The University of St. Thomas

School of Law

Office of Career & Professional Development

Office of Career & Professional Development

Meet Our Students

The 493-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 ranked between #1 and #4 in the country for "quality of life" in the Princeton Review for the last five years.

Current Students


                                   Class of 2013         Class of 2011        Class of 2011
Total Class Size:                 168                        174                       151
               Female:                    40%                      47%                      44%
                    Male:                    60                          53%                      56%
               Minority:                    11%                      16%                      11%
Advanced degrees:                 6                            9                          15

Median LSAT:                      156                        157                       156
    75% LSAT:                       161                        161                       160
    25% LSAT:                       154                        153                       154
 
Median GPA:                       3.24                       3.34                      3.36
    75% GPA:                        3.52                       3.59                      3.59
    25% GPA:                        3.01                       3.07                      3.01

Graduate Highlights


   For the class of 2009:

        92.4% of graduates are employed or in graduate school within 9 months of 
                  graduation
        10.9% of employed graduates are in judicial clerkships 
        18.6% 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