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University of Miami School of Law

The University of Miami School of Law (Miami Law or UM Law)[3] is the law school of the University of Miami, a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida.

University of Miami School of Law

1926 (1926)

David Yellen

Coral Gables, Florida, United States

1,208

70 full time, 107 part time[1]

71st (2024)

82.5% (Florida bar exam, July 2021 first-time takers) [2]

Founded in 1926, the University of Miami School of Law is the oldest law school in South Florida, graduating its first class of 13 students in 1929.[4] The school offers 300 courses in 18 areas of study, 17 legal clinics and practicums, and over two dozen interdisciplinary and joint-degree programs.

Students[edit]

Admissions[edit]

As of 2018, median LSAT for University of Miami School of Law students is 159 and median undergraduate GPA is 3.53.[11]

Costs[edit]

Total cost of attendance (including tuition, fees, and living expenses) at University of Miami School of Law was $74,815 annually as of the 2015-2016 academic year.[12] Law School Transparency's estimated debt-financed cost of attendance for three years is $259,857.[13]

Student demographics[edit]

The University of Miami School of Law has a total student body of approximately 1,250. As of Fall 2020, 54% of its students body are female, 48% are minorities, 66% speak more than one language, and 47% enroll in the University of Miami School of Law immediately after graduating from college.[9] Students range in age from 20 to 51 with a median age of 24.

Rankings[edit]

In 2022, U.S. News & World Report ranked the University of Miami School of Law the 73nd-best law school in the nation, down from 72nd-best in 2021.[23]


In 2019, the University of Miami School of Law's White & Case International Arbitration LL.M. Program was ranked among the top 10 alternative dispute resolution degrees globally.[24] Its Academic Achievement Program provides participating students additional tools to succeed in law school.

Richmond A. Rasco, 1926 – 1931

Russell A. Rasco 1935 - 1957

James A. Burnes, 1957 – 1962

1961 – 1962

Wesley Alba Sturges

M. Minnette Massey, 1962 – 1966

Frederick D. Lewis, 1966 – 1973

Thomas A. Thomas, 1973 – 1974

1974 – 1982

Soia Mentschikoff

Claude R. Sowle, 1982 – 1986

Mary E. Doyle, 1986 – 1994 and interim dean, 1998 – 1999

Samuel C. Thompson, 1994 – 1998

Dennis O. Lynch, 1999 – 2008

2008 – 2009

Paul R. Verkuil

Patricia D. White, 2009 – 2019

Anthony E. Varona, 2019 – 2021

[26]

interim dean, 2021–2022[27]

Nell Jessup Newton

David Yellen, 2022 – present

University of Miami School of Law has had 16 deans since its 1926 founding, including:[25]

law professor and legal evidence expert

Alan S. Becker

law professor and bankruptcy law expert

A. Jay Cristol

law professor

Mary Anne Franks

former law professor, former Register of Copyrights 1980-1985 [28]

David Ladd

law professor and former federal attorney

Dexter Lehtinen

University of Miami School of Law dean (1974 to 1982) and first female law professor at Harvard Law School

Soia Mentschikoff

University of Miami School of Law adjunct law professor in litigation, host of The People's Court

Marilyn Milian

University of Miami School of Law interim dean

Nell Jessup Newton

chairman, University of Miami School of Law international arbitration LL.M. program and International Monetary Fund judge

Jan Paulsson

former visiting law professor of Copyright Law in 1980's, Register of Copyrights 1994-2010 [29]

Marybeth Peters

law professor and cultural property law expert

Stephen Urice

law professor and mental health law expert

Bruce Winick

former law professor

Steven Winter

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