路易斯克拉克学院

学校概况

Lewis & Clark College is one of more than 800 institutions with graduate schools surveyed by U.S. News on an annual basis. Lewis & Clark College confers degrees through various schools, such as: the Northwestern School of Law and the Graduate School of Education and Counseling.

学校专业

#-Best Education Schools
#88Best Law Schools (tie)
- #-Business/Corporate Law
- #-Clinical Training
- #-Constitutional Law
- #-Contracts/Commercial Law
- #-Criminal Law
- #-Dispute Resolution
- #1Environmental Law (tie)
- #-Health Care Law
- #-Intellectual Property Law
- #-International Law
- #-Legal Writing
- #-Tax Law
- #-Trial Advocacy

法学

The Northwestern School of Law at Lewis & Clark College (Northwestern) has an application deadline of March 15. The full-time program application fee at the Northwestern School of Law at Lewis & Clark College (Northwestern) is $50. The part-time program application fee at the Northwestern School of Law at Lewis & Clark College (Northwestern) is $50. Its tuition is full-time: $50,148 and part-time: $37,622. The student-faculty ratio is 7.5:1.

The Lewis & Clark College Northwestern School of Law is an institution in Portland, Ore., that emphasizes flexibility. Lewis & Clark College law students can complete their degrees on full- or part-time schedules, can take courses during the day or evening, and can focus in legal areas including global law, Indian law, and more. Among specialty programs, the institution has a high law school ranking in environmental law.

For hands-on training, students can get involved in clinical opportunities, including the Animal Law Clinic and the International Environmental Law Project, as well as through externships and clerkships. Northwestern Law school operates several centers that also offer research and training opportunities for law students, including the Center for Animal Law Studies, the National Crime Victim Law Institute, and the Natural Resources Law Institute.

Students may also seek out involvement opportunities in the school’s clubs and organizations, from the Latino Law Society to the softball league. Law reviews at the Lewis & Clark College Northwestern School of Law include Animal Law, Environmental Law, and the Lewis & Clark Law Review.

Lewis & Clark College offers law school scholarships and work-study opportunities to law students who apply for financial aid. International applicants are also eligible for merit-based scholarships.

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Overall Ranking Scores

Score45

Peer assessment score (out of 5)2.5

Assessment score by lawyers/judges (out of 5)3.0

GPA (25th-75th percentile)3.23-3.7

Median undergraduate GPA for all program entrants3.49

LSAT scores (25th-75th percentile)156-162

Median LSAT score for all program entrants158

Acceptance rate60.7%

Student-faculty ratio7.5:1

Employed at graduation44.8%

Employed 10 months after graduation83.3%

Bar passage rate (first-time test takers)84.3%

State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the barOR

Statewide bar passage rate (first-time test takers)80.7%

Average indebtedness of 2020 J.D. graduates who incurred law school debt$141,497

Proportion of 2020 J.D. graduates who borrowed at least one educational loan in law school75.9%

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Part-time Law Ranking Scores

Score59

Peer assessment score (out of 5)2.4

Median undergraduate GPA for part-time program entrants3.59

Median LSAT score for part-time program entrants158

Admissions

Application

Director of admissionsMimi Huang, Assistant Dean

Application deadlineMarch 15

Full-time program application fee$50

Part-time program application fee$50

Admissions phone(503) 768-6613

Admissions email

Lawadmss@lclark.edu: -

Application website

Http://law.lclark.edu/offices/admissions/apply/

Besides the fall semester, can enter inN/A

Virtual Tour URLhttps://youtu.be/kO8EHOG0VFI

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Admissions & Enrollment (Overall)

Applicants:

Acceptance rate60.7%

GPA (25th-75th percentile)3.23-3.7

Median undergraduate GPA for all program entrants3.49

Percent of new entrants providing LSAT scores100%

LSAT scores (25th-75th percentile)156-162

Median LSAT score for all program entrants158

Percent of new entrants providing GRE scores0%

Median GRE scores for all program entrantsN/A

Median GRE analytical writing score for all program entrantsN/A

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Admissions & Enrollment (Full-time)

