Drexel College of Law: Key Points

• The American Bar Association approved provisional accreditation less than 18 months after the College of Law welcomed 181 first-year law students who make up the Class of 2009 in August, 2006.
  
• The College of Law gives students opportunities to put the concepts and theories learned in the classroom into practice through co-op placements at more than 95 law firms, companies, public-interest organizations, government agencies and judicial offices in the Philadelphia area.
  
• More than 100 second-year law students currently spend 20 hours each week in co-op placements supervised both by practicing attorneys and College of Law faculty.
  
• This approach addresses concerns about legal education highlighted in a 2007 study by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, which recommended giving law students better preparation for the ethical and practical issues they will confront after graduation.
  
• Each student at the Drexel College of Law, prior to graduation, must complete a minimum of 50 hours of pro bono work on behalf of indigent clients or organizations that serve them.

Student Characteristics

• The median LSAT score was 158 for the Class of 2010
  
• The median undergraduate grade point average for the Class of 2010 was 3.40
  
• The Class of 2009 features students from 21 states and six foreign countries; the Class of 2010 drew students from 16 states and three foreign countries.
  
• Twenty-three percent of the students in the Class of 2009 are racial minorities; 21 percent of the students in the Class of 2010 are minorities.
  
  
  Diversity Initiatives
  

• To promote diversity within the legal profession, the College of Law has established affiliation agreements with minority, ethnic and religious bar associations in the Philadelphia area.
  
• Eligible students receive diversity fellowships of $5,000 per year for three years from a sponsoring law firm or corporation and the opportunity to participate in a co-op placement for academic credit at that firm or organization while a law student.