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The William S. Boyd School of Law, located in Las Vegas, Nevada, on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), is the only law school in Nevada. It has a student body of approximately 470 students. The school is also home to the Wiener-Rogers Law Library, the largest law library in Nevada. The school was fully accredited by the American Bar Association in 2003 and been a member of the American Association of Law Schools since 2004.

Year Founded:1997Type:Public
ABA Accredited:YesAALS Member:Yes
Location:Las Vegas, NVWebsite:http://law.unlv.edu
Law School Dean:Admissions Dean:Gerald Sequeira
 
Admissions (2007 – 2008)Rankings (2008 – 2009)Selectivity (Class of 2009)Programs(2007 – 2008)
Application Fee:$50 U.S. News (2009):88# Applications:2206Part Time J.D.:No
Spring Deadline:None Ciolli Nat'l (2005):0# Admitted:358LL.M. Program:No
Summer Deadline:None LSN Selectivity (2007): # Matriculated:156J.S.D. Program:No
Fall Deadline:3/15/2008 LSN Attrition (2007): Acceptance Rate:16%Joint Degrees:Yes
Financial Aid Deadline:2/1/2008   Yield Rate:44% 
 
Curriculum (2006 – 2007)Faculty (2006 – 2007)GPA (Class of 2009)LSAT (Class of 2009)
1L Section Size (FT):53Full Time Faculty:2175th GPA:3.67 75th LSAT:160
1L Section Size (PT):44Part Time Faculty:11Median GPA:3.5 Median LSAT:158
2L/3L Courses:70Student to Faculty Ratio:15.625th GPA:3.27 25th LSAT:155
 
Housing(2006 – 2007)Enrollment(2006 – 2007)Attrition(Class of 2008)OCI(2007 – 2008)
On-Campus Housing:No1L Students:153 1L Attrition:11.5%Total Law Firms:33
Law School Dorm:NoAll FT Students:338 Transfers In:5NY Law Firms:0
Other Grad Dorm:NoAll PT Students:133 Transfers Out:4DC Law Firms:0
  Total Students:471   CA Law Firms:3
 
Costs (2006 – 2007)Scholarships (2005 – 2006)Employment (Class of 2005)Bar Passage(Class of 2005)
Resident Tuition (FT):$9,568% Receiving Grant Aid:40.7% % Employed (Grad):n/aPrimary Jurisdiction:NV
Resident Tuition (PT):$8,252Full Tuition & Stipend:0.0% % Employed (9 mos.):87.4%% Pass (First Time):69%
Non-Resident Tuition (FT):$18,468Full Tuition:6.5%   State Average:64%
Non-Resident Tuition (PT):$15,860Half Tuition:11.3%   Difference:5%
Living Expenses:$13,350Other Scholarships:23.0%     
Total Cost (FT):$31,818