FACTS AT A GLANCE
Current as of September 1, 2019
DEGREE PROGRAMS Juris Doctor (JD) Global JD: Program for foreign-trained lawyers Dual Degree Programs: MPA, MPP, MBA, MSW, MRED and MCMP Master of Laws (LLM): Environmental and Natural Resources Law Master of Legal Studies (MLS)
CLASS OF 2022 PROFILE 104 • students 53% • women 15% • students of color 22% • out-of-state 160 • median LSAT 157 to 162 • LSAT 25th to 75th percentile 3.60 • median undergrad GPA 3.42 to 3.80 • GPA 25th to 75th percentile
EMPLOYMENT, CLASS OF 2018 92 graduates, 92 reporting employment status 98% • employment rate 10 months after graduation (90/92) 96% • full-time (88/92) 2% • part-time (2/92) 88% • full-time J.D. required or advantage (81/92)
BAR PASSAGE RATE FOR FIRST-TIME TAKERS* 90% • 2018 88% • 2017 84% • 2016
TOP 10
EMPLOYED BY TYPE, CLASS OF 2018 16% • business 49% • law firm 11% • government 3% • public interest 19% • judicial clerkships 2% • education $70,000 • median salary $57,000 to $120,000 • 25%-75% salary range
*Based on July exam scores
FACULTY PROFILE 42 • full-time 55 • adjunct 43% • women 21% • faculty of color FINANCIAL $29,245 • resident tuition, 2019-20 $38,178 • non-resident tuition, 2019-20 $50,066 • first-year cost of attendance, resident $59,000 • first-year cost of attendance, non-resident $87,184 • average class debt, class of 2019
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW PROGRAM
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT, 2019
SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS, 2019-20 (ESTIMATES) $3,657,500 • total scholarship and fellowship awards 66% • students receiving scholarship or fellowship 56 • need-based scholarships $500-$4,500 • range of need-based awards 177 • merit scholarships and fellowships $250-$50,242 • range of merit scholarships $18,911 • average award of merit scholarships for Class of 2022
S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW STUDENT BODY 290 • total enrollment 27 • average age 21 to 55 • age range 92 • colleges and universities represented 12% • have graduate degrees in 28 different disciplines 44% • are fluent in a foreign language
290
TOTAL ENROLLMENT
90% BAR PASSAGE
FIRST-TIME TAKERS, JULY 2018
5:1
STUDENT-TOFACULTY RATIO SPRING 2018
A
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PRO BONO INITATIVE Beginning their first year, students are eligible to volunteer with the Pro Bono Initiative (PBI), a voluntary pro bono program, to connect what they have learned in the classroom with real-world, clients and issues. PBI is an opportunity to engage with alumni and serve the community. The Pro Bono Initiative operates twelve free brief advice sites year-round that are staffed by volunteer law students and attorneys, including: American Indian Law Community Law: Ogden, Salt Lake, and Sugarhouse Debtor’s Law Expungement Law Family Law Medical Law Rainbow Law Street Law Veterans Law Wills for Heroes
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN-HOUSE CLINICS Students assume the role of a lawyer and represent clients under close supervision of faculty. In clinics, students learn through real-world lawyering work, intensive seminars, and regular meetings with faculty supervisors who offer support tailored for each student’s development and learning goals. Clinics include: JUSTICE LAB CLINIC Students represent community groups, non-profit organizations, and government agencies in access to justice and systemic reform projects. INNOCENCE CLINIC Students investigate claims of innocence made by individuals convicted of serious crimes in Utah, Wyoming and Nevada. The work is done in conjunction with the Rocky Mountain Innocence Center and often involves preparing a wrongful conviction case for litigation.
EXTERNSHIPS Students gain practical skills and substantive training under the supervision of licensed attorneys in the field while earning academic credit. S.J. Quinney has a wide variety of externship placements in more than a dozen different areas of law and new placements are developed every semester. Examples include:
APPELLATE Zimmerman Booher, LLC Salt Lake Legal Defender Association CIVIL Disability Law Center Guardian ad Litem's Office Immigrant Legal Services Legal Aid Society of Salt Lake City CRIMINAL Salt Lake County District Attorney Salt Lake Legal Defender Association U.S. Attorney's Office Utah Juvenile Defender Attorneys ENVIRONMENTAL U.S. Environmental Protection Agency U.S. Dept. of Interior, Office of the Regional Solicitor Utah Office of the Attorney General, Environment and Health Division Breathe Utah Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
HINCKLEY NATIONAL CDC Public Health Law Program NCAA Regulatory Affairs Smithsonian Office of General Counsel JUDICIAL U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals U.S. District Court U.S. Bankruptcy Court U.S. Immigration Court Utah Supreme Court Utah Court of Appeals Utah District and Juvenile Courts LEGISLATIVE Utah Governor’s Office, General Counsel Utah State Legislators NEW VENTURES U of U Lassonde New Venture Development Center U of U Technology and Venture Commercialization University Growth Fund SEC ENFORCEMENT Securities & Exchange Commission
HEALTH Intermountain Healthcare U of U Hospital Risk Management Utah Health Policy Project
VICTIMS' RIGHTS Utah Crime Victims Legal Clinic
INTERNATIONAL Int’l. Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (The Hague, Netherlands) Ministry of Social Development (Amman, Jordan) Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce (Cape Town, South Africa)
Simulation courses use assignments and role-plays based on real legal matters to help students practice and develop lawyering skills in a classroom setting with faculty supervision and feedback.
SIMULATIONS