(law.wisc.

edu)
Law School Overview
The University of Wisconsins law school is a prestigious law school that ranks 33rd in the country. The
admissions deadline to admit into the law school is April 1st and the acceptance rate is 49 percent. The
full-time program requires an application fee of $56. If accepted into the school, the in-state tuition for a
full-time student is $21,378 per year and if accepted into the school as an in-state part-time student, it is
$1,875 per year. Both of these tuitions excluding boarding/housing . If enrolling into the school from
out-of-state, the out-of-state tuition for a full-time student is $40,074 per year. If enrolling as an out of
state part-time student,the tuition it is $3,443 per year. Both tuitions do not include the additional cost of
housing and boarding. The law school has a student to faculty ratio of 8.2:1. The university specifically
uses this ratio because it is beneficial for both students and professors. This ratio gives the professors and
the students a chance to bond and create a relationship, also allowing the professors to have a deeper
understanding of what each student is like. This allows each student a more personalized learning
opportunity and a greater chance of success.
The university takes a law-in-action philosophical approach to the program. As stated by
lawcrossing.com, The law-in-action philosophy is a critical approach to the study of law that transcends
ideology and focuses on how the law actually works in daily life. This approach to education provides
students at the University of Wisconsin Law School with the required technical skills to succeed and also
endows them with a broader outlook on the legal system (lawcrossing.com). The law school focuses on
this law-in-action approach to prepare the students for real life instances. The concept of law-in-action is
founded on a basic principle that law can not be interpreted away from society because it affects society
as a whole.
A major resource to the law school is the library. It contains over 500,000 volume equivalents. The library
provides quick access of text and electronic formats of state, federal, and international law. The library
stores some foreign jurisdictions. According to lawcrossing.com, The law library also has significant
holdings of Canadian and British legal materials and large collections of US Government and United
Nations documents (lawcrossing.com).
The University of Madison Wisconsin law school was founded in 1868, and can be found on Bascom
Hill, the heart and center of the university. In 1966, the law school underwent a major renovation that
joined two previous buildings together to create a four-story glass atrium, hence making a more
modernized building. Among the many lecture halls and the small classrooms, the law school has fully
functional trial courtrooms and appellate courtrooms.
The University of Wisconsins law school creates opportunities for their students to learn and grow as
student lawyers. They have the opportunity to participate in a mock trial or a moot court. The student will
be placed on a team with a coach as well as a team of other student-lawyers. The teams will then compete
against other universities and their law schools. They will be given a court case and have to present an
argument. This provides the students with an opportunity to get used to working well under pressure, able
to be comfortable speaking on the podium, and to build the students confidence.

Student Body
Student ethnicity Percentage

Caucasian 71.6%

African American 5.5%

Asian 3.0%

American Indian 0.2%

Hispanic 8.7%

(Lawschoolnumbers.com)

Graduates employed In.. Percentage

Law Firms 50.2%
Business and Industry 10.0%
Government 23.0%
Public Interest Organizations 9.6%
Judicial Clerkships 4.6%
Academia 2.5%
Unknown 0 %
(Lawschoolnumbers.com)

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 Wisconsin Law School Admissions
Applications Offers Matriculated

1,292 631 (48.84%) 186 (14.4%)

Class of 2020

25% Median 75%

GPA 3.27 3.54 3.76

LSAT 155 161 162

(Lawcrossing.com)

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