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2011- 2012 Quick Facts

2011-12 Tuition
  • $25,780 Resident ($39,850 Non-residents)
  • $18,807 Room, board and other expenses
2011 Entering J.D. Class Profile
  • 182 enrolled (2,656 applicants)
  • Median GPA - 3.67; median LSAT - 164 (91st percentile)
  • 48.9% women; 28% students of color; 65% Washington residents
  • 12% hold other graduate degrees
J.D. Concentration Tracks Asian Law, Dispute Resolution, Environmental Law, Health Law; Intellectual Property, International and Comparative Law, Public Service
LL.M. Programs Asian Law, Global Business Law, Intellectual Property Law and Policy, Health Law, Law of Sustainable International Development, Taxation
Ph.D. Programs Asian & Comparative Law
Faculty
  • 67 Full-time Faculty, including 29 women and 11 minority
  • 52 Part-time and Adjunct Faculty
  • 15 faculty hold endowed chairs/professorships
  • 42% hold other graduate degrees
Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library
  • #1 Law Librarianship Program in the U.S.
  • Largest law library in the Northwest
  • 655,000 volumes and volume equivalents
  • Extensive East Asian law collection
Clinics Bankruptcy Children and Youth Advocacy, Entrepreneurial Law, Federal Tax, Immigration Law, Innocence Project Northwest, Legislative Advocacy (Children & Youth Focus, Mediation, Street Law, Technology Law & Public Policy Tribal Court Public Defense, Workers' Rights
Scholarly Centers & Projects Asian Law Center, Barer Institute for Law and Global Human Services, Center for Advanced Study and Research on Intellectual Property (CASRIP), Center for Law in Science and Global Health, Global Health & Justice Project, Center for Public Service Law, Law, Business & Entrepreneurship Program, Law, Technology & the Arts, Native American Law Center, Summer Institute in Transnational Law and Practice, Three Degrees Project, Visiting Scholars Program
Scholarly Journals
Center for Professional and Leadership Development 96% Employment Rate for Class of 2010
  • 43% Private Practice
  • 14% Judicial Clerkships
  • 14% Government
  • 14% Business and Industry
  • 8% Public interest
  • 2% Graduate programs
  • 3% Academia
  • 1% Military
Bar Passage Rate 86% (July 2010)
Mentoring Programs Peer Advisors, Faculty Advisors, Professional Mentors
Financial Aid and Scholarships The UW School of Law offers a dozen loan programs and more than forty law school scholarships, including the William H. Gates Public Service Law Scholarship Program.

Last updated 12/21/2011