Location                        

• 10 minutes from UMass Dartmouth
• 30 minutes from Providence or Cape Cod
• 60 minutes from Boston
• 75 minutes from Worcester

Directions

Tuition and fees

2012-2013 academic year

• $24,178 for full time in-state students
• $31,870 for full time out-of-state students

Tuition and fees 

Students

Fall 2012 entering class profile

• 71 students
• 47% women
• 25% students of color
• 29.4 average age
• 22/74 youngest/oldest
• Median LSAT 145
• Median Undergraduate GPA 3.07

UMass Law Student Profile (2012)

Other information

Employment statistics are reported as of February 15 annually, nine months after graduation.

Employment Statistics (Class of 2011)

Employment Summary (Class of 2012)

Academic programs

Programs leading to the Juris Doctor (J.D.)                          

• Full-time
• Part-time
• Evening/weekend

JD/MBA joint program

JD/MPP joint program

3 + 3  undergraduate program

Summer sessions to accelerate degree completion

Campus facilities

• 75,000 square feet on three floors
• 8.5 acres with easy parking
• Wireless connectivity throughout
• 140,000 volume law library with access to online databases
• Moot Court Room
• Quiet study areas and student gathering spaces
• Video camera and card access security
• 2.8 miles from UMass Dartmouth main campus
• Access to housing, library, fitness center and amenities at UMass Dartmouth main campus

Campus and facilities 

Faculty

• Full-time faculty: 17
• Adjunct faculty: 34

Faculty

Financial aid

50% public interest fellowships: up to 25/year 

Student fellows make a 4-year commitment to practicing public interest law upon graduation.

Additional need and merit-based financial aid is available.

Financial aid

Scholarship retention

In the fall 2011, 46 students entered with conditional scholarships. Twenty percent of these students lost their scholarships for academic reasons.

Scholarship Retention (2011)

Fall 2012 Standard 509 Information Report

An overview of UMass Law’s admissions, enrollment, attrition, bar passage rates, faculty counts, and other indicators is made available annually in early spring.

Standard 509 Information Report (PDF)