
| 75th percentile private sector starting salary |
$123,374 |
| Percent in the private sector who reported salary information |
32% |
| Median public service starting salary |
$42,600 |
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2010)
| Percent employed in academia |
1.3% |
| Percent employed in business and industry |
10.6% |
| Percent employed in government |
13.0% |
| Percent employed in all judicial clerkships |
6.0% |
| Percent employed in law firms |
57.5% |
| Percent employed in public interest |
10.9% |
| Percent employed in an unknown field |
0.8% |
Employment Location (Class of 2010)
| Graduates employed in-state |
67% |
| Graduates employed out-of-state |
28.2% |
| Graduates employed in foreign countries |
2% |
| Number of states where graduates are employed |
23 |
| New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT) |
0.8% |
| Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA) |
8.5% |
| East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI) |
2.3% |
| West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD) |
0.8% |
| South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV) |
75.9% |
| East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN) |
0.3% |
| West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX) |
2.1% |
| Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA) |
4.1% |
| Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY) |
0.8% |
| Employment location unknown |
2.8% |
Career Services
(Data appear as originally submitted by this school)
| Career services operations |
Career Development offers: extraordinary individual counseling with 11 attorneys counseling in different areas of specialty;wide range of job-related programming, networking, mentor programs;resource library;on-campus interviews with national and local employers,government agencies, public service organizations, corporate counsel and the judiciary. For more information visit www.law.miami.edu |
Job Type
| Bar admission required/anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks) |
95.0% |
| Bar admission required/anticipated – percent employed in full-time positions |
88.2% |
| J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent) |
3.0% |
| J.D. preferred – percent employed in full-time positions |
66.7% |
| Professional other (jobs that require professional skills or training but for which a J.D. is neither preferred nor particularly applicable; e.g., accountant, teacher, business manager, nurse) |
1.0% |
| Professional other – percent employed in full-time positions |
100.0% |
| Non-professional other (job that does not require any professional skills or training or is taken on a temporary basis and not viewed as part of a career path) |
1.0% |
| Non-professional other – percent employed in full-time positions |
50.0% |
