UCLA School of Law is the first public law school in Southern California and we are the youngest top-ranked school in the nation.
Founded
1949
Admissions 2012
Number of applicants: 6,117
Number of admits: 1,447
Number of enrollees: 308
GPA (25th, 50th, 75th percentiles):
3.58 / 3.78 / 3.89
LSAT (25th, 50th, 75th percentiles):
164 /168 / 169
Hugh & Hazel Darling Law Library
Newly renovated building opened fall 1998
Seating for 775
Wireless and wired network/Internet access throughout
Provides access to thousands of online resources
Nearly 600,000 bound volumes
Number of Alumni
More than 14,000
Diversity - Class of 2015
118 Undergraduate schools represented
47% Female
53% Male
35% Students of Color
67% California Residents
33% Non-residents
Faculty
More than 100 faculty members
Areas of Interest
Center for Law and Economics
Clinical Law Program
Critical Race Studies Program
David J. Epstein Program in Public Interest Law and Policy
Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment
Empirical Legal Scholars Program
Empirical Research Group
Entertainment, Media, and Intellectual Property Law Program
Environmental Law Program
Externship Program
Foreign Legal Study and Exchange Program
Globalization and Labor Standards Program
Health and Human Rights Law Project
International and Comparative Law Program
International Human Rights Program
Law and Philosophy Program
Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy
Native Nations Law & Policy Center
Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Program
Program on Understanding Law, Science and Evidence (PULSE)
Sanela Diana Jenkins Human Rights Project
UC-DC Law Program
UCLA-RAND Center for Law and Public Policy
UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate
Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy