Messages from the Dean
Admissions Report
The class entering the SCOL this fall is an excellent one. It is almost exactly on target size-wise. Indicia for bar passage and U.S. News rankings are excellent. And while the class is not what we had hoped in terms of overall diversity, it represents a healthier mix of diversity than last year’s class and also has taught us some valuable lessons that should bolster diversity measures next year. These issues are all discussed in more detail below. If you have any questions, please let me know.
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Strategic Plan 2009
Our strategic planning process is going strong and is on schedule for completion in December.
As I indicated in my August message, we are collecting data in 4 areas: (1) information about the College of Law via interviews of faculty, students and staff, (2) information from other stakeholders in the College of Law (alumni/bench/bar); (3) information about other law schools (peer schools and schools ranked above us); and (4) recent literature regarding analysis of and calls for change in legal education and the legal profession.
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DU Law’s final bar passage rate was 91%
To read Interim Dean Marty Katz’s message on this impressive number, click here.