{{Short description|University law school in Ohio, US}} {{third-party|date=June 2015}} {{Infobox Law School | image = UAkron School of Law.jpg | name = University of Akron School of Law | established = 1921 | type = Public | endowment = | parent endowment = $133.3 million<ref name="NACUBO">As of June 30, 2009. {{Cite web| title = U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2009 Endowment Market Value and Percentage Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2008 to FY 2009| work = 2009 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments| publisher = National Association of College and University Business Officers| url = http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/research/2009_NCSE_Public_Tables_Endowment_Market_Values.pdf| format = PDF| access-date = August 6, 2010| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171214124106/http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/research/2009_NCSE_Public_Tables_Endowment_Market_Values.pdf| archive-date = December 14, 2017| url-status = dead| df = mdy-all}}</ref> | head = Emily M. Janoski-Haehlen | city = Akron | state = Ohio | country = U.S. | students = 526 | faculty = 52 | ranking = 127th (2025)<ref name=usn>{{cite web |title=University of Akron |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/university-of-akron-main-campus-03127 |website=usnews.com |publisher=U.S. News & World Report L.P. |access-date=April 8, 2025}}</ref> | bar pass rate = 89.4% in Ohio<ref>[http://www.uakron.edu/law/lawadmissions/bar.php Akron's Record of Ohio Bar Exam Success] Retrieved 4, 2009.</ref> | homepage = {{URL|http://www.uakron.edu/law/}} | motto = ''Fiat Lux'' }}
The '''University of Akron School of Law''' is the law school at the University of Akron in Akron, Ohio. Offering both Juris Doctor and Master of Laws degrees, it was founded in 1921 as the Akron School of Law and merged with the University of Akron in 1959, becoming fully accredited by the American Bar Association in 1961.<ref>[http://www.uakron.edu/law/about/abainfo.dot "ABA Accredited since 1961"] Retrieved August 6, 2010.</ref> Since 1921, the school has produced over 6,000 graduates.<ref name="lawadmissions">[http://www.uakron.edu/law/lawadmissions/excellent.php School of Law Indicators of Excellence], Retrieved March 26, 2009. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090321080557/http://www.uakron.edu/law/lawadmissions/excellent.php |date=March 21, 2009 }}</ref>
Located across from E. J. Thomas Hall on University Avenue, the University of Akron School of Law is housed in the C. Blake McDowell Law Center on the northwest portion of the University of Akron campus. It also houses the Joseph G. Miller and William C. Becker Institute for Professional Responsibility and The University of Akron Center for Constitutional Law, one of only four constitutional law centers established by Congress in the United States.<ref name="lawadmissions" />
==Curriculum== The University of Akron School of Law admits traditional three year J.D. students, part-time J.D. students, and also students for the LL.M. Within the J.D. program, Akron Law students can also choose to specialize in one of eight areas of law, which include business, criminal, intellectual property, international, labor and employment, litigation, public law, and tax law.<ref>[http://www.uakron.edu/law/curriculum/special.php Specialized Study] Retrieved March 4, 2009. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024011558/http://www.uakron.edu/law/curriculum/special.php |date=October 24, 2008 }}</ref>
===Intellectual property program=== The school's program in intellectual property, managed by The Center for Intellectual Property Law and Technology, is of note as it is one of two programs to offer the LL.M. in intellectual property in Ohio, and is one of 22 such programs in the United States.<ref>[http://www.uakron.edu/law/lawadmissions/llm/index.php "LL.M. in Intellectual Property Law" index] Retrieved March 4, 2009. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090408052638/http://www.uakron.edu/law/lawadmissions/llm/index.php |date=April 8, 2009 }}</ref> A study conducted by ''IDEA – The Intellectual Property Law Review'' in 2005, ranks Akron's IP program curricular offerings as tied for fifth in the nation.<ref>(Press Release) [http://www.uakron.edu/law/about/idea-rank.dot "The School of Law's IP program is tied for fifth in the nation in study of IP courses."] Retrieved August 6, 2010.</ref> The law school also publishes the'' Akron Intellectual Property Journal'' which is a "scholarly legal publication of The University of Akron C. Blake McDowell Law Center that produces an annual volume of two issues for use by scholars, practitioners, and judges."<ref>[http://www.uakron.edu/law/aipj/index.php "About the Akron Intellectual Property Journal"] Retrieved March 4, 2009. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205125356/http://www.uakron.edu/law/aipj/index.php |date=December 5, 2008 }}</ref> The Akron Intellectual Property Journal is part of the Akron Law Review, which in 2010, was ranked #39 out of over 200 ABA-accredited and major foreign general, student-edited journals on the Washington and Lee impact rankings (based in citations per issue). This is the fifth consecutive year the Akron Law Review was in the top 50.<ref>[http://www.uakron.edu/law/lawreview/index.dot "Akron Intellectual Property Journal"]</ref> Each Spring, The University of Akron School of Law hosts the Richard C. Sughrue Symposium On Intellectual Property Law and Policy, featuring many known scholars and practitioners within the field of Intellectual Property. Known past speakers include Robert Stoll, Commissioner for Patents at the USPTO<ref>[http://www.uakron.edu/law/ip/sughrue.dot "2010 Sughrue Symposium on Intellectual Property Law and Policy"]</ref> and Chief Judge Paul R. Michel.<ref>{{Cite web|title = 11th Annual Richard C. Sughrue Symposium on Intellectual Property Law and Policy : The University of Akron|url = http://www.uakron.edu/law/ip/archive/symposium2009.dot|website = www.uakron.edu|access-date = 2015-06-13}}</ref>
