An Outstanding Legal Education

University of St. Thomas School of Law Points of Pride

• For the second year in a row the School of Law was ranked the No. 1 law school in the country for “Best Quality of Life” among students according to Princeton Review’s The Best 159 Law Schools.  The same publication also ranked the St. Thomas Law School No. 10 nationally in its “Professors Rock (Legally Speaking)” category.

• In the fall of 2007 the School of Law added five new professors with strong academic credentials.  These professors bring a depth of scholarship and teaching experience from highly ranked Universities on both coasts and in the Midwest.

• In 2007 the University reached the $90 million mark for a fundraising total.

• The class of 2007 was the School of Law’s most diverse class yet regionally and culturally.  The class also boasted the highest average LSAT and GPA of any of the great classes that have entered the School of Law.

• U.S. News and World Report ranked the University of St. Thomas School of Law for the first time in 2007.  Placing it in the third tier. 

• In 2005, the School of Law’s Mentor Externship Program was awarded the prestigious E. Smythe Gambrell Professionalism Award by the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Professionalism.