COLLEGE OF LAW 2022-2023 FAST FACTS
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FALL 2022 TOTAL ENROLLMENT JD Students 533 University Enrollment 20,917 FALL 2022 ENTERING JURIS DOCTOR CLASS Total Applicants 1,782 Full-time Enrollment 150 Part-time Enrollment 27 Median LSAT 156 LSAT 25th and 75th Percentiles 152-158 Median Undergraduate GPA 3.57 GPA 25th and 75th Percentiles 3.18-3.76 Full-time Age Range 20-38 Full-time Average Age 24 Part-time Age Range 21-37 Part-time Average Age 28 Minority Students 31% Female Students 64% Out-of-state Enrollment 33%
& FINANCIAL AID Full-time Program $50,636 Part-time Program $32,900 Dean’s achievement scholarships are awarded at the time of acceptance and no separate application is required. Students must complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to be considered for need-based aid. FACULTY Full-time Faculty 36 Adjunct Faculty 101 CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS Arts & Museum Law Business Law Criminal Law Family Law Health Care Compliance Health Law Information Technology, Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Law Intellectual Property Law International & Comparative Law Patent Law
Interest Law Tax Law
TUITION
Public
CLINICS
& Immigration Law
Law
Business
Litigation & Health Law
Appeals
Criminal
Community Legal Clinic
Law
Property
PROGRAMS
Applied Legal Skills (ALS) Preparing to Practice (P2P) Third Year in Practice (3YP) Specialized First-Year Legal Writing Sections in:
Business Law
Family Law
Health Law
Family
Technology/Intellectual
INNOVATIVE
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Intellectual Property Law
Litigation
Public Interest Law Academic Success and Bar Passage Programs
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EMPLOYMENT & CAREER SERVICES INFORMATION
Numerous firms and public and private employers regularly recruit on campus. For the class of 2021, 85.9% of DePaul law graduates seeking employment reported being employed 10 months after graduation.*
JOINT DEGREE PROGRAMS
JD/LLM in Health Law
JD/LLM in Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology
JD/LLM in International Law
JD/LLM in Taxation
JD/MBA
JD/MS in Computer Science
JD/Master in International & European Business Law
JD/MA in International Studies
JD/MS in International Public Service
JD/MNM (Nonprofit Management)
JD/MPA (Public Administration)
JD/MPP (Public Policy)
JD/MS in Public Service Management
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
Appellate Moot Court Society
Art & Cultural Heritage Law Society
Asian Pacific American Law Students Association
Black Law Student Association
Business Law Society
Child & Family Law Association
Decalogue Society
Entertainment & Sports Law Society
Federalist Society
First Generation Law Student Organization
If, When, How
Intellectual Property Law Society
International Law Society
Justinian Society
Latino Law Student Association
National Lawyers Guild
Reported Employment Type (Class of 2021)
Law Firms (68.9%)
Business & Industry (14.6%)
Government (7.3%)
Judicial Clerkships (3.7%)
Public Interest (3%)**
Education & Academia (0.6%)
* The information provided is taken directly from the annual American Bar Association (ABA) employment questionnaire, which includes all employment, whether it is in the legal industry or in non-legal sectors, and also includes full-time, part-time, long-term and short-term employment. Additional insight on employment data reports can be found at law.depaul.edu
** Public Interest as a category does not include government employment.
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
– Preparing to Practice (P2P): an innovative, required first-year professional development course
– One-on-one job search strategy sessions with experienced advisors
– Myriad networking opportunities to connect with alumni and employers
– Public and private sector job postings
– On-campus interview program and regional job fairs
– Mock interview opportunities
– Judicial clerkship advising and application support
- Various practice area specific information sessions
BA/JD (3+3 program with the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences and the College of Communication)
Part-Time Law Student Organization
Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity
Public Interest Law Association
Society for Asylum & Immigration Law
Women’s
ELECTRONIC & ONLINE RESOURCES
Westlaw, LexisNexis, I-Share, CALI, Bloomberg Law, FDsys, HeinOnline, E-books (including study aids), among others
Computer Labs in Law Library (5th floor) and Lewis Center (13th floor)
Journal for Art, Technology & Intellectual Property
Journal of Health Care Law
Journal for Social Justice
Printers on the 2nd and 5th floors; cost: eight cents per side; students receive $36/semester printing credit
Office of Law Admissions
25 East Jackson Boulevard Chicago, Illinois 60604-2287
(312) 362-6831
lawinfo@depaul.edu
law.depaul.edu
Instagram and Twitter: @DePaulLaw
Facebook: @DePaulCollegeofLaw
LAW LIBRARY Total Volumes 423,673 (including microfiche) Librarians 6 Support Staff 4 Seating Capacity 490 Group Study & Media Viewing Rooms 17 JOURNALS DePaul Law Review Business and Commercial Law Journal
Law
OUTlaws
Association
Student Bar
Bar Association
Updated February 2023