The University of ToledoCollege of Law is the law school at the University of Toledo, and is located on the university's main campus in a residential neighborhood in western Toledo, Ohio. The school is fully accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. The College of Law offers a three-year, full-time program leading to a Juris Doctor degree. It also offers Certificates of Concentration, permitting a student to focus on a particular field of interest such as Criminal, Environmental, or International Law.http://law.utoledo.edu/admissions/program.htm According to the College of Law's official 2013 ABA-required disclosures, 48.3% of the class of 2013 obtained full-time, long-term, bar passage-required employment nine months after graduation, excluding solo-practitioners.
History
The College of Law was established in 1906. The school was accredited by the American Bar Association in 1939 and joined the Association of American Law Schools in 1941.
Academics
First-year students are required to take classes on civil procedure, constitutional law, contracts, criminal law, property, torts, and legal research, writing, and appellate advocacy. The school offers more than 90 classes beyond the first-year curriculum and students can earn certificates in six concentrations: criminal law, environmental law, intellectual property law, health law, or labor and employment law. Students can attend the College of Law on a full-time or part-time basis. As of fall 2013, the school had 45 faculty members and a student-faculty ratio of 11.71 to 1. University of Toledo College of Law students may participate in clinics focused on civil advocacy, criminal law practice, dispute resolution, domestic violence and juvenile issue, and public service externships.
Students
University of Toledo College of Law enrolled 362 J.D. students for the 2013–2014 academic year, 78.5% of whom were enrolled full-time. 9.1% of the J.D. students were minorities and 39% were female. College of Law students may participate in 28 extra-curricular groups. The LSAT range for incoming students in 2017 was 142‐166 and the median undergraduate GPA was 3.34.
Post-graduation employment
According to University of Toledo College of Law's official 2013 ABA-required disclosures, 48.3% of the class of 2013 obtained full-time, long-term, bar passage-required employment nine months after graduation, excluding solo-practitioners. The school ranked 126th out of 201 ABA-approved law schools in terms of the percentage of 2013 graduates with non-school-funded, full-time, long-term, bar passage required jobs nine months after graduation. University of Toledo School of Law's Law School Transparency under-employment score is 28%, 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. 82.2% of the class of 2013 were employed in some capacity while 2.5% were pursuing graduate degrees and 11% were unemployed nine months graduation. The top three employment destinations for 2013 University of Toledo School of Law graduates were Ohio, Michigan, and California.
Costs
The total cost of full-time attendance at the University of Toledo College of Law for the 2013–2014 academic year was $37,898 for Ohio residents living on campus and $49,447 for non-residents living on-campus. The schools's tuition and fees for Ohio residents on average increased by 3.78% annually over the past five years. The Law School Transparency estimated debt-financed cost of attendance for three years is $157,733. The average indebtedness of the 88% of 2013 College of Law graduates who took out loans was $99,889.
Rankings
The University of Toledo College of Law ranked in U.S. News & World Report 2014 law school ranking. The school ranked 45th in U.S. News & World Report ranking of part-time law programs.
