ABA Standard 509: Consumer Information

To be in compliance with ABA Standard 509, here is the ABA’s Standard 509 Information Report compiled from the latest (AY 2012) information submitted in the annual questionnaire, in addition to the below information.

Section 509 (b)

1. Admissions data: GPA and LSAT scores

Class of 2015 Data as of 10/5/2012  
75th percentile GPA: 3.79
Median undergraduate GPA – full time: 3.65
25th percentile GPA: 3.35
75th percentile LSAT: 166
Median LSAT score – full time: 164
25th percentile LSAT: 159

See the ABA’s Standard 509 Information Report

2. Tuition, fees, living costs, financial aid, conditional scholarships and refunds:

  • Tuition & fees – resident: $29,718 + $1,777 = $31,495
  • Tuition & fees – non-resident: $36,504 + $1,777 = $38,281
  • Living costs: See the ABA’s Standard 509 Information Report section Living expenses
  • Financial aid: See the ABA’s Standard 509 Information Report section Grants and Scholarships
  • Conditional scholarships and refunds: 
  • Students Matriculating in 2011                   
    • 83 Entered with Conditional Scholarships              
    • 0=Whose Conditional Scholarships Have Since Been Reduced/Eliminated*
      • *While these students entered with conditional scholarships, we did not reduce or eliminate anyone’s scholarship, but instead used a satisfactory academic progress standard to retain the scholarship. Starting with the class entering in fall 2013, conditional language will not appear in the scholarship agreement.

3. Enrollment data and attrition/graduation rates:

4. Number of full-time and part-time faculty and administrators:

5. Curricular offerings, academic calendar, and academic requirements:

6. Library resources:

Held at the end of FY 2012:

  
Print titles 86,437
Microfilm titles 109,381
Electronic titles 266,365
Other non-book titles 1,012
Total titles 463,195
Volumes 368,160
Volume equivalents 401,228
Total volumes/equivalents 769,388

7. Facilities:

  • LEED “Gold” building – occupied in 2006
  • 184,000 sq. ft. total
  • 56,745 sq. ft. – Library
  • Complete wireless capability
  • 10 classrooms varying capacity from 50 to 100
  • 6 seminar/conference rooms varying capacity from 15-20
  • Main courtroom is in an appellate configuration and seats 240 
  • Judges’ cloaking room
  • Teaching courtroom is in a jury configuration and seats 36-40
  • 1st floor formal reception area
  • 90-seat café with outside patio overlooking the Flatirons
  • Courtyard BBQ
  • Smart classrooms 

8. Employment outcomes and bar passage data:

Section 509 (c)

Policies regarding the transfer of credit earned at another institution of higher education: 

Section 509 (d)

Employment outcomes: 

Section 509 (e)

Conditional scholarship retention data: 

  • 83 Entered with Conditional Scholarships              
  • 0=Whose Conditional Scholarships Have Since Been Reduced/Eliminated*
    • *While these students entered with conditional scholarships, we did not reduce or eliminate anyone’s scholarship, but instead used a satisfactory academic progress standard to retain the scholarship. Starting with the class entering in fall 2013, conditional language will not appear in the scholarship agreement.

Section 509 (f)

Status of law school: See the ABA’s Standard 509 Information Report