Oregon Law Fact Sheet

Founded in 1884, the University of Oregon School of Law is a public law school located in the heart of Oregon's Willamette Valley.

Campus

Location: Eugene, Oregon -- a short distance (roughly sixty miles) east of the Oregon Coast and west of the Cascade Mountains.

Facilities: One of the finest law school facilities in the country, the 138,000-square-foot Knight Law Center is the optimal environment for rigorous study while retaining Oregon's signature warmth and informality. Built around a common town-square area, the building includes a light-filled and spacious library, comfortable offices for student journals and organizations, a mock courtroom, a 200-seat auditorium, and, in keeping with law school tradition, a basketball court.

Academics

Dean: Margie Paris

Full-time Faculty: 37 full-time faculty members

Bar Pass Rate: In ten of the last eleven years, graduates of Oregon Law have passed the Oregon state bar examination at a rate that met or exceeded the state average. In 2009, among first-time takers of the bar examination, the state average was 77 percent. The pass rate for Oregon Law was 84 percent.

Degree Programs: JD; JD/MBA; JD/MS (Environmental Studies); JD/MA (International Studies); Master's Degree in Conflict and Dispute Resolution; LL.M. in Environmental and Natural Resources Law

Centers and Programs: Environmental and Natural Resources Law; Public Interest-Public Service; Law and Entrepreneurship; Appropriate Dispute Resolution; Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics; Legal Research and Writing; Ocean and Coastal Law; Portland Program; Child Advocacy Project

U.S. News & World Report Rankings (2010): 77th in the Nation; Legal Research and Writing - 6th in the nation; Appropriate Dispute Resolution - 7th in the nation; Environmental and Natural Resources -10th in the nation

Student Body

Enrollment: J.D.: 538 students; LL.M.: 11 students

First-year profile: 182 students welcomed into the Class of 2012

LSAT Profile (First-year students)
75th percentile 161
Median 159
25th percentile 157

GPA Profile (First-year students)
75th percentile 3.56
Median 3.34
25th percentile 3.12

Student Life

Student organizations: With 45 student organizations, Oregon Law offers something for every interest.

First, Best, and Only

• In 1921, the Oregon Law Review became the first law review in the Northwest.
  
• In 1978, Oregon Law established the world's first environmental law clinic.
  
• In 2008, Oregon Law announced the formation of a course in Renewable Energy, one of the first of its kind in the nation.
  
• In 2008 and 2009, Prelaw Magazine named Oregon Law as one of the "Best in Practical Training" law schools in the country.
  
• Oregon Law's Green Business Initiative is one of the first law school programs in the country dedicated to the intersection of law, business, and the environment.
  
• Oregon Law is the smallest public law school on the West Coast.
  
• Oregon Law is Oregon's only public law school.
  
• Oregon Law is the only Oregon law school to offer venture capital and private equity, financial institutions and banking regulations, and two semesters of securities law.
  
• Oregon Law has placed first in the Oregon State Bar's Pro Bono Challenge for eight straight years (2001-2008).
  
• Oregon Law's Public Interest Environmental Law Conference is the oldest and largest of its kind and is produced entirely by students.
  
• Oregon Law is the only law school in the Pacific Northwest that can boast of having three programs ranked in the "top ten" by U.S. News & World Report.