University of California--Davis

Law School Overview

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Law School Overview

The School of Law at University of California--Davis has an application deadline of January 2. The full-time program application fee at the School of Law at University of California--Davis is $75. Its tuition is full-time: $49,564 per year (in-state) and full-time: $58,815 per year (out-of-state). The student-faculty ratio is 10.6:1. The School of Law at University of California--Davis has 65 full- and part-time faculty on staff.

Located just 20 minutes from Sacramento and about an hour from California’s Bay Area, the University of California—Davis School of Law puts its students near hubs of law and policy. Law students can choose to concentrate their education in areas including business law, criminal law, environmental and natural resources law, and public interest law, and there are certificate programs offered in public service law and environmental law. Students can also spend a semester in Washington, D.C. completing externships through a University of California program offered to law students from UC Davis, UC—Berkeley, and UCLA.

The UC Davis School of Law operates out of King Hall, named for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and is home to several centers for research and policy, including the California International Law Center and the California Environmental Law and Policy Center. Students can get involved with more than 40 student organizations, as well as legal journals such as the UC Davis Law Review, the Business Law Journal, and the Journal of Juvenile Law & Policy.

Law students can apply to live in campus apartments or can use the Student Housing Office to find private options. Notable alumni of the UC—Davis School of Law include Tani Cantil-Sakauye, chief justice of the California Supreme Court, and Robert Mendez, senior vice president of diversity at Disney-ABC Television Group.

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Year founded	1965
Public/private	Public
Law school designation	National

Admissions

Application deadline	January 2
Full-time program application fee	$75
Part-time program application fee	N/A
Admissions Phone	(530) 752-6477
Admissions E-mail	admissions@law.ucdavis.edu
Web site	http://www.law.ucdavis.edu

Academics

Full- and part-time faculty	65
Student-faculty ratio	10.6:1
Total faculty	74

Student Body

Enrollment (full-time)	569
Gender distribution (full-time)
J.D. candidates graduating in 2011-2012	198

Cost

Tuition and fees
Full-time: $49,564 per year (in-state) Full-time: $58,815 per year (out-of-state)
Room and board	$12,113

Careers

Employed at graduation 2	34.9%
Median private sector starting salary	$85,000
Median public service starting salary	$56,088

Library

Total volumes and volume equivalents

475,139

* Law School Overview details based on 2012 data