Congratulations on your very wise decision to pursue a law degree at Santa Clara Law! Your Santa Clara legal education will yield great economic returns and fulfillment, empowering you to attain a rewarding career of tremendous prominence and purpose.
Many of our students are drawn to Santa Clara Law by our distinctive strengths, including:
- Our state of the art law school building within a beautiful campus located in the heart of Silicon Valley, the global center of innovation and opportunity, and home to the world’s leading companies and law firms;
- Our tightly-knit, student centered, vibrant, and inclusive law school community;
- Our signature programs and clinics, including the #4 ranked Tech and Intellectual Property Law program in the country; our leading International Law program– #1 in summer abroad opportunities; the unique Public Interest JD and TechEdge JD cohorts; the pathbreaking Flex JD; the Northern California Innocence Project; the Alexander Community Law Clinic; the Entrepreneurs Clinic; the Mediation Clinic, and the International Human Rights Clinic;
- Our longstanding Centers of Excellence, including, the Center for Social Justice and Public Service; High Tech Law Institute; and Center for Global Law and Policy;
- Our faculty of world-renowned scholars and beloved educators;
- Our many student services departments dedicated to advising and mentoring students to success, including our Office of Career Management and Office of Academic and Bar Success;
- Our network of preeminent and loyal alumni, who mentor our students and support them with exceptional career opportunities; and
- Our vital Jesuit mission, which calls us–people of all faiths– to engage in cura personalis (care for the whole person) and to use our talents and our exceptional Santa Clara Law education to care deeply for each other and the clients and community that we serve.
While any one of these strengths would be reason enough to enroll in Santa Clara Law, truly discerning students are attracted by a quality that is more intangible, but just as important. Santa Clara Law is not just a law school. It is a transformative learning community built on an ethic of loving kindness.
You will graduate from Santa Clara Law with life long habits of mind and heart that will empower you to find great success and well-being—to do well and do good. And you will grow those habits of mind and heart in a community that will surround you with deep and abiding love for a lifetime.
Our team of admissions and financial aid professionals are standing by to answer your questions. Schedule an advising appointment, tour, or classroom visit to learn more.
Caitlin Robinett Jachimowicz
Senior Assistant Dean
Law Enrollment, Strategy, and Operations