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Links
School Website
NALP
Region
West/Rocky Mountain
State
Utah
Dean
James Rasband
Enrollment
444
Student/Faculty Ratio
16
Talking Points
  • One of the cheapest top tier firm; even cheaper if you’re part of the LDS.
  • Notable Alumni include: Michael S. Lee (current Senator from Utah), Steve Young (NFL Hall of Fame QB).

Recent Headlines from Above the Law

 

Another look at the ATL Top 50 Law Schools, broken out by individual data points. Is your law school on any of these top five lists?

Tuesday, Jun 11, 2013 / 6:03 PM

Our sources attempt to out the author of “Confessions of a Sociopath,” who claimed to be a law professor…

Friday, May 17, 2013 / 2:08 PM

Mountain law school apparently doesn’t feel the need to provide heat.

Thursday, Mar 21, 2013 / 5:56 PM

Grade recall! Please send them back to the factory to get more air.

Wednesday, Jan 23, 2013 / 12:49 PM

Which law schools are the toughest to get into, and which ones have the most competitive students? Check out the most recent Princeton Review rankings and see for yourself!

Thursday, Oct 11, 2012 / 1:17 PM

Check out the new ATL Law School Research Directory!

Thursday, Aug 23, 2012 / 3:26 PM

Why bother with client service when you can get your clients to service you?

Wednesday, Aug 8, 2012 / 11:36 AM

As we noted yesterday, it seems like law schools are eager to sell off the naming rights to, well, just about anything that exists within their hallowed hallways. At top-tier schools like Harvard Law, they name their men’s bathrooms after notable alumni. At lower ranked law schools, however, it seems that notable law professors aren’t…

Thursday, Feb 2, 2012 / 2:10 PM

Last week, Elie derisively noted that legal blogs were pushing a silly story in U.S. News about great careers that you can pursue with a law degree. No matter how bad legal hiring gets, law schools like pushing the “you can do anything with a law degree” angle, based on the anecdotal evidence of those who were lucky enough to parlay their J.D. degrees into something non-legal. Obviously, Elie’s got some anecdotes of his own. But here’s a job, a real live job, that’s actually being offered to law students as we speak (or type). If you really want to know “what you can do with a law degree,” take a freaking look….

Monday, Jan 30, 2012 / 3:29 PM

On-campus interview season has started at law schools all across the land, and it appears that the wild and crazy kids from BYU Law are taking the stress of OCI in stride. Given the economy, there aren’t really enough OCI slots to go around. Some BYU Law students decided to have a little fun with that fact….

Tuesday, Aug 23, 2011 / 11:57 AM

More BYU – J. Reuben Clark Law School news

  • ATL Top 50 Rank

    28
  • Ratings*

    Student Rating ? B-
    Alumni Rating ? A+
      Student Alumni
    Academics B- A+
    Practical/Clinical Training C A-
    Career Counseling B A+
    Financial Aid Advising B+ A+
    Social Life B A+
  • Employment

    Total Employed ? 94%
    LST
    Score ? 63%
    School Funded 5.40%
    Large Firm 7.50%
    Federal Clerkships 4.80%
    Government 12.16%
    Public Interest 6.08%
    Top Biglaw Employers ?
    1. DLA Piper
    2. Kirkland & Ellis
    3. Perkins Coie
    4. Latham & Watkins LLP
  • Cost

    Tuition   $10,600 / $21,200
    Total Investment ?   $148,516/Unavailable
  • Admissions

    27.4 / 100
    applicants are accepted.
    6.9 / 10
    admitted students enroll.
     
    LSAT (25/75) 161/167
    GPA (25/75) 3.45/3.86
  • US News Rank

    44