Baylor University

Law School Overview

U.S. News Rankings

Ranking score and category

Rank Category Name #54 Best Law Schools

Specialties #3 in Trial Advocacy

Law School Overview

The Baylor Law School at Baylor University has an application deadline of January 3. The full-time program application fee at the Baylor Law School at Baylor University is $40. Its tuition is full-time: $46,420 per year. The student-faculty ratio is 13.6:1. The Baylor Law School at Baylor University has 40 full- and part-time faculty on staff.

Baylor Law School in Waco, Texas, emphasizes small classes and trial advocacy—a program for which it has a high law school ranking. The law school operates on a quarter schedule, and students can begin law school in the fall, spring, and summer quarters. They are also permitted to take any quarter off—not just the summer term—for a clerkship, externship, or study abroad experience.

Baylor Law School offers a variety of areas of concentrations in its legal curriculum, including intellectual property, criminal practice, and estate planning. The trial advocacy program, for which the school is particularly well known, involves students in a six-month practice court for hands-on experience in cross examination, jury selection, and more. Students may also pursue a few joint degree programs, including a J.D./M.B.A. or a J.D./Master’s of Taxation program in conjunction with the Baylor University Hankamer School of Business.

Students are automatically considered for scholarships when they apply to Baylor Law School, including awards for LSAT scores and GPAs, as well as for overcoming hardships. Students who enter Baylor without a scholarship may be awarded one in their second or third years for high law school GPAs.

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Year founded	1857
Public/private	Private
Law school designation	Regional

Admissions

Application deadline	January 3
Full-time program application fee	$40
Part-time program application fee	N/A
Admissions Phone	(254) 710-3239
Admissions E-mail	nicole_neeley@baylor.edu
Web site	http://www.baylor.edu/law/

Academics

Full- and part-time faculty	40
Student-faculty ratio	13.6:1
Total faculty	50

Student Body

Enrollment (full-time)	401
Gender distribution (full-time)
J.D. candidates graduating in 2011-2012	159

Cost

Tuition and fees
Full-time: $46,420 per year
Room and board	$7,839

Careers

Employed at graduation 2	30.6%
Median private sector starting salary	$67,500
Median public service starting salary	$52,450

Library

Total volumes and volume equivalents

239,932

* Law School Overview details based on 2012 data