Charleston School of Law

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PO Box 535
Charleston, SC 29402

Students
447
enrolled (full-time)
184
enrolled (part-time)
Tuition
$37,874
per year (full-time)
$30,450
per year (part-time)

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Law School Overview

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Specialties

RNP in Part-time Law

Law School Overview

The law school at Charleston School of Law has an application deadline of March 1. The full-time program application fee at the law school at Charleston School of Law is $50. The part-time program application fee at the law school at Charleston School of Law is $50. Its tuition is full-time: $37,874 per year and part-time: $30,450 per year. The student-faculty ratio is 16.4:1. The law school at Charleston School of Law has 59 full- and part-time faculty on staff.

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Year founded 2003
Public/private Private
Law school designation Regional

Admissions

Application deadline March 1
Full-time program application fee $50
Part-time program application fee $50
Admissions Phone (843) 377-2143
Admissions E-mail info@charlestonlaw.edu
Web site http://www.charlestonlaw.edu

Academics

Full- and part-time faculty 59
Student-faculty ratio 16.4:1
Total faculty 71

Student Body

Enrollment (full-time) 447
Gender distribution (full-time)
Gender distribution (full-time)
J.D. candidates graduating in 2011-2012 229

Cost

Tuition and fees

Full-time: $37,874 per year
Part-time: $30,450 per year

Room and board $10,800

Careers

Employed at graduation 2 N/A
Median private sector starting salary $45,000
Median public service starting salary $41,000

Library

Total volumes and volume equivalents 30,186

* Law School Overview details based on 2012 data

2. Represents the percentage of all 2011 graduates who had a full-time job lasting at least a year for which bar passage was required or a J.D. degree was an advantage. These employment rates are part of the data on placement success used to determine a school’s ranking.
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