University Of Nebraska-Lincoln College Of Law
History
Nebraska Law is a charter member of the Association of American Law Schools and is accredited by the American Bar Association.
Admissions
For the class entering in 2023, the school accepted 65.90% of applicants, with 19.97% of those accepted enrolling. The average enrollee had a 158 LSAT score and 3.75 undergraduate GPA.
Employment and rankings
According to Nebraska's official 2018 ABA-required disclosures, 87.5% of the Class of 2017 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required (i.e. as attorneys) or JD-advantage employment ten months after graduation. Nebraska's Law School Transparency under-employment score is 16.9%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2013 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation.
In 2016, Business Insider ranked U.S. law schools placing a higher weight on jobs and no weight on selectivity or reputation, ranked UNL College of Law as the 44th best law school in America. The 2024 U.S. News & World Report law school rankings placed Nebraska tied for 89th of the 196 ABA accredited law schools.
Costs
Cost per credit hour for the 2023–2024 academic year is $420 for residents and $1,132 for non-residents. Annual fees for that academic year total $3,482 per student.
Notable alumni
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John J. Pershing
L.L.B. 1893
General of the Armies,
Commander of American Expeditionary Forces in World War I. -
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Stanley K. Hathaway
L.L.B. 1950
40th United States Secretary of the Interior,
27th Governor of Wyoming -
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Richard G. Kopf
J.D. 1972
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska -
Laurie Smith Camp
J.D. 1977
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska -
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Notable professors
Present
- Roger Kirst, professor of Civil Procedure, Civil Rights Litigation, and Evidence
- Harvey Perlman, former chancellor of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Past
- Richard Dooling, novelist and screenwriter, former lecturer
- William J. Riley (deceased), former federal judge, former adjunct professor of Trial Advocacy
- David Landis, former Nebraska state legislator, former negotiation instructor
- Roscoe Pound (deceased), never received a law degree, former dean 1903-1911, former dean Harvard Law School 1916-1937
References
- ^ "University of Nebraska—Lincoln". usnews.com. U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
- ^ "Employment Statistics" (PDF).
- ^ "University of Nebraska - 2023 Standard 509 Information Report". abarequireddisclosures.org. American Bar Association. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ "Employment Statistics" (PDF).
- ^ "Nebraska University Profile".
- ^ Loudenback, Tanza. "The 50 best law schools in America". businessinsider.com. Business Insider.