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UA School of Law ranked 94th in the nation
Jack Willems
Issue date: 4/29/09 Section: News
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"We are thrilled to be included among the top-tier law schools," said Cynthia Nance, dean of the UA School of Law. "This ranking is a testament to the outstanding work done by our faculty and students and the remarkable achievement of our alumni. It's heartening to know that colleagues nationwide are taking note of our great strides."
The UA School of Law is tied for 94th with the law schools at St. Louis University, Catholic University of America and Northeastern University, receiving a score of 42 out of a possible 100, according to the U.S. News and World Report Web site. There were 184 schools ranked. Arkansas' legal writing program was ranked 22nd in the country.
"I am very pleased that the School of Law is being recognized as one of the best in the nation," Chancellor G. David Gearhart said. "As an alumnus of the school, I am doubly pleased. The law school's success reflects positively on the entire UA, and I thank Dean Nance, the faculty, staff, students and alumni for their good work."
All law schools ranked in the top 100 are considered to be in the top tier. All other schools are unranked and fit into either the third or fourth tiers. The UA-Little Rock's Bowen School of Law is in the third tier. There is no second tier.
"Many prospective students go to the U.S. News and World Report first when deciding to go to law school," said Andy Albertson, director of communications at the law school.
This ranking means that other law schools recognize the good work that is done at the UA, Albertson said. The increased recognition is a result of professors having their work published in prestigious law reviews such as the Yale Law Review and Vanderbilt Law Review, he said. Also, faculty members have published three books this year, and Nance has traveled the country promoting the law school, Albertson said.
The ranking of the law schools is based on the assessment of peers in other law schools, the assessment of lawyers and judges, the median LSAT scores of all students, the median undergraduate grade point average of all students, the acceptance rate, the rate of employment for graduates, the bar passage rate for graduates, the faculty resources, the amount of money spent on each student, the student/faculty ratio and the library resources, according to the Web site.
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