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Consumer Information—ABA Standard 509

Standard 509(b)—General Information
Standard 509(b) of the ABA Standards for the Approval of Law Schools requires a law school to publicly disclose on its website consumer information in the following categories:

1. Admissions data:  undergraduate GPA and LSAT scores:

Fall 2012 Entering Class
  25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile
UGPA 2.93 3.16 3.40
LSAT 151 153 156

See the ABA Law School Data Report.

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

  • Tuition and fees for 2012-2013
    • Full-time student (12-16 credit hours):  $13,500 + $300 fee = $13,800 per semester
    • Part-time student (fewer than 12 credit hours):  $9,000 + $300 fee = $9,300 per semester
    • See the 2012-2013 tuition and fee schedule.

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;

7. Facilities;

8. Employment outcomes and bar passage data;

Standard 509(c)—Policies regarding the transfer of credit

Standard 509(c) of the ABA Standards for the Approval of Law Schools requires a law school to publicly disclose on its website, in a readable and comprehensive manner, its policies regarding the transfer of credit earned at another institution of higher education.  The policies of South Texas College of Law can be found here.

Standard 509(d)—Employment outcomes of JD graduates

Standard 509(d) of the ABA Standards for the Approval of Law Schools requires a law school to publicly disclose on its website the employment outcomes of its JD graduates.

Standard 509(e)—Conditional scholarship retention data

Standard 509(e) of the ABA Standards for the Approval of Law Schools requires a law school to publicly disclose on its website its conditional scholarship retention data.

  • Conditional scholarships
    • South Texas College of Law offers conditional scholarships to admitted students based on a combination of a student's score on the Law School Admission Test and undergraduate grade point average.  To maintain these scholarships, students must achieve a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0.  For this purpose, a student's cumulative GPA is measured after the student's second long semester and subsequently at the conclusion of each spring semester.

      Students who began their studies at South Texas before the fall 2011 semester were subject to a mandatory grading curve in first-year required courses that no longer applies to entering students.  Students who began their studies in the fall 2011 and subsequent semesters are subject to a revised mandatory grading curve in first-year required courses.  Based on recent class rankings under the revised grading curve, a first-year student with a cumulative GPA in the range of 2.956 to 3.0 has ranked in the top 50% of the class.

      The following table summarizes the number of conditional scholarships awarded to students in recent entering classes and the number of students whose conditional scholarships have been reduced or eliminated.  Students who voluntarily withdrew during their first year of law school without receiving grades are not included in these figures.

      Students Matriculating In

      Number Entering With Conditional Scholarships

      Number Whose Conditional Scholarships Have Since Been Reduced or Eliminated

      2011-2012

      74

      20

      2010-2011

      94

      43

      South Texas also awards scholarships to continuing students.  One such scholarship, the Academic Merit Scholarship, is awarded based on the student's law school cumulative GPA and level of financial need.  During 2011-2012, South Texas awarded more than $400,000 to continuing students in Academic Merit Scholarships.  A student with a conditional scholarship receives the higher of their conditional scholarship or the Academic Merit scholarship for which they are eligible.  In addition, South Texas awards specific scholarships to students based on criteria such as academic merit, status as a veteran, or participation in student organizations and activities.  During 2011-2012, South Texas students received more than $300,000 in the form of these specific scholarships.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

  

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