Quinnipiac University School of Law
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Private Law school |
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| Established | 1990 |
| Dean | Jennifer Gerarda Brown |
| Students | 388 |
| Location | Hamden, Connecticut, US |
| Campus | suburban |
| Website | law |
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Quinnipiac University School of Law is the law school of the Quinnipiac University. The School is the youngest law school in the U.S. state of Connecticut, having received full accreditation from the American Bar Association in 1995. It is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. It is currently ranked 127th by U.S. News & World Report for 2015.
According to Quinnipiac's 2013 ABA-required disclosures, 34.5% of the Class of 2013 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation, excluding solo practitioners.
The law school was formerly the University of Bridgeport Law School, part of the University of Bridgeport. The University of Bridgeport went through financial hardships in the early 1990s. The University of Bridgeport received financial assistance from the Professors World Peace Academy, (PWPA), an organization affiliated with the Reverend Sun Myung Moon. The law school decided that Rev. Moon was an unworthy associate and severed any legal relations with the University. In order for the law school to remain open it had to merge with a financially sound university. The law school received bids to be taken over by nearby Sacred Heart University, Fairfield University, and Quinnipiac University. The law school faculty and students voted to merge with Quinnipiac University because they felt it was a more financially sound University than Sacred Heart. The law school retained the name University of Bridgeport Law School until the name was officially changed in the 1990s.
The most recent 2014 U.S. News & World Report law school rankings placed Quinnipiac lower than past years at 134th. The 2008 ranking showed a marked improvement, with the law school moving up eight spots to #108 from the previous year.
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