FACTS AT A GLANCE
Current as of September 15, 2020
288
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 2023 PROFILE 89 • students 55% • women 11% • students of color 43% • out-of-state 161 • median LSAT 159 to 163 • LSAT 25th to 75th percentile 3.77 • median undergrad GPA 3.62 to 3.87 • GPA 25th to 75th percentile
EMPLOYMENT, CLASS OF 2019 85 graduates, 85 reporting employment status 98% • employment rate 10 months after graduation (83/85) 95% • full-time (81/85) 2% • part-time (2/85) 92% • full-time J.D. required or advantage 78/85)
BAR PASSAGE RATE FOR FIRST-TIME TAKERS* 92% • 2019 90% • 2018 88% • 2017
TOP 10
EMPLOYED BY TYPE, CLASS OF 2019 13% • business 51% • law firm 13% • government 1% • public interest 17% • judicial clerkships 5% • education $68,500 • median salary $60,000 to $90,000 • 25%-75% salary range
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S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW STUDENT BODY 288 • total enrollment 27 • average age 20 to 56 • age range 102 • colleges and universities represented 13% • have graduate degrees in 28 different disciplines 49% • are fluent in a foreign language
BEST VALUE LAW SCHOOLS
*Based on July Utah exam scores
FACULTY PROFILE 38 • full-time 60 • adjunct 47% • women 24% • faculty of color FINANCIAL $29,245 • resident tuition, 2019-20 $38,178 • non-resident tuition, 2019-20 $53,062 • first-year cost of attendance, resident $61,802 • first-year cost of attendance, non-resident $61,900 • average class debt, Class of 2020
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW PROGRAM
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SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS, 2020-21 (ESTIMATES) $4,365,750 • total scholarship and fellowship awards 72% • students receiving scholarship or fellowship 51 • need-based scholarships $500-$4,500 • range of need-based awards 167 • merit scholarships and fellowships $250-$44,800 • range of merit scholarships $23,750 • average award of merit scholarships for Class of 2023
TOTAL ENROLLMENT
92% BAR PASSAGE
FIRST-TIME TAKERS, JULY, UTAH 2019
STUDENT-TOFACULTY RATIO
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PRELAW MAGAZINE 2020
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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 several 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
YEAR-LONG EXTERNSHIPS
Environmental at the U.S. Environmental Protection Criminal Process Externships Agency and the Utah Office of give students opportunities to the Attorney General, practice criminal law as Environment and Health prosecution or defense Division externs with placements that include the Salt Lake County Health at Intermountain District Attorney, Salt Lake Healthcare and the Utah Legal Defender Association, Health Policy Project and the Utah Juvenile Defender Attorneys. Hinckley National at NCAA Regulatory Affairs and the New Ventures Externships CDC Public Health Law immerse students in the world Program of commercializing technologies and launching new ventures with placements Judicial at the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals and that include the U of U the Utah Supreme Court Lassonde New Venture Development Center, U of U Legislative at the Utah Technology Venture Governor’s Office, General Commercialization, and counsel and Utah State University Growth Fund. Legislature
SEMESTER-LONG EXTERNSHIPS Through semester-long externships, S.J. Quinney students engage in substantial legal work with attorneys and judges in a variety of fields, including (but not limited to): Appellate placements at Zimmerman Booher, LLC and Salt Lake Legal Defender Association Civil at the American Civil Liberties Union and Legal Aid Society of Salt Lake
Students gain practical skills and substantive training under Criminal at the U.S. Attorney’s the supervision of licensed office and Utah Juvenile attorneys in the field while Defender Attorneys earning academic credit.
Securities Law Enforcement at the Securities and Exchange Commission Victim’s Rights at the Utah Crime Victims Legal Clinic
SIMULATIONS Simulation courses use assignments and fictional role-plays to help students practice and develop lawyering skills in a classroom setting with faculty supervision and feedback.