Benjamin L. Crump College of Law

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Benjamin L. Crump College of Law
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Established1984
School type Private university
Parent endowment$23.4 Million
Dean John Makdisi (Interim) [1]
Location Miami Gardens, Florida, US
Enrollment758
Faculty34 full-time; 48 part-time adjunct (Spring 2023) [2]
USNWR ranking172nd (tie) (2024) [3]
Bar pass rate72% (Florida bar exam, February 2024 first-time takers) [4] [5]
Website St. Thomas homepage

Benjamin L. Crump College of Law is one of the graduate schools of St. Thomas University located in Miami Gardens, Florida. The College of Law was founded in 1984. According to its 2022 ABA-required disclosures, 68.2% of the Class of 2022 obtained full-time, bar-passage-required employment after graduation. [6] The college was renamed after civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump in 2023. [7] The law school includes the Benjamin L. Crump Center for Social Justice, which focuses on implicit bias training and offers scholarships to students. [8]

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Renaming ceremony

St. Thomas University College of Law Naming Ceremony.jpg

St. Thomas University officially renamed its law school the Benjamin L. Crump College of Law on February 8, 2023 with Mr. Crump and actor Will Smith in attendance. [9]

Video of Renaming Ceremony

Diversity

The U.S. News & World Report reports that the law school is the sixth most ethically and racially diverse ABA-accredited law school. [10] St. Thomas is also first in the nation in conferring J.D. degrees upon Hispanic students, according to Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education Magazine (December 2006 Issue) and it was ranked as number one for Hispanic students by Hispanic Outlook magazine once again in its December 2015 edition. The former dean, Alfredo Garcia, was the first Cuban-born dean of a U.S. law school. The Princeton Review ranks St. Thomas # 3 for the Best Environment for Minority Students (2009 edition).[ citation needed ] The diverse faculty is ranked # 9 in the country according to the Princeton Review.[ citation needed ] Current Dean is Interim Dean John Makdisi (2023).

Programs

Joint Degrees: The faculties of the law school and the graduate school offer five joint degree programs: the J.D./M.S. in Sports Administration, the J.D./M.B.A. in Sports Administration, the J.D./M.S. in Marriage and Family Counseling, J.D./M.B.A. in International Business, and the J.D./M.B.A. in Accounting. The school has two L.L.M graduate programs, one in cybersecurity and one in intercultural human rights.

Employment

65.6% of the Class of 2022 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation, excluding solo practitioners. [11] St. Thomas' Law School Transparency under-employment score is 22.1%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2022 underemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation. [12]

Costs

The Law School Transparency estimated debt-financed cost of attendance for three years is $233,742. [13] Yearly tuiton and fees for J.D. students is $44,830 (2021-2022). [14]

Publications

The law school has three publications:

Notable alumni

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References

  1. ↑ "New Deans Appointed at St. Thomas University" (PDF).
  2. ↑ "Benjamin L. Crump College of Law". St. Thomas University.
  3. ↑ "St. Thomas University". U.S. News.
  4. ↑ "ABA Bar Passage Rates" (PDF). St. Thomas University.
  5. ↑ https://www.floridasupremecourt.org/content/download/788827/file/09-20-2021-FBBE-Full-Press-Release.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
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  7. ↑ Sloan, Karen (2023-02-09). "In a U.S. rarity, law school adopts name of practicing Black attorney". Reuters . Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  8. ↑ Ward, Stephanie. "Law school named in honor of Black attorney in what may be second time in history". ABA Journal.
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