Applicants:

Acceptance rate60.9%

Undergraduate GPA (25th-75th percentile)3.23-3.72

Median undergraduate GPA for full-time program entrants3.47

Percent of new entrants providing LSAT scores100%

LSAT scores (25th-75th percentile)156-161

Median LSAT score for full-time program entrants158

Percent of new entrants providing GRE scores0%

Median GRE scores for full-time program entrantsN/A

Median GRE analytical writing score for full-time program entrantsN/A

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Admissions & Enrollment (Part-time)

Applicants:

Acceptance rate56.9%

Undergraduate GPA (25th-75th percentile)3.4-3.7

Median undergraduate GPA for part-time program entrants3.59

Percent of new entrants providing LSAT scores100%

LSAT scores (25th-75th percentile)156-163

Median LSAT score for part-time program entrants158

Percent of new entrants providing GRE scores0%

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Academics

Academic Program Details

Academic calendarSemester

Joint degrees offered:

Lewis & Clark/PSU Joint JD/MBA Program

Special programs offered to J.D. students

Nine clinics. Certificates in Env., Energy, Animal law, Crim., IP, Business, Tax, Pub. Int., & Intl. law. Externships around the world, summer and academic year. Summer courses in Env., Animal, Indian law, and core courses. Centers = Env., Intl. Env, Crime Victims, Animal law, Intl, IP, Business, Green Energy.

Programs/courses offered in:

clinical training
dispute resolution
environmental law
health care law
intellectual property law
international law
tax law
trial advocacy
business/corporate law
constitutional law
contracts/commercial law
criminal law
writing

Curricular Offerings (Overall)

Classroom course titles, beyond the first-year curriculum, offered last year156

Seminars43

Positions available in seminars805

Positions available in simulation courses501

Student activities

Law reviews: Lewis & Clark (general), Environmental Law, Animal Law. Mt Cts: app. adv, client counsel, mock trial, negotiation, environmental, animal law, federal Indian law, international law. Over 40 student orgs, including Student Bar Assoc., Pub. Int. Law Project, minority law students, business, IP, crim. law, env. law, womens law caucus, Federalist Society.

Number of law clinics9

Number of seats available in law clinics125

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Curricular Offerings (Full-time)

Typical first-year full-time section size taught by full-time faculty (excludes small sections)69

Is there typically a full-time "small section" of the first-year class taught by full-time faculty (excluding Legal Writing)?N/A

Positions filled in full-time program seminars384

Positions filled in full-time program simulation courses192

Positions filled in field placements185

Full-time students involved in law journals89

Full-time students involved in interschool skills competitions12

Full-time students enrolled in independent study65

Number of seats filled in law clinics (full-time)70

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Curricular Offerings (Part-time)

Typical first-year part-time section size taught by full-time faculty (excludes small sections)30

Is there typically a part-time "small section" of the first-year class taught by full-time faculty (excluding Legal Writing)?N/A

Positions filled in part-time program seminars157

Positions filled in part-time program simulation courses85

Positions filled in field placements50

Part-time students involved in law journals24

Part-time students involved in interschool skills competitions9

Part-time students enrolled in independent study40

Number of seats filled in law clinics (part-time)17

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Faculty Profile (Fall 2020)

Student-faculty ratio7.5:1

Total faculty123

Faculty distribution:

Full-time32.5%
Part-time67.5%

Full-time faculty gender distribution:

Female47.5%
Male52.5%
Other0%

Part-time faculty gender distribution:

Female42.2%
Male57.8%
Other0%

Full-time minority faculty17.5%

Part-time minority faculty12%

Total faculty (men)56.1%

Total faculty (women)43.9%

Total faculty (minorities)13.8%

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Class Size

Number of upper-division course sections with an enrollment of:

Student Body

Student Body (Overall)

Total Enrolled576

Student diversity:

