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Quick Facts

2012-13 Tuition
  • $28,870 Resident ($39,850 Non-residents)
  • $41,840 Room, board and other expenses
2012 Entering J.D. Class Profile
  • 176 enrolled (2,930 applicants)
  • Median GPA - 3.68; median LSAT - 164 (90th percentile)
  • 50% women; 27.8% students of color; 67.6% Washington residents
  • 13.6% hold other graduate degrees
J.D. Concentration Tracks Asian Law, Dispute Resolution, 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. Program
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, Visiting Scholars Program
Scholarly Journals
Center for Professional and Leadership Development
  • 86% Employment Rate for Class of 2011

    • Judicial Clerkship 12%
    • Law Firm 44%
    • Government 17%
    • Public Interest 11%
    • Academic 3%
    • Business or Industry 14%
Bar Passage Rate 87% (July 2012)
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 3/29/2013