===Honors to Law program=== The University of Akron School of Law has a program for undergraduate Honors students at the University of Akron to receive undergraduate admission to the law school. In order to stay in the program students must maintain a 3.4 GPA and score at or above the anticipated median LSAT score of the next class of entering full-time law students.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Honors to Law Program : The University of Akron|url = http://www.uakron.edu/law/admissions/applying/honorstolaw.dot|website = www.uakron.edu|access-date = 2015-06-13}}</ref>
==Rankings and admissions== In its 2015 rankings, Above The Law ranked The University of Akron School of Law at No. 50 in the country. In 2015, ''U.S. News & World Report'' listed Akron's full-time Juris Doctor program as 127th and its part-time Juris Doctor program at 47th in the nation,<ref>{{Cite web|title = The 2015 ATL Top 50 Law School Rankings|url = http://abovethelaw.com/careers/2015-law-school-rankings|website = Above the Law|access-date = 2015-06-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = University of Akron {{!}} Best Law School {{!}} US News|url = http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/university-of-akron-03127|website = grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com|access-date = 2015-06-13}}</ref> while in 2021, Akron dropped to 134th and 52nd, respectively.<ref name=usn/> In 2019, the school had an acceptance rate of 49.85%. Among first year students, the 75th, 50th and 25th percentile undergraduate GPAs were 3.67, 3.45 and 3.05 respectively; and the LSAT percentiles were 155, 153 and 151 respectively.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019_First_Year_Class |url=http://www.abarequireddisclosures.org/Disclosure509.aspx |website=abarequireddisclosures.org |publisher=American Bar Association |access-date=12 August 2020 |archive-date=28 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428150753/http://www.abarequireddisclosures.org/Disclosure509.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Employment == Of the class of 2013, 89.2% found employment nine months after graduation. 59% of the class of 2013 found employment for which a JD is required nine months after graduation. In addition, over 15% of the class of 2013 found JD-preferred positions. 13.3% of the class of 2013 found other professional positions. 87.3% of the class of 2013 was employed in either a JD-required, JD-preferred, or other professional position nine months after graduation.<ref>{{Cite web|title = ps_employmentst.dot : The University of Akron|url = http://www.uakron.edu/law/career/prospective/ps_employmentst.dot|website = www.uakron.edu|access-date = 2015-06-08}}</ref>
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==Publications== The University of Akron School of Law publishes: *''Akron Intellectual Property Journal'' *''Akron Law Review'' *''Akron Tax Journal''
==Costs== The total cost of tuition at The University of Akron for the 2014-2015 academic year is $24,440 for non-residents and $24,340 for residents of Ohio.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Tuition for law students : The University of Akron|url = https://www.uakron.edu/law/admissions/tuition.dot|website = www.uakron.edu|access-date = 2015-06-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = LST Score Reports {{!}} University of Akron, Costs|url = http://www.lstscorereports.com/schools/akron/costs/2013/|website = www.lstscorereports.com|access-date = 2015-06-13}}</ref>
==Alumni== After graduating from Kent State University, Ohio congresswoman Betty Sutton received her J.D. from Akron law. In 2006, she defeated Craig L. Foltin for Ohio's 13th congressional district and was successfully re-elected in 2008. In the 110th Congress, Sutton was a member of the United States House Committee on the Judiciary, and in the 111th Congress, Sutton was a member of the United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
The former mayor of Akron, Ohio, Don Plusquellic, received his J.D. from Akron law and was a private practice attorney at the time of his election in 1987.<ref>[http://www.ci.akron.oh.us/mayor/bio.htm Don Plusquellic's bio at the Office of the Mayor] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220232252/http://www.ci.akron.oh.us/mayor/bio.htm |date=2008-12-20 }} Retrieved June 17, 2009.</ref>
Alice M. Batchelder received her J.D. from Akron in 1971 and is the longest current serving federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, having been appointed by George H. W. Bush in 1991.
Deborah L. Cook received her J.D. from Akron in 1978. Having previously served as a justice for the Supreme Court of Ohio from 1995 to 2003, she was appointed by George W. Bush in 2003 to serve on the Sixth Circuit alongside Batchelder. They were both touted by the media as possible nominations of George W. Bush for the Supreme Court,<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/judicial/2008-10-23-candidates-courts_N.htm USA TODAY: "For divided high court, two potential legacies"] Retrieved March 4, 2009.</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/30/AR2005103000910.html The Washington Post: "President To Name Nominee For Court"] Retrieved June 17, 2009.</ref> and Cook was seen as a possible McCain appointment, had he been elected President.<ref>[http://www.legalnewsline.com/news/216455-washington-observers-weigh-in-on-potential-supreme-court-picks LegalNewsline: "Washington observers weigh in on potential Supreme Court picks"] Retrieved March 4, 2009.</ref>
Among the school's graduates who have gone on to be United States district court judges are James S. Gwin, Peter C. Economus, Sam H. Bell, and John R. Adams.
Lynne M. Tracy, who earned her J.D. in 1994, became an American diplomat and in February 2019 was sworn in as U.S. Ambassador to Armenia.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/265776/ |title=Lynne M. Tracy sworn as U.S. Ambassador to Armenia |website=PanARMENIAN.Net |access-date=2019-03-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ohio.com/news/20180928/barberton-native-nominated-as-us-ambassador-to-armenia |title=Barberton native nominated as U.S. ambassador to Armenia |last=Wehrman |first=Jessica |website=Akron Beacon Journal |language=en |access-date=2019-03-01}}</ref>
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