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The University of Cincinnati College of Law is the fourth oldest continually running law school in the United States and a founding member of the Association of American Law Schools. It was started in 1833 as the Cincinnati Law School. Then-dean and future 27th President of the United States, William Howard Taft (1880), merged it with the University of Cincinnati in 1896. The school is one of only five American law schools, along with Yale Law School, Harvard Law School, Columbia Law School, and the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, to have produced both a President of the United States (William Howard Taft) and a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (both Taft and Willis Van Devanter). Incidentally, the school has also produced a Vice President of the United States, Charles G. Dawes, as well as numerous governors and U.S. congressmen.

Year Founded:1833Type:Public
ABA Accredited:YesAALS Member:Yes
Location:Cincinnati, OHWebsite:http://www.law.uc.edu
Law School Dean:Admissions Dean:Al Watson
 
Admissions (2007 – 2008)Rankings (2008 – 2009)Selectivity (Class of 2009)Programs(2007 – 2008)
Application Fee:$35 U.S. News (2009):52# Applications:1183Part Time J.D.:No
Spring Deadline:None Ciolli Nat'l (2005):35# Admitted:407LL.M. Program:No
Summer Deadline:None LSN Selectivity (2007): # Matriculated:113J.S.D. Program:No
Fall Deadline:3/1/2008 LSN Attrition (2007): Acceptance Rate:34%Joint Degrees:Yes
Financial Aid Deadline:3/1/2008   Yield Rate:28% 
 
Curriculum (2006 – 2007)Faculty (2006 – 2007)GPA (Class of 2009)LSAT (Class of 2009)
1L Section Size (FT):48Full Time Faculty:3275th GPA:3.8 75th LSAT:161
1L Section Size (PT):Part Time Faculty:23Median GPA:3.6 Median LSAT:160
2L/3L Courses:111Student to Faculty Ratio:10.725th GPA:3.31 25th LSAT:157
 
Housing(2006 – 2007)Enrollment(2006 – 2007)Attrition(Class of 2008)OCI(2007 – 2008)
On-Campus Housing:Yes1L Students:113 1L Attrition:9.2%Total Law Firms:49
Law School Dorm:NoAll FT Students:376 Transfers In:8NY Law Firms:2
Other Grad Dorm:YesAll PT Students: Transfers Out:12DC Law Firms:3
  Total Students:376   CA Law Firms:0
 
Costs (2006 – 2007)Scholarships (2005 – 2006)Employment (Class of 2005)Bar Passage(Class of 2005)
Resident Tuition (FT):$18,032% Receiving Grant Aid:60.5% % Employed (Grad):n/aPrimary Jurisdiction:OH
Resident Tuition (PT):Full Tuition & Stipend:0.0% % Employed (9 mos.):90.7%% Pass (First Time):88%
Non-Resident Tuition (FT):$32,152Full Tuition:3.5%   State Average:81%
Non-Resident Tuition (PT):Half Tuition:9.6%   Difference:7%
Living Expenses:$14,495Other Scholarships:47.4%     
Total Cost (FT):$46,647