About Santa Clara Law

Fast Facts

 

Location: San Francisco Bay Area
40 Miles south of San Francisco
Santa Clara, California – adjacent to San Jose
In the heart of Silicon Valley
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History: Santa Clara University was established by the Jesuits in 1851
SCU is the oldest university in the West
Santa Clara Law was established in 1912
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Accreditation & Memberships: Approved by the American Bar Association
Member, Association of American Law Schools
Member, Order of Coif
 
Degrees Offered: Juris Doctor
J.D./MBA Combined Degree
LL.M. in U.S. Law for Foreign Lawyers
LL.M. Degree in International and Comparative Law
LL.M. in Intellectual Property
 
2007 – 2008 Tuition: $35,250 Full time
$24,675 Part time
 
Entering Class Profile
 
JD Student Body: 56% Men
44% Women
41% Minority
85 Part-time Students
241 Full-time students
 
Top States Represented: (28 represented) California, Texas, Arizona, Washington, Illinois
 
Foreign Countries: Canada, China, Germany and Korea
 
Top Feeder Schools: (108 represented) UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, UCSD and Santa Clara University
 
Student Faculty Ratio 19:1
 
Faculty: About our faculty
 
Areas of Specialization: High Tech and Intellectual Property Law
International Law
Public Interest and Social Justice Law
 
International Programs: Hong Kong; Shanghai, PRC, Tokyo, Japan; Geneva/Strasbourg; San Jose, Costa Rica; Seoul, Korea; Vienna/Bratislava/Budapest; Singapore; Istanbul, Turkey; The Hague, Netherlands; Munich, Germany; Sydney, Australia, Oxford, England
 
Clinics: Katharine and George Alexander Community Law Center
Northern California Innocence Project
Death Penalty Clinic
 
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