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Villanova University School of Law is a private American Law School located in Villanova, Pennsylvania, just outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, adjacent to the main campus of Villanova University. Adjacent to the university campus is Philadelphia?s Main Line. The law school is at the approximate midpoint of east coast legal centers in New York and Washington and only 20 minutes by commuter rail from the center of Philadelphia. Opened in 1953, the school is approved by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. Students are graduates of more than 124 colleges and universities; many have significant work experience outside of the law. The student-faculty ratio is 18 to 1. The school is current ranked 60th in the 2008 edition of U.S. News & World Report's Best Graduate Schools. The 2006 entering class has a median GPA of 3.44 and a median LSAT of 162. For the first time in the school's history, Villanova Law School is in the process of building a new, technologically-superior building. The new building will be completed for the start of the 2009-2010 school year, and will be located roughly 300 yards from the location of the present school.

Year Founded:1953Type:Private
ABA Accredited:YesAALS Member:Yes
Location:Villanova, PAWebsite:http://www.law.villanova.edu
Law School Dean:Admissions Dean:No? Bernal
 
Admissions (2007 – 2008)Rankings (2008 – 2009)Selectivity (Class of 2009)Programs(2007 – 2008)
Application Fee:$75 U.S. News (2009):68# Applications:2834Part Time J.D.:No
Spring Deadline:None Ciolli Nat'l (2005):45# Admitted:1022LL.M. Program:No
Summer Deadline:None LSN Selectivity (2007): # Matriculated:248J.S.D. Program:No
Fall Deadline:3/1/2008 LSN Attrition (2007): Acceptance Rate:36%Joint Degrees:Yes
Financial Aid Deadline:N/A   Yield Rate:24% 
 
Curriculum (2006 – 2007)Faculty (2006 – 2007)GPA (Class of 2009)LSAT (Class of 2009)
1L Section Size (FT):89Full Time Faculty:3575th GPA:3.62 75th LSAT:163
1L Section Size (PT):Part Time Faculty:43Median GPA:3.44 Median LSAT:162
2L/3L Courses:117Student to Faculty Ratio:17.525th GPA:3.27 25th LSAT:160
 
Housing(2006 – 2007)Enrollment(2006 – 2007)Attrition(Class of 2008)OCI(2007 – 2008)
On-Campus Housing:No1L Students:248 1L Attrition:8.8%Total Law Firms:99
Law School Dorm:NoAll FT Students:720 Transfers In:11NY Law Firms:9
Other Grad Dorm:NoAll PT Students:9 Transfers Out:17DC Law Firms:3
  Total Students:729   CA Law Firms:7
 
Costs (2006 – 2007)Scholarships (2005 – 2006)Employment (Class of 2005)Bar Passage(Class of 2005)
Full Time Tuition:$29,340% Receiving Grant Aid:19.4% % Employed (Grad):n/aPrimary Jurisdiction:PA
Part Time Tuition:Full Tuition & Stipend:0.0% % Employed (9 mos.):91.2%% Pass (First Time):83%
Living Expenses:$16,775Full Tuition:0.7%   State Average:79%
Total Cost (FT):$46,115Half Tuition:4.5%   Difference:4%
Total Cost (PT):Other Scholarships:14.2%