HispanicBusiness

HISPANIC BUSINESS® magazine
March 2002

1. University of Texas at Austin School of Law

727 E. Dean Keeton Street Austin, TX 78704 (512) 232-1200 Fax: (512) 471-2765 www.utexas.edu Total graduate enrollment . . . . . . . . . . 1,457 Hispanic graduate enrollment . . . . . . . . 142 Percent Hispanic graduate enrollment . . 10 Total J.D. degrees earned . . . . . . . . . . . . 461 J.D. degrees earned by Hispanics . . . . . 40 Percent of J.D. degrees earned by Hispanics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 The University of Texas School of Law has produced more Hispanic and African-American graduates combined than any other law school in the United State (with the exception of historically African-American schools such as Howard University). The school’s 1,300-plus Hispanic alumni include the Texas secretary of state, federal judges, and numerous leaders of the bar and government. government. “We are glad to be recognized for our efforts,” says Dean Bill Powers. “UT Law School is deeply committed to maintaining the law school’s preeminence in the legal education of Hispanics.”

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2. University of New Mexico School of Law

1117 Stanford Drive, NE Albuquerque, NM 87131 (505) 277-0959 Fax: (505) 277-9958 www.unm.edu Total graduate enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 Hispanic graduate enrollment . . . . . . . . . . 76 Percent Hispanic graduate enrollment . . 23 Total J.D. degrees earned . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 D. degrees earned by Hispanics . . . . . . 27 Percent of J.D. degrees earned by Hispanics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Hispanic students are an integral part of the University of New Mexico School of Law. Comprising nearly a quarter of the student population, they take on leadership roles throughout the school and are prominent in the Student Bar Association, law journals, and national moot court and mock trials teams. “Diversity is a way of life in New Mexico, and our school reflects that on all levels, among faculty and the student body,” says Associate Dean Peter Winograd. “When recruiting at colleges, we make a special effort to reach out to Hispanic and other underrepresented [groups] in the legal profession because we value their presence.”

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3. University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law

P.O. Box 117622 Gainesville, FL 32611 (352) 392-2087 Fax: (352) 392-4087 www.ufl.edu Total graduate enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . 1,186 Hispanic graduate enrollment . . . . . . . . . 150 Percent Hispanic graduate enrollment . . 13 Total J.D. degrees earned . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 J.D. degrees earned by Hispanics . . . . . . 52 Percent of J.D. degrees earned by Hispanics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 The University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law features four Hispanic law professors – two of them chaired – including Berta Hernandez-Truyol, one of the founders of the Latino Critical Theory movement. A number of prominent Hispanic attorneys throughout Florida and the southwest are UF alumni who assist with student mentoring. Through an exchange program with the University of Costa Rica, faculty and students direct projects throughout Central America and Brazil.

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4. University of Southern California