: RACE/ETHNICITYENROLLMENTWhite70.1%Hispanic11.5%Asian6.4%Unknown3.8%Two or more races3%Black or African American2.1%American Indian1.6%International1.6%Pacific Islander0%

Student Body (Full-time)

Enrollment (full-time)423

Gender distribution (full-time):

Female57.2%
Male42.8%

Student Body (Part-time)

Enrollment (part-time)153

Gender distribution (part-time):

Female67.3%
Male32.7%

Attrition Rates for Full- and Part-time Students (2019-2020)

First-year students discontinuing law school2.2%

Second-year students discontinuing law school1.1%

Third-year students discontinuing law schoolN/A

Fourth-year students discontinuing law schoolN/A

Male students discontinuing law school0.9%

Female students discontinuing law school1.2%

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Cost

Financial Aid Contact Information

Financial aid directorAnastacia Dillon

Financial aid phone(503) 768-7090

Financial aid application deadlineFeb. 15

Expenses

Tuition and fees:

full-time $50,148
part-time $37,622

Room and board$15,750

Books$1,600

Miscellaneous expenses$10,750

Is the tuition the same for first-, second-, and third-year students?Yes

Does the university offer housing restricted to law students?Yes

Does the university offer graduate student housing for which law students are eligible?Yes

Does the university offer a public-interest scholarship program to current J.D. students?N/A

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Grants (Full-time students)

Median grant amount$24,000

Grant range (25th-75th percentile)$15,000-$30,000

Full-time students receiving grants93.9%

Students receiving grants of more than full tuition0%

Students receiving grants of full tuition0%

Students receiving grants of one-half tuition or more but less than full39.2%

Students receiving grants of less than one-half tuition54.6%

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Grants (Part-time students)

Median grant amount$16,000

Grant range (25th-75th percentile)$10,000-$23,890

Part-time students receiving grants90.1%

Students receiving grants of more than full tuition1.5%

Students receiving grants of full tuition0.8%

Students receiving grants of one-half tuition or more but less than full33.6%

Students receiving grants of less than one-half tuition54.2%

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Indebtedness

Average indebtedness of 2020 J.D. graduates who incurred law school debt$141,497

Proportion who borrowed75.9%

Does the school offer a loan repayment assistance program for 2020 J.D. graduates?Yes

Library

Library Information Resources

Volume equivalent microformsN/A

Information Technology

Department(s) responsible for the law school information technology operations

Law school information technology department, university information technology department

Approximate number of full-time-equivalent information technology staff (excluding hourly students and other temporary staff)3

Does the school require entering students to own a computer?No

Physical Library Facilities

Net square feet of space assigned for library purposesN/A

Total seats available for library usersN/A

Details about the library and other facilities

The law library provides individual, group and collaborative study space, all with wireless access. Nine group study rooms, two reading rooms, 128 study carrels and over 200 other seats provide a mix of study venues, most with a view of the 600+ acre park bordering the law school campus. With additional casual seating and lounge space, the library is a pleasant, functional, quiet place to study.

Library Seats

Carrels128

Study rooms48

Open tables128

Soft seating16

Instructional spaces, classrooms and labs0

Cafe0

Other4

Total number of seats associated with library spaces324

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Library Collections

Number of electronic databases licensed or owned by law library212

Number of licensed or owned electronic databases available to law students as members of the larger college or university300

Number of titles purchased, managed, and maintained by the law library that are cataloged or accessible through the discovery system538,515

Number of titles available to law students as members of the larger college or university that are cataloged or accessible through the discovery system1,408,436

Careers

Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2019 administrations)

State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the barOR

Bar passage rate (first-time test takers)84.3%

Statewide bar passage rate (first-time test takers)80.7%

Class of 2019 Graduates

Total number of graduates174

Employed at graduation:44.8%

Employed 10 months after graduation:83.3%

Employed at Graduation (excludes law school/university-funded positions)

Graduates employed in jobs that required bar passage42%

Graduates employed in jobs that required bar passage (full-time, lasting a year or more)37.4%

Graduates employed in jobs that required bar passage (full-time, lasting less than a year)1.1%

Graduates employed in jobs that required bar passage (part-time, lasting a year or more)1.1%

Graduates employed in jobs that required bar passage (part-time, lasting less than a year)2.3%

Graduates employed in jobs that required bar passage (length of employment unknown)0%

Graduates employed in jobs where a J.D. degree is an advantage13.8%

Graduates employed in jobs where a J.D. degree is an advantage (full-time, lasting a year or more)7.5%

Graduates employed in jobs where a J.D. degree is an advantage (full-time, lasting less than a year)0.6%

Graduates employed in jobs where a J.D. degree is an advantage (part-time, lasting a year or more)1.1%

Graduates employed in jobs where a J.D. degree is an advantage (part-time, lasting less than a year)4.6%

Graduates employed in jobs where a J.D. degree is an advantage (length of employment unknown)0%

Graduates employed in jobs that are professional positions1.1%

Graduates employed in jobs that are professional positions (full-time, lasting a year or more)0.6%

Graduates employed in jobs that are professional positions (full-time, lasting less than a year)0.6%

Graduates employed in jobs that are professional positions (part-time, lasting a year or more)0%

Graduates employed in jobs that are professional positions (part-time, lasting less than a year)0%

Graduates employed in jobs that are professional positions (length of employment unknown)0%

Graduates employed in jobs that are non-professional positions0%

Graduates employed in jobs that are non-professional positions (full-time, lasting a year or more)0%

Graduates employed in jobs that are non-professional positions (full-time, lasting less than a year)0%

Graduates employed in jobs that are non-professional positions (part-time, lasting a year or more)0%

Graduates employed in jobs that are non-professional positions (part-time, lasting less than a year)0%

Graduates employed in jobs that are non-professional positions (length of employment unknown)0%

Graduates employed in jobs that are undeterminable/unknown positions0.6%

Graduates employed in jobs that are undeterminable/unknown positions (full-time, lasting a year or more)0%

Graduates employed in jobs that are undeterminable/unknown positions (full-time, lasting less than a year)0%

Graduates employed in jobs that are undeterminable/unknown positions (part-time, lasting a year or more)0%

Graduates employed in jobs that are undeterminable/unknown positions (part-time, lasting less than a year)0%

Graduates employed in jobs that are undeterminable/unknown (length of employment unknown)0.6%

Graduates that were pursuing a graduate degree full-time1.7%

Graduates that were unemployed and not seeking employment0.6%

Graduates that were unemployed and seeking employment39.1%

Graduates whose employment status was unknown0%

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Employed 10 Months After Graduation (excludes law school/university-funded positions)

Graduates employed in jobs that require bar passage70.1%

Graduates employed in jobs that required bar passage (full-time, lasting a year or more)69%

Graduates employed in jobs that required bar passage (full-time, lasting less than a year)0%

Graduates employed in jobs that required bar passage (part-time, lasting a year or more)0.6%

Graduates employed in jobs that required bar passage (part-time, lasting less than a year)0.6%

Graduates employed in jobs that required bar passage (length of employment unknown)0%

Graduates employed in jobs where a J.D. degree is an advantage14.9%

Graduates employed in jobs where a J.D. degree is an advantage (full-time, lasting a year or more)14.4%

Graduates employed in jobs where a J.D. degree is an advantage (full-time, lasting less than a year)0%

Graduates employed in jobs where a J.D. degree is an advantage (part-time, lasting a year or more)0.6%

Graduates employed in jobs where a J.D. degree is an advantage (part-time, lasting less than a year)0%

Graduates employed in jobs where a J.D. degree is an advantage (length of employment unknown)0%

Graduates employed in jobs that are professional positions1.1%

Graduates employed in jobs that are professional positions (full-time, lasting a year or more)1.1%

Graduates employed in jobs that are professional positions (full-time, lasting less than a year)0%