University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law
| University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1895 |
| School type | Public |
| Dean | Ellen Suni |
| Location |
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. 39°01′57″N 94°34′55″W / 39.03258°N 94.58188°WCoordinates: 39°01′57″N 94°34′55″W / 39.03258°N 94.58188°W |
| Enrollment | 468 Full-time |
| Faculty | 47 |
| Bar pass rate | 89.08% (1st-time MO Bar. July 2014)[1] |
| Website | www |
| ABA profile | [2] |
The University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law is a public law school located on the main campus of the University of Missouri-Kansas City in Kansas City, Missouri, near the Country Club Plaza. It was founded in 1895 as the Kansas City School of Law, a private, independent law school located in Downtown Kansas City, and was purchased by the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 1938. The law school moved to UMKC's main campus soon after, where it is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. According to UMKC School of Law's official 2014 ABA-required disclosures, 64% of the Class of 2014 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment within ten months after graduation. UMKC School of Law offers a wide variety of courses and programs, but it has six areas of emphasis that are recognized at graduation based upon the student's fulfilling certain requirements:
The school is ranked #123 best law school in the U.S by the U.S News publication, placing it in the third tier according to the four tier system of law schools based on the U.S. News & World Report Annual Rankings (2015 data). As a "Best Value Law School", the school was ranked A- by The National Law Juris (2013).
It is one of four law schools in Missouri (St. Louis University School of Law, University of Missouri Columbia School of Law, Washington University School of Law). It is one of seven American law schools to have had both a President of the United States (Harry S. Truman) and a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (Charles Evans Whittaker)attend. Truman attended but did not graduate from the law school and never practiced law. However, Harry Truman served as the presiding judge at the historic Truman Courthouse in Independence, MO. The other schools that have had President-Supreme Court graduates who practiced law are Yale Law School, Harvard Law School, Columbia Law School, the University of Virginia School of Law, the University of Cincinnati College of Law, and the Albany Law School.
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