University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law , also known as the University of Arizona College of Law , is the law school at the University of Arizona located in Tucson, Arizona , United States and was the first law school founded in the State of Arizona , opening its doors in 1915. It was renamed in 1999 in honor of broadcasting executive James E. Rogers , a 1962 graduate of the school, and chairman of Sunbelt Communications Company based in Las Vegas, Nevada .
50-611: Each entering JD class at Arizona Law has around 150 students, with a total student body of 700 students (across all programs). According to Arizona's 2017 ABA-required disclosures, 84.4% of the Class of 2017 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required or JD-advantage employment nine months after graduation. According to Arizona's official 2013 ABA-required disclosures, 70.7% of the Class of 2013 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required or JD-advantage employment nine months after graduation. Arizona's Law School Transparency under-employment score
100-658: A Doctor of the Science of Law ( JSD ; Latin : Juridicae Scientiae Doctor ) , is a research doctorate degree in law that is equivalent to the Doctor of Philosophy degree. The SJD is offered by the Australian National University , Bond University , La Trobe University , the University of Canberra , the University of New South Wales , the University of Technology Sydney , and
150-424: A $ 9,132 bursary. All students who have eligible unmet need, according to the financial aid policy, receive assistance in the form of bursaries and Faculty interest payments on private loans during the three years of law school. The Faculty's financial aid program uses a "deemed parental contribution" as part of determining a student's unmet need. There is no deemed parental contribution below an income threshold that
200-415: A 90,000 – 100,000 word dissertation that makes an original contribution to legal scholarship. Eligible candidates generally hold a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) or Juris Doctor (JD) and a Master of Laws (LLM) from recognized universities with an excellent academic record and have demonstrated, through substantive writing, their ability to engage in and generate high-level thought and quality research. While common in
250-474: A 98% yield rate in the province of Ontario , the province that accounts for about half of the country of Canada's English-language common-law population. The median undergraduate GPA of students accepted into the J.D. program is 3.88, and the median Law School Admission Test (LSAT) score is 168. The Faculty of Law lies at the geographic centre of the University of Toronto in the downtown Toronto area. It
300-453: A discipline related to law, and wish to acquire a knowledge of the law in order to add a legal dimension to scholarship in their own discipline. The Doctor of Juridical Science ( SJD ) is a research doctorate degree aimed at aspiring scholars. The SJD program provides an opportunity for outstanding law graduates to pursue original academic research at the highest level in a focused area of law. The programme includes graduate legal coursework and
350-519: A modified letter grade system. Students hoping to graduate with 'distinction,' indicating they finished in the top 10% of their class, can expect to require a mix of High Honours (HH) and Honours (H) grades. Students manage a wide range of organizations and activities at the Faculty of Law. Activities include free legal clinics such as Downtown Legal Services, mooting, law journals, and interest oriented clubs. The umbrella organization for JD students at
400-564: A modified pass-fail system first brought in place by Yale Law School decades before in the 1960s. The grades awarded are High Honours (HH), Honours (H), Pass with Merit (P), Low Pass (LP) and Fail (F). Toronto along with Harvard, Stanford, and Yale as well as UC Berkeley which has also had a similar system for decades, are the only law schools that use modified pass-fail systems in North America. Students beginning law school prior to 2012 are grand-parented and continue to be graded under
450-470: A range of legal clinics staffed by students as well as practitioners. Total tuition and other fees for entering Juris Doctor (JD) students as of 2020-21 are $ 34,633.51. The Faculty of Law has, by far, the highest tuition fees of any law school in Canada. It also has a financial aid program, which 48% of students qualified for in 2015-2016, with the average first-year student who qualified for aid receiving
500-433: A research doctorate may be required) or American scholars already employed, and who wish to further their legal education at the highest level. Notable recipients of the degree of Doctor of Juridical Science include: University of Toronto Faculty of Law The University of Toronto Faculty of Law ( U of T Law , UToronto Law ) is the law school of the University of Toronto . Maclean's has consistently assessed
550-476: A two-year J.D. with Advanced Standing (J.D.A.S.), designed for students who have received their first law degree from a university outside the United States. This two-year J.D. provides up to one year's worth of credits (or 29 units) for non-U.S. legal studies, effectively allowing admitted students to skip the second year of law school and go directly from completing the traditional first-year curriculum to
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#1732790520606600-458: Is 21.8%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2013 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation. As a regional school, the vast majority of Arizona graduates are employed in Arizona. The total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) for the three-year JD program at
650-410: Is around the average Canadian household income. The deemed parental contribution phases out for students above the age of 30. The Faculty of Law is the only law school in Canada with a back-end debt relief program for graduates who choose to pursue low income employment. The "back end debt relief program" is targeted to relieve debt with respect to financial aid/interest-free loans that are recognized by
700-495: Is awarded to holders of a Degree in Juridical Sciences ( laurea in scienze giuridiche, EQF level 6), while Magistral Doctor of Juridical Sciences ( dottore magistrale in scienze giuridiche ) is awarded to holders of a Magistral Degree in Juridical Sciences ( laurea magistrale in scienze giuridiche , EQF level 7). Instead, the terminal degree for law, is the research doctorate (PhD, dottorato di ricerca ), awarding
750-609: Is located at the corner of Queen's Park Crescent and Hoskin Avenue, south of the Royal Ontario Museum and slightly north of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario . Falconer Hall is home to the faculty's graduate program, including offices and common rooms for graduate students, and four seminar rooms. The building was originally constructed for Edward Rogers Wood as a family home and named Wymilwood . It
800-631: Is rarely earned by American scholars. The American Bar Association considers the JD a sufficient academic credential for the instruction of the law. This has been adopted by virtually all American law schools, though outstanding academic performance and an extensive record of legal publications are usually required for tenure-track employment at most universities. Most scholars who complete the JSD/SJD at American universities are either international students seeking academic employment in their home countries (where
850-478: The Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws programs since 1985. The faculty offers five degrees in law, with several combined degree programmes with other University of Toronto faculties. The Juris Doctor or JD degree is the faculty's undergraduate level of a professional law degree, with about 200 students in every class and 600 in total. Students require an undergraduate degree prior to admission and must take
900-878: The Faculty of Music and just south of the Royal Ontario Museum , formerly part of the University of Toronto . The Jackman Law Building includes the faculty's principal classrooms, faculty offices, student services offices, faculty and student common rooms, the Rosalie Silberman Abella Moot Court, as well as the Bora Laskin Law Library. The Jackman Law Building was designed as a joint venture between B+H Architects and Hariri Pontariri Architects . The Faculty of Law has over 50 full-time faculty members, and about 640 undergraduate and graduate students. Its "Distinguished Visitors" program brings short-term visiting professors from
950-557: The Law Society of Upper Canada at the time refused to accept the University of Toronto Faculty of Law as an accredited law school, preferring instead to maintain control over the profession by establishing its own school, the Osgoode Hall Law School . Thus, students who graduated from the Faculty were still required to complete a full three-year articling term and complete courses at Osgoode Hall in order to join
1000-649: The Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy , JD/MSW (social work) with the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work , and the JD/MA and JD/Ph.D. (arts and science) with the Faculty of Arts and Science , among others. While about one-fifth of the class currently is enrolled in a combined program, the most popular is the JD/MBA with an enrollment of over 20 students per year, making up over 10% of
1050-611: The QS World University Rankings in the subject of law, along with a few select schools from US, UK, and Australia. In 2018, the Times Higher Education ranked the Faculty the 10th best law school in the world. In 2022, the Times Higher Education ranked the Faculty the 16th best law school in the world. The Faculty of Law has high admission criteria with an acceptance rate of 13.5% and a yield rate of 70.1% for 2011–12. The Faculty features
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#17327905206061100-590: The Supreme Court of Canada . Despite the Faculty of Law's academic program, the Law Society of Upper Canada refused to recognize it as a degree-granting institution for the purposes of accreditation. In the early 1950s, law students and their supporters petitioned the Law Society, and in 1953, a group of 50 student protesters marched on Osgoode Hall demanding formal recognition for the Faculty of Law. Finally, in 1958, after years of negotiation and discord,
1150-448: The University of Western Australia . The SJD is no longer offered at Sydney Law School and currently only offers a Doctor of Philosophy (Law). In Canada, the JSD or SJD is only offered at University of Toronto Faculty of Law . Other law schools in Canada still offer a PhD in law as the terminal degree. In Italy, the title of Doctor of Juridical Science ( dottore in scienze giuridiche )
1200-505: The Coif . The school is home to four student-run journals : The school also houses the Journal of Appellate Practice and Process , that it acquired from the University of Arkansas . Marc L. Miller is the current dean. There are 41 full-time faculty members. Doctor of Juridical Science A Doctor of Juridical Science ( SJD ; Latin : Scientiae Juridicae Doctor ), or
1250-490: The Faculty as the highest ranked common law school in Canada and the highest ranked in terms of faculty journal citations. The Faculty offers the JD, LLM, SJD, MSL, and GPLLM degrees in law. Among its alumni are a Canadian Prime Minister , three Chiefs of Staff to the Prime Minister, two Premiers of Ontario , two Mayors of Toronto , and fourteen Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada , including one of
1300-583: The Faculty of Law is the Students' Law Society. The umbrella organization for graduate students is the Graduate Students' Law Society. The student societies act as student governments, providing funding to student organizations and advocating on behalf of students to the faculty and administration. The four student-run law journals at the Faculty are: The Faculty has the highest employment rate and average starting salaries for legal graduates in
1350-473: The Faculty of Law launched a campaign to raise money for the renovation and expansion of Flavelle House, with a goal of raising $ 53 million. The new building is named the Jackman Law Building in honour of Henry N.R. "Hal" Jackman , who donated $ 11 million to the faculty's building campaign in 2012, the largest single gift the faculty has ever received. The new Faculty of Law building includes
1400-557: The JD are not legally entitled to use the prefix Doctor , unlike other professional doctorates (e.g., MD , PharmD , DDS ) offered by the university. In addition to the regular JD program, the faculty offers the most combined law degrees in Canada. Students concurrently pursue their JD with a second degree from another faculty at the university. These include the JD/MBA (business) with the Rotman School of Management , JD/MGA (international organizations) and JD/MPP (government) with
1450-467: The LLM degree program. Each year there are about 50 LLM students, with admission being restricted to students with outstanding academic performance in their first law degree (i.e., JD or LLB). The Global Professional Master of Laws (GPLLM) is a 12-month executive-style master of laws offered during evenings and weekