University of Kansas School of Law

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University of Kansas
School of Law
KU Law logo.svg
Parent school University of Kansas
Established1878 [1]
School type Public law school
Dean Stephen W. Mazza
Location Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.
Enrollment311 [2]
Faculty80 [2]
USNWR ranking50th (tie) (2025) [3]
Bar pass rate96% [4]
Website http://www.law.ku.edu/
ABA profile ABA Profile

The University of Kansas School of Law is the law school of the University of Kansas, a public research university in Lawrence, Kansas. The University of Kansas Law School was founded in 1893, replacing the earlier Department of Law, which had existed since 1878. [5] The school has more than 60 faculty members and approximately 315 students. The school is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. [6]

Contents

With over 400,000 volumes, the Wheat Law Library at the University of Kansas School of Law is the second largest and oldest law library in the state of Kansas. [7] [8]

Admissions

For the class entering in 2023, the school accepted 48.71% of applicants with 32.84% of accepted applicants enrolling. The class had an average LSAT score of 160 and an average undergraduate GPA of 3.71. [9]

Centers and programs

Ten clinical and field placement programs [10] permit students, acting under faculty supervision, to develop legal skills and learn professional values in actual practice settings: Criminal Prosecution Field Placement, Elder Law Field Placement, Judicial Field Placement, Legal Aid Clinic, 6th Semester in Washington, D.C. Externship, Medical-Legal Partnership Field Placement, Paul E. Wilson Project for Innocence and Post-Conviction Remedies, and Tribal Judicial Support Clinic. [11]

Publications at the University of Kansas School of Law

Curriculum

The first-year curriculum includes Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law, Torts, and Property. [12] In addition, students take Lawyering I and II, legal writing classes designed to teach legal research and writing in a context that emphasizes professionalism and practical skills. All first-year students have one of their classes in a small section of approximately 20 students, providing an informal learning atmosphere.

Employment

According to The University of Kansas official 2020 ABA-required disclosures, 72% of the Class of 2019 obtained full-time, long-term, bar passage-required employment 10 months after graduation. [13]

Costs

The total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) at the University of Kansas for the 2020–2021 academic year was $40,421 for residents of Kansas and $46,456 for residents of other states. [14] 90 percent of students received grants for the 2020–2021 academic year. [15]

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

References

  1. ↑ "University of Kansas". Best Graduate Schools. U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  2. 1 2 "University of Kansas" (PDF). Standard 509 Information Report. ABA. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "University of Kansas". Best Graduate Schools. U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-06-27. Retrieved 2020-06-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ About KU Law
  6. ↑ KU Law at a glance
  7. ↑ Wheat Law Library
  8. ↑ "About the Law Library".
  9. ↑ "Kansas, University of - 2023 Standard 509 Information Report". abarequireddisclosures.org. American Bar Association . Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  10. ↑ "Hands-On Learning".
  11. ↑ LSAC Law School Description
  12. ↑ Course descriptions
  13. ↑ "ABA Employment Summary Class of 2019" (PDF). Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  14. ↑ "Tuition, Fees and Residency".
  15. ↑ "KU Law Standard 509 Information Report 2021" (PDF).
  16. ↑ "Judge Lawrence "Larry" Meyers, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals: Place 2 (D)". The Texas Tribune . Archived from the original on December 21, 2014. Retrieved December 16, 2014.

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