Quick Facts
Our Law School
- Founded in 1973 as the School of Law at the University of Hawai‘i and renamed the William S. Richardson School of Law in 1983
- Accredited by the American Bar Association in 1982 and member of the American Association of Law Schools (AALS) since 1989
Students and Faculty
- 300 students
- 34 full-time faculty
- Faculty/student ratio: 1:9.23
Academics
- Degrees: JD, LLM; many dual degrees, including JD-MBA, JD-PhD, and JD-MA
- Certificates: Environmental Law, Native Hawaiian Law, Pacific-Asian Law
- 11 clinics offered in Spring 2009; All our students complete two credits of clinical courses before they graduate, and perform at least 60 hours of pro bono work.
Admissions
- JD Admissions application deadline: March 1, 2010
- Full-Time JD Program Tuition: Residents $7,596 per semester, Non-Residents $14,088 per semester
- JD Acceptance Rate for 2009: 19% (222 of 1151)
- JD Enrollment Rate 2008: 39% (87 of 222, not including students in our Part-Time JD Program and Ulu Lehua Scholars Program)
- 93% of the students who entered the Law School in 2005 graduated in three years.
Profile of 2009 Entering Class
- 99 Full-Time JD Students; 25 Part-Time JD Students
- Median Age: 24
- GPA: 25th percentile 3.20; 75th percentile 3.70
- LSAT: 25th percentile 154; 75th percentile 159
- 11 Students Have Graduate Degrees: LLM Law, Criminal Justice, Forestry, Pacific Island Studies, Archaeology, History, Public Administration, Religion, Urban & Regional Planning, MBA Business Administration, Med Education.
Alumni
- We have over 2,500 alumni.
- 81% of our graduating class of 2008 were employed upon graduation. 90% live in Hawai‘i.
Class of 2008 Employed by Area of Practice
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