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University of Toledo College of Law
MottoFiat lux (Latin)
Parent schoolUniversity of Toledo
Established1906
School typePublic
DeanDaniel J. Steinbock
LocationToledo, Ohio, USA
Enrollment437
Faculty49
Bar pass rate92% (ABA profile)
Websitelaw.utoledo.edu
ABA profileUC Berkeley School of Law

The University of Toledo College of Law, or simply UTLaw, is one of thirteen schools and colleges at the University of Toledo. When it was first born in 1906, the law school was initially housed in a YMCA building in downtown Toledo. As it grew, the school moved to accommodate growth and, for a time, was housed in University Hall on the University of Toledo's campus. The present building was constructed in 1972, with an addition built in 1981 to accommodate further growth. Since its inception, it has graduated thousands of lawyers and today, continues to serve the needs of the legal community and the general public of Northwest Ohio.

Curriculum

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The University of Toledo College of Law offers full-time and part-time programs.[2] In the full-time program, students take 16 credits in the fall and spring semesters completing the required first-year courses in spring semester. In the part-time program of evening classes, students take 9-10 credits a semester.

Ranking

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The American Bar Association does not officially rank law schools.[3] U.S. News & World Report is perhaps the most well-known publisher of unofficial law school rankings. U.S. News & World Report organizes rankings into two main sections. The first section is a "Top 145" that lists the top one hundred forty-five schools in order from highest ranked to lowest ranked. While the top 145 law schools are ranked individually, U.S. News groups the remaining schools, or the bottom 25 percent of those that are ranked, into a "Rank Not Published" group.[4]Schools that fall into this category are listed alphabetically and not by actual ranking. U.S. News also ranks each school's specialty programs using a similar method, if applicable. U.S. News listed Toledo's full-time Juris Doctor program as 129th in the nation in 2012; its part-time Juris Doctor program was ranked 35th in the nation.[5] U.S. News only ranked 195 of the 202 ABA-approved schools in 2012. The ABA has issued disclaimers of any law school ranking system and encourages prospective law students to consider a variety of factors in making their choice among schools.[6] U.S. News's ranking system has incurred criticism from the Association of American Law Schools. Carl Monk, its former executive director, once went so far as to say "these rankings are a misleading and deceptive, profit-generating commercial enterprise that compromises U.S. News and World Report's journalistic integrity."[7]

Areas of concentration

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The College offers five Certificates of Concentration that a student can specialize in:[8]

Alumni

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References

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