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Top 10 Best Law Schools for Hispanics

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6. Florida State University
College of Law
Tallahassee, Florida
www.law.fsu.edu

Total law school enrollment...765
Hispanic enrollment...61
Percentage...8%
J.D. degrees earned...245
Degrees earned by Hispanics...19
Percentage...8%
Full-time faculty...45
Full-time Hispanic faculty...3
Percentage...7%

Diversity Statement: Florida State has two senior Hispanic professors and a Hispanic associate dean for students, who runs our Summer for Undergraduates Program and our academic support.

7. Arizona State University
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
Tempe, Arizona
www.law.asu.edu

Total law school enrollment...629
Hispanic enrollment...92
Percentage...15%
J.D. degrees earned...183
Degrees earned by Hispanics...23
Percentage...13%
Full-time faculty...56
Full-time Hispanic faculty...4
Percentage...7%

Diversity Statement: Mentoring, moot court, clerkships at top law firms, vibrant student organizations, pro bono opportunities, and a supportive academic environment explain why Hispanic students choose the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law.

8. Stanford University
Stanford Law School
Stanford, California
www.law.stanford.edu

Total law school enrollment...534
Hispanic enrollment...59
Percentage...11%
J.D. degrees earned...175
Degrees earned by Hispanics...25
Percentage...14%
Full-time faculty...46
Full-time Hispanic faculty...3
Percentage...7%

Diversity Statement: The very active Hispanic student organization, the Stanford Latino Law Students Association, serves the day-to-day needs of the Hispanic student community, sponsors school-wide events, and runs a mentoring program for entering students.

9. University of Arizona
James E. Rogers College of Law
Tucson, Arizona
www.law.arizona.edu

Total law school enrollment...463
Hispanic enrollment...54
Percentage...12%
J.D. degrees earned...146
Degrees earned by Hispanics...15
Percentage...10%
Full-time faculty...36
Full-time Hispanic faculty...3
Percentage...8%

Diversity Statement: From admissions through convocation, our small, collegial, and intellectually challenging environment allows students with diverse backgrounds, needs, and aspirations to set and achieve their individual goals and launch their lives in the law.

10. Florida International University
College of Law
Miami, Florida
www.law.fiu.edu

Total law school enrollment...337
Hispanic enrollment...95
Percentage...28%
J.D. degrees earned...87
Degrees earned by Hispanics...38
Percentage...44%
Full-time faculty...30
Full-time Hispanic faculty...5
Percent age...17%

Diversity Statement: With the highest percentage of Hispanic students of any U.S. law school [about 41 percent, and for all minorities 56 percent], FIU has received full ABA accreditation and finished first among Florida law schools on the February 2007 state bar examination.



Source: HISPANIC BUSINESS Magazine and Hispanicbusiness.com, Copyright (c) 2007 All Rights Reserved.


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