The University of St. Thomas

School of Law

Office of Career & Professional Development

Office of Career & Professional Development

Meet Our Students

The 480-member student body at the UST School of Law represents a wide range of experiences and beliefs. While most of our students are just a few years removed from undergraduate life, we are attracting a growing number of nontraditional students. Students from across the political spectrum are drawn by the school's unique mission and lively debate is common. The atmosphere remains collegial and affirming, however, as students work together to make their law school the best in the country for "quality of life" in 2005 and 2006 by the Princeton Review.

Current Students


                                   Class of 2012         Class of 2011        Class of 2010
Total Class Size:                 174                        151                       164
             Female:                 47%                       44%                      43%
                Male:                  53%                       56%                      57%
            Minority:                 16%                       11%                      15%
Advanced degrees:               9                           15                          7

Median LSAT:                      157                        156                       157
    75% LSAT:                      161                        160                       161
    25% LSAT:                      153                        154                       154
 
Median GPA:                       3.34                       3.36                      3.43
    75% GPA:                       3.59                       3.59                      3.63
    25% GPA:                       3.07                       3.01                      3.16

Graduate Highlights


   For the class of 2007:

        94.3% of graduates are employed or in graduate school within 9 months of 
               graduation
        16.9% of employed graduates are in judicial clerkships 
        21.5% of employed graduates are working for public interest or government organizations


UST law graduates have found positions at a wide varity of employers:

  • Dorsey & Whitney    
  • Faegre & Benson
  • Fredrikson & Byron
  • Leonard, Street 
    & Dienard
  • Lindquist & Vennum
  • Robins, Kaplan,     Miller & Ciresi          
  • Thrivent Financial
  • TCF National Bank  
  • Target Corporation   
  • Winthrop & Weinstine
  • Minnesota Attorney General's Office
  • Counsel on Crime and Justice
  • Centro Legal           
  • Hennepin County Attorney's Office
  • Minneapolis Legal Aid
  • Central Minnesota Legal Services
  • Seattle Public 
    Defender's Office
  • State of Minnesota Board of Public Defense        
  • 8th Circuit Court of Appeals           
  • US District Court of Appeals
  • US Bankruptcy Court
  • Minnesota Supreme Court
  • Minnesota Court of Appeals
  • Minnesota State District Courts
  • Colorado State District Courts