Fast Facts
The Quinnipiac University School of Law offers a juris doctor (JD) degree, a joint JD/MBA degree, an LLM in health law and a certificate program in health care compliance at its technology-rich, architecturally handsome facility located on Quinnipiac's Mount Carmel Campus in the shadow of Sleeping Giant Mountain.
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Campus
Location: We’re in Hamden, Conn., uniquely situated near New York, Boston, Hartford and New Haven, at the heart of one of the largest concentrations of private law firms, corporate headquarters and financial institutions in the country. View directions
Learn more about the Hamden region and all it offers in this brochure.
Buildings: The School of Law Center is an architecturally magnificent, state-of-the-art learning environment covering 130,000 square feet with wireless Internet access throughout. Its stately Grand Courtroom is sometimes used by the Connecticut Supreme Court. The Mount Carmel Campus has more than 50 other buildings.
Acres: 212, Mount Carmel Campus; see campus map
Academics
Degree programs: JD; JD/MBA; LLM in health law. Health Care Compliance Certificate More
Concentrations: civil advocacy and dispute resolution, criminal law and advocacy, family law, health law, intellectual property, tax. More
Externships: corporate counsel, criminal justice, family and juvenile law, judicial, legal services, legislative, mediation, public interest, field placement II. More
In-house clinical programs: civil justice (includes constitutional law, education law, employment law, family law, health law, policy advocacy, and prisoner re-entry), tax, advanced, evening, defense appellate, prosecution appellate. More
Other learning opportunities: summer study in Ireland, other opportunities to study abroad.
Full-time faculty: 35; adjunct: 33 per semester
Student-to-faculty ratio: 12 to 1; average class size: less than 25
- First-year profile: 60 percent female, 40 percent male; 13 percent students of color; average age: 25.
- LSAT scores: (25th–75th percentiles): 153 / 158
- GPA: (25th-75th percentiles): 3.13/3.66
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Costs & Financial Aid
Tuition: Full-time students: $46,260 ($23,130 per semester). Part-time students: $1,620 per credit.
Financial aid: Free Application for Federal Student Aid available. Admitted applicants also automatically considered for merit-based grants and scholarships that range from $5,000 per year to full tuition. More about paying for law school
Student Life
Student organizations: More than 25 clubs plus the opportunity to create your own
Housing: Quinnipiac University assists first-year law students with housing via an on-line housing forum and roommate locator.
Everything Else
President: John L. Lahey - More about Quinnipiac University’s leadership...
Dean: Brad Saxton - Read his welcome message…
Accreditations: Fully approved by the American Bar Association and a member of the Association of American Law Schools. The ABA can be contacted at:
American Bar Association
Office of the Consultant on Legal Education/
Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
321 N. Clark Street, 21st Floor
Chicago, IL 60654
Phone: 312-988-6738
Fax: 312-988-5681
Alumni: 5,775 in 50 states.