About Santa Clara Law
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Fast Facts

 

Location: San Francisco Bay Area
40 Miles south of San Francisco
Santa Clara, California – adjacent to San Jose
In the heart of Silicon Valley
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History: Santa Clara University was established by the Jesuits in 1851
SCU is the oldest university in the West
Santa Clara Law was established in 1912
More about our history
 
Accreditation & Memberships: Approved by the American Bar Association
Member, Association of American Law Schools
Member, Order of Coif
 
Degrees Offered:

Juris Doctor
J.D./MBA Combined Degree

J.S./MSIS Combined Degree
LL.M. in U.S. Law for Foreign Lawyers
LL.M. Degree in International and Comparative Law
LL.M. in Intellectual Property

 
2009 – 2010 Tuition Full-time: $38,040
Part-time: $26,628
 
Entering Class Profile, Fall 2009
 
JD Student Body: 54% Men
46% Women
48% Minority
81 Part-time Students
242 Full-time students
 
Top States Represented: (31 represented, plus DC) California, Texas, Washington, Arizona, Oregon
 
Top Foreign Countries: (10 represented) China, South Korea, India, Canada and Armenia
 
Top Feeder Schools: (137 represented) Santa Clara University, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, UC Santa Cruz and UC Davis
 
Student Faculty Ratio 19:1
 
Faculty: About our faculty
 
Areas of Specialization: High Tech and Intellectual Property Law
International Law
Public Interest and Social Justice Law
 
International Programs: Hong Kong; Shanghai; Tokyo, Japan; Geneva/Strasbourg; San Jose, Costa Rica; Seoul, Korea; Vienna/Budapest; Singapore; Istanbul, Turkey; The Hague, Netherlands; Munich, Germany; Sydney or Perth, Australia; Oxford, England.
 
Clinics: Katharine and George Alexander Community Law Center
Northern California Innocence Project
Death Penalty College
 
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