National Jurist -September 2008 - (Page 28) Most clinical opportunities available We ranked these ABA-approved law schools based on the total number of fulltime clinical course positions offered per the number of full-time students using data provided by the Official Guide to ABA-approved Law Schools 2008 Edition. This ranking shows where the most clinical opportunities are available. Law School State Total # of clinical positions CT 520 IA 196 WI 373 DC 135 MD 301 GA 287 FL 101 PR 215 MN 293 KS 172 NY 145 CT 156 NJ 182 CA 173 NM 111 UT 144 IL 235 CA 303 TX 161 NC 123 IL 224 CA 183 CA 204 WY 63 NY 150 MA 458 WA 141 MA 98 TN 110 CT 101 ID 73 MN 169 NH 96 KS 101 CO 184 FL 47 NY 251 CO 110 OH 145 CA 154 IL 124 LA 81 WA 109 FL 68 MA 156 MA 158 OR 101 AR 53 AL 44 OH 63 AL 87 Total # % FT students opportunities available 576 90.3% 429 45.7% 817 45.7% 300 45.0% 673 44.7% 670 42.8% 237 42.6% 521 41.3% 801 36.6% 482 35.7% 417 34.8% 464 33.6% 561 32.4% 534 32.4% 343 32.4% 460 31.3% 768 30.6% 1019 29.7% 554 29.1% 426 28.9% 776 28.9% 639 28.6% 738 27.6% 231 27.3% 561 26.7% 1719 26.6% 533 26.5% 384 25.5% 449 24.5% 422 23.9% 314 23.2% 738 22.9% 423 22.7% 449 22.5% 827 22.2% 214 22.0% 1152 21.8% 511 21.5% 688 21.1% 743 20.7% 600 20.7% 394 20.6% 535 20.4% 338 20.1% 780 20.0% 821 19.2% 536 18.8% 283 18.7% 240 18.3% 344 18.3% 479 18.2% Santa Clara University 1 2 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 14 16 17 18 19 20 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 40 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 49 50 Yale University Drake University University of Wisconsin UDC University of Maryland University of Georgia Florida A&M University University of Puerto Rico University of Minnesota University of Kansas City University of New York University of Connecticut Rutgers University-Newark Standford University University of New Mexico Brigham Young University Northwestern University UCLA Southern Methodist University North Carolina Central University Illinois Institute of Technology Pepperdine University University of San Diego University of Wyoming Cornell University Harvard University Seattle University Western New England College University of Tennessee Quinnipiac College University of Idaho William Mitchell College of Law Franklin Pierce Law Center Washburn University University of Denver Florida International School of Law Brooklyn Law School University of Colorado Ohio State University Santa Clara University University of Chicago Southern University Law Center Gonzaga University Florida Coastal School of Law Boston College Boston University University of Oregon University of Arkansas-Little Rock Faulkner University University of Toledo University of Alabama lems in the real world,” said Scherr, who served as the 2005 CLEA president. “We take a lot of effort to encourage students to do a lot.” The University of Georgia Law School continues to practice thinking long-term and strategically. “We take the classroom component quite seriously,” Scherr said. “All of our clinics have a strong classroom component taught by full-time faculty instructors.” One role of clinics is to get students out of their classroom comfort zone and both expose and challenge them with real-world experiences. Professor David Gotlieb, associate dean of clinical programs at the University of Kansas School of Law, said their various programs allow students who are interested in different kinds of practice settings to have the opportunity to engage in those activities. “One of the things that the Carnegie Report emphasizes and that we’re taking very seriously is an effort to integrate even better what we do with the rest of the curriculum and making sure that people who are in clinical programs are getting in traditional courses and interacting with traditional teachers,” he said. Gotlieb said there are practice areas they hope to move into. “We don’t regard ourselves as a finished product,” he said. “As the law changes we want to keep adding stuff.” Most opportunities doesn’t always mean the best Despite being ranked No. 74 on our list of most clinical opportunities available, Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Fla., offers a number of outstanding certified clinics in Tampa Bay and beyond. Students at Stetson Law, under the supervision of a faculty member and attorney-supervisor, immerse themselves for a semester in legal work at a variety of agen- To see numbers 51-100 go to www.nationaljurist.com 28 THE NATIONAL JURIST September 2008 http://www.law.ku.edu/ http://www.law.ku.edu/ http://www.law.stetson.edu/
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