School of Law Profile
2009-10 Entering Class
TUITION:
$31,600 Full time
$22,752 Part time
Scholarships are available
SNAPSHOT OF CLASS:
1,510 Applicants
207 Enrolled
From 30 States and 97 undergraduate institutions
LSAT (Full time)
Median: 155
75/25th percentiles: 159/151
Undergraduate GPA (Full time)
Median: 3.47
75/25th percentiles: 3.68/3.27
LSAT (Part time weekend)
Median: 154
75/25th percentiles: 156/150
Undergraduate GPA (Part time weekend)
Median: 3.28
75/25th percentiles: 3.56/3.02
Demographics of Student Body:
Female 53%
Students of color: 13.2%
DEGREE OPTIONS:
Juris Doctor (JD), Full time or Part time Weekend Schedules
Masters of Law (LLM) for International Lawyers
JD/MBA, JD/MPA, JD/MNM, JD/MFA in Creative Writing
JD/MAOL(Library and Information Science)
FACULTY:
15:1 Student to faculty ratio
43 Full faculty, 49% women, 16% minority
LAW LIBRARY:
281,247 volumes and volume equivalents
6 full time staff (3 with JD/MLIS degrees)
335 total seats available (138 study carrels)
Open 116 hours per week
CURRICULUM:
Hamline's pioneering spirit led to the creation of our Dispute Resolution Institute (DRI), which is consistently ranked in the top five nationally in Alternative Dispute Resolution. The DRI's model was used in the genesis of our Health Law Institute (HLI), which was founded in 2006 and has garnered national attention. Both the DRI and HLI offer unique certificate programs. In 2010, the School of Law will launch its Business Law Institute, building on its other Institutes' prior successes as well as an already dynamic Business and Commercial Law program.
Focus Areas:
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Business and Commercial Law
Child Advocacy
Criminal Law
Government and Regulatory Affairs
Health Law
Intellectual Property
International Law
Labor and Employment Law
Litigation and Trial Practice
Property (Real Estate) Law
Public Law and Human Rights
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING:
Legal education at Hamline University School of Law is much more than a classroom experience. At Hamline, students learn the law in a variety of ways that have direct application to real practice. Our co-curricular activities include: Moot Court competitions, clinics, fellowships and practicums. These activities are designed to give students a practical approach to their legal education.
Clinics:
Child Advocacy
Education Law
Employment Discrimination Mediation
Health Law
Immigration Law
Innocence Project
Mediation
Small Business/Non-profit
State Public Defender
Student Director
Trial Practice
JOURNALS:
Hamline Law Review
Hamline Journal of Public Law and Policy
Journal of Law and Religion
STUDY ABROAD:
Opportunities are available in Israel, Hungary, England, Norway, Italy as well as Puerto Rico.
CAREER SERVICES:
95.4% Employment rate for Class of 2008
Breakdown of employment by field:
Private Practice, 41%
Business, 27%
Government, 8.6%
Judicial Clerkship, 15.3%
Public Interest, 7.4%
Academia, 1%
Average salary: $69,567; Median salary: $52,000
BAR PASSAGE:
February 2009 first time bar passage rates are as follows:
80.65% in Minnesota (State average = 80.5%)
COMMUNITY:
There are more than two dozen diverse student organizations at Hamline, and there is the opportunity to build more. Hamline is located in the Twin Cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis, which are known for a quality of life unmatched in metropolitan areas of equal size. The area offers spectacular business, cultural and outdoor opportunities.
ALUMNI:
Hamline University School of Law has 5,467 living alumni located in 47 states and 12 countries.