University of Massachusetts School of Law
| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Location | North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA |
| Website | http://law.umassd.edu/ |
The University of Massachusetts School of Law (also known as UMass Law) is a public law school located in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. It is the successor to Southern New England School of Law, a private law school that donated its campus and its assets to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. As of December 6th, 2016, UMass Law is fully accredited by the American Bar Association. According to University of Massachusetts School of Law's 2014 ABA-required disclosures, 30.9% of the Class of 2014 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation.U.S. News & World Report ranks its Part-time program No.61 in the US, while College Choice ranks school's online program offerings as No. 12 in the country.
The first-time bar passage rate for the July 2015 bar exam was 60.0%, and the overall rate was 38.30%.
A plan to convert private law school Southern New England School of Law (SNESL) into a public law school for the University of Massachusetts system was first proposed in early 2004. The plan would establish the first public law school in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and only the fifth public law school in New England. The Trustees of the University of Massachusetts system voted in favor of the proposal in December 2004, but the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education rejected it in early 2005 as fiscally unsound.
The proposal was brought again in October 2009, when Southern New England School of Law offered to donate real estate, facility, technology and library assets to UMass Dartmouth for the purpose of creating a public law program in Massachusetts. These assets had an estimated value of more than $22 million and would be the second largest donation in the 146-year history of the University of Massachusetts system. The University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees approved the plan on December 9, 2009 and the Commonwealth's Board of Higher Education did likewise on February 2, 2010.
The first class matriculated in August 2010.
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