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S.J. Quinney College of Law

College of Law Climbs Seven Spots in 2016 U.S. News Rankings; Rated 7th Nationally For Environmental Law

Posted on September 25, 2015September 28, 2015 by Chad Johnson

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The University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law improved its position in the rankings of the top U.S. law schools, and for the first time was rated in the top ten in environmental law, according to data compiled by U.S. News & World Report and presented in the 2016 “Best Law Schools” list. For 2016, the College of Law is ranked 42nd among 205 ABA-approved U.S. law schools, rising seven spots from the 2015 ranking.

In the past eight years, the College of Law has climbed a total of 15 spots, from 57th in 2008 to 51st in 2009, 45th in 2010, and 42nd in 2016. For schools with less than 500 students, the College of Law ranked 8th nationally, and among the top 50 schools, it has the second-smallest student body, with approximately 332 students.

The College of Law’s historically strong program in environmental and natural resources law, with its centerpiece in the Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources and the Environment, broke into the top ten in the nation for the first time. The law school climbed six spots from the 2015 rankings and was tied for seventh place (with UCLA) among the nation’s best environmental Law programs.

College of Law Dean Bob Adler said “We are particularly proud that we improved in the areas most important to our students, such as bar exam passage rate, employment after graduation, and the qualifications of our admitted students. Although we are pleased by this recognition, our main focus is the education and success of our students, not a particular number in any given set of rankings.”

Adler also noted that the U.S. News rankings are “only one of many measures of a law school’s quality,” and cited other major accomplishments and contributions by College of Law faculty and students. He explained, for example, that students at the College of Law have won six national competition awards in the past four years for legal writing and oral advocacy. He also cited the school’s huge focus on community engaged learning, in which its students devote more than 40,000 hours of legal service each year to under-represented communities while gaining valuable practical skills.

Professor Bob Keiter, long-time Director of the College’s Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources and the Environment, noted that the top-ten recognition for the schools program in environmental and natural resources law is “long overdue.” “Given the Stegner Center’s extraordinarily strong faculty, its engaged students, and its remarkable diversity of programs, there has never been any doubt in my mind that the college’s environmental law program rivals any in the country.”

The graduate school rankings are available here »

 

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Stegner Newsletter - Fall 2015

Director’s Message

  • Director’s Letter

News of Note

  • Stegner Center Celebrates 20th Anniversary
  • College of Law Climbs Seven Spots in 2016 U.S. News Rankings; Rated 7th Nationally For Environmental Law
  • College of Law Celebrates Grand Opening of New Building
  • Stegner Center’s White Paper on Transfer of Public Lands Movement Generates Media Coverage
  • ESRR Endowment Fund for the Wallace Stegner Center
  • College of Law Receives  Endowment Fund for Fellowships in Environmental and Natural Resources Law

Stegner Center Events

  • Stegner Center 21st Annual Symposium: “Green Infrastructure and Resilient Cities: New Challenges and New Solutions”
  • Dave Owen Joins Stegner Center as 11th Annual Young Scholar
  • S.J. Quinney College of Law Hosts RMMLF 2015 Annual Institute
  • Stegner Center 2015-2016 Events
  • Stegner Center Events: The 2014 to 2015 Year in Review

Faculty News

  • Faculty Updates
  • Professor Robin Craig elected a Member of American Law Institute
  • College of Law Faculty Score Three of the Top Six Environmental Law Articles for 2014
  • Professor Davies Named James I. Farr Professor of Law
  • Professor Davies Co-Authors New Casebook on Energy Law and Policy

Program Update

  • Environmental Dispute Resolution Program Update
  • College of Law Welcomes Danya Rumore as New Associate Director of EDRP
  • Research Fellows Program Update
  • Environmental Law Clinic Update

Student News

  • Behles Fellow Program
  • Stegner Center Student Scholarship Recipients and Writing Awards
  • Stegner Center Team Competes Admirably in 2015 National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition in New York
  • Stegner Center Sponsors Student Team at National Energy Law & Sustainability Moot Court Competition
  • 2L Jonathon Green Awarded RMMLF Scholarship, Places 2nd in ABA SEER Writing Competition
  • Rising 2L James Owen Reflects on Awards, Shares Application Tips

Donors

  • Stegner Center Donors 2014 to 2015 Fiscal Year
  • Stegner Center Green Building Fund Donors
  • The S. J. and Jessie E. Quinney Legacy
  • Appeal for Donations
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