Florida International University College of Law
FIU College of Law | |
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Established | 2000 |
School type | Public |
Parent endowment | $209 million[1] |
Dean | Antony Page |
Location | University Park, Miami, Florida, U.S. |
Enrollment | 460 (Fall 2018)[2] |
Faculty | 47[3] |
USNWR ranking | 68th (tie) (2024)[4] |
Bar pass rate | 72.2% (Florida bar exam, February 2023) |
Website | law |
The Florida International University College of Law is the
History
Florida International University worked towards the creation of a public law school in
Shortly thereafter, the College of Law hired Leonard Strickman as its inaugural Dean. Strickman, a Yale Law School graduate, had previously served as Dean of the Northern Illinois University College of Law and the University of Arkansas School of Law, and had been a member of the ABA Accreditation Committee during the 1990s, and had chaired 15 ABA accreditation site visits.
The College of Law is one of the university's 26 schools and colleges and was founded in 2000. It officially opened its doors in August 2002, received provisional
On February 10, 2007, the new law school building, the Rafael Diaz-Balart Hall, was dedicated.
In May 2009, the institution announced that United States Attorney Alexander Acosta had been selected to replace Strickman as Dean, with the latter's retirement from the position. Acosta left in 2017 to become United States Secretary of Labor.
Rankings and reputation
The 2024 U.S. News & World Report's "Best Law School Rankings" ranked the FIU College of Law 60th (tied) out of 196 [9] in the United States.
The magazine also ranked FIU at 24 in the U.S. for its part-time law programs.[10]
Employment
According to FIU's official 2018 ABA-required disclosures, 74.7% of the Class of 2018 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment ten months after graduation.[11] FIU's Law School Transparency under-employment score was 14.01%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2018 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job ten months after graduation.[11]
Exam passage
In terms of percentage of students who pass on the first attempt, FIU Law has ranked in the top three among Florida law schools for every administration of the Florida Bar Exam since July 2015 (ranking first 13 out of 19 times).
Bar exam date[12] | Bar passing rate |
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February 2020 | 81.8% (2nd in Florida) |
October 2020 | 89.3% (1st in Florida) |
February 2021 | 75.0% (2nd in Florida) |
July 2021 | 88.8% (1st in Florida) |
February 2022 | 70.8% (3rd in Florida) |
July 2022 | 81.2% (1st in Florida) |
February 2023 | 72.2% (1st in Florida) |
July 2023 | 91.1% (1st in Florida) |
February 2024 | 82.6% (1st in Florida) |
Admissions and tuition
2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | |
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Applicants | 1,901 | 1,887 | 2,071 | 2,129 | 2,675 |
Admits | 545 | 551 | 568 | 492 | 595 |
% Admitted | 28.6 | 29.1 | 30.1 | 26.2 | 22.2 |
This table does not account deferred applications or other unique situations.
The College of Law only admits students during the fall to its full-time day program or its part-time evening program. Admissions is done on a rolling basis.
For Fall 2016, 1,901 students applied for admissions into the FIU College of Law, 545 were accepted, and 130 enrolled for the day program and 16 for the evening program. The Fall 2016 entering class had a median
Annual tuition for in-state students in the day program is $21,407 and $14,501 for those in the evening program.[16] Annual tuition for out-of-state students in the day program is $35,650 and $24,150 for those in the evening program.[16]
Specialty programs
Specialty programs
- International and Comparative Law Program
- Legal Skills and Values Board
- Moot Court Board of Appellate Advocates
- Community Service Board
- Trial Advocacy Program
- Intellectual Property Certificate
- Environmental & Natural Resources Law Certificate
Faculty
The FIU College of Law has about 30 full-time faculty members (including the Dean and the Associate Dean for Academics, both of whom teach on an occasional basis), and also has various visiting professors who teach subjects within their areas of expertise.
Founding faculty
The founding faculty are the professors who came to the University before it was opened to students. They included:[citation needed]
- Thomas E. Baker, professor of Constitutional law
- Jorge Esquirol, professor of international law, who had previously been Director of Academic Affairs in the Harvard Law School Graduate Program.
- Elizabeth Price Foley, professor of civil procedure and Constitutional law.
- Aya Gruber, professor of criminal law, who had assisted Alan Dershowitz during the O. J. Simpson case before becoming a public defender in Washington, D.C.
- Mathew C. Mirow, professor of property law and legal historian
- insular possessions
- Scott F. Norberg, professor of bankruptcy and contracts
In addition, Professor
Notable faculty
- Stanley Fish was hired to a five-year contract, as the Davidson-Kahn Distinguished University Professor of Humanities and Law in June 2005.
- banking, securities, international litigation, and international business transactions.
- Florida Bar Associationwhen he was killed in a car accident in spring 2005.
Notable adjunct faculty
- Judge Adalberto Jordan of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- Judge Robert N. Scola Jr. of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
- Larry R Leiby teaches construction law and commercial arbitration.
Students
The Florida International University College of Law opened with a class of 67 full-time and 60 part-time students. LSAT and GPA scores placed the inaugural class around the middle of Florida's 11 law schools.[17] The first graduate was Rosann Spiegel,[18] also a previous FIU alumnus, who finished the program a semester ahead of schedule. Spiegel graduated in December 2004 and passed the February 2005 bar examination - briefly making FIU the only law school in the country with a 100% bar passage rate.[19]
In January 2010, FIU College of Law students placed first among the Southeastern States Regional American Bar Association negotiation competition. Students also placed second in the Zehmer Mock Trial Competition and second on the brief at the Skadden Arps International FDI moot competition.[20]
The student body has also formed two
Law journals
FIU Law Review
Established in 2004, the FIU Law Review is the law school's official student law review.[21] The FIU Law Review is committed to facilitate FIU Law's growth and impact in the legal community.
The Review organizes two symposia and publishes two symposium-based issues annually (Fall and Spring).[21] Articles Editors and Staff Members also write about current changes in the law on the Law Review’s blog.[22]
FIU World Arbitration and Mediation Review
The FIU World Arbitration and Mediation Review ("WAMR") was established to provide a contemporary resource for arbitrators and mediators.[23]
Curriculum
The FIU College of Law requires all students to take a course entitled An Introduction to International and Comparative Law during their first year. Other required first year courses are more typical - Constitutional law, Torts, and Contracts in the first semester, Criminal law, Civil Procedure, and Property in the second, and legal writing classes (called Legal Skills and Values, or simply LSV) throughout. However, each of the substantive classes also dedicates a portion of its discussion to international and comparative issues in that area of law.
Upper level requirements also include an additional course relating to international law, an additional LSV class, a writing seminar, and a course in
Clinical programs
The FIU College of Law offers six in-house clinics:
- The Carlos A. Costa Immigration and Human Rights Clinic
- The Community Development Clinic
- Consumer Bankruptcy Clinic
- Family Law and Education Advocacy Clinic
- The H.E.L.P. (Health, Ethics, Law and Policy) Clinic, and the Education Advocacy Clinic.
- The Immigrant Children's Justice Clinic
- The Investor Advocacy Clinic[24]
Facilities
The Florida International University College of Law operates out of the Rafael Díaz-Ballart Hall, designed by architect
On-campus housing is available for graduate students in the College of Law at the University Park Towers and the University Park Apartments through the graduate housing community.
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- ^ "Best Part Time Law Programs - Top Law Schools - US News Best Graduate Schools". rankingsandreviews.com. Archived from the original on 2012-12-14.
- ^ a b "Employment Summary for 2018 Graduates" (PDF). Florida International University College of Law. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-04-26. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
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