Above the Law

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Stats

Links
School Website
NALP
Region
West/Rocky Mountain
State
Oregon
Dean
Michael Moffitt
Enrollment
526
Student/Faculty Ratio
14.3
Talking Points
  • First school to establish a curriculum in public interest environmental law and an environmental law clinic in the US.
  • Notable alumni include: Jack Faust (broadcaster), Julius Meier (former governor of Oregon), Frederick Steiwer (former US Senator), Donald P. Hodel (former US Secretary of Energy and Secretary of the Interior)

Recent Headlines from Above the Law

 

If you want to get a job, then you definitely shouldn’t go to law school in California.

Monday, Apr 8, 2013 / 12:17 PM

Do you have something to say about your law school’s U.S. News ranking? This is the place to do it!

Tuesday, Mar 19, 2013 / 12:09 PM

When professors attack! An Oregon professor gets into it with some protesters and ends up arrested.

Monday, Mar 18, 2013 / 3:47 PM

* Republican Senator Rob Portman announces his support for gay marriage after learning that his son is gay. Yay! Let’s all celebrate him for meeting the lowest threshold of human decency once he found a purely selfish reason to change. [ABC News]

* Wait, they can declare martial law in Brooklyn? I thought they could only do that in terrible movies. [Before It's News]

* A Southern District of Florida clerk is named one of Southern Florida’s most eligible bachelors. Our bachelor “claims to be the other white meat” and to “have a lot in common with Christian Grey.” He doesn’t sound douchey at all. [Brickell Magazine (jump to page 91)]

* Comparing Chicago Law faculty to Game of Thrones characters produces surprisingly accurate results. [UChilawgo]

* With law schools raising tuition and the profession shrinking… more people need to rush to law school. Keep sipping that sweet, sweet Kool-Aid, buddy. [Daily Princetonian]

* GW Law’s Barrister’s Ball — $2500 fee for vomiting! [GW Law SBA]

* Watch Elie talk about Wayne LaPierre and guns. [HuffPost Live]

* University of Oregon Property professor doesn’t understand “property,” snatches student’s phone. Click through the jump to see more video of what happens when law professors and hippies clash! [Photography Is Not a Crime]

Friday, Mar 15, 2013 / 5:04 PM

Here’s a law school putting more resources into career services. Is it a good idea?

Tuesday, Jul 17, 2012 / 11:18 AM

In today’s Morning Docket: updates on the Justice Breyer robbery, security for the Supreme Court justices, and the Stolen Valor Act goes to SCOTUS.

Monday, Feb 20, 2012 / 9:25 AM
  • Ratings*

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

    Total Employed ? 70%
    LST
    Score ? 38%
    School Funded 8.10%
    Large Firm 0.60%
    Federal Clerkships 1.90%
    Government 11.49%
    Public Interest 6.9%
    Top Biglaw Employers ?
    1. K&L Gates
    2. DLA Piper
  • Cost

    Tuition   $28,348 / $35,368
    Total Investment ?   $162,999 / $187,505
  • Admissions

    40.7 / 100
    applicants are accepted.
    1.96 / 10
    admitted students enroll.
     
    LSAT (25/75) 157/161
    GPA (25/75) 3.18/3.66
  • US News Rank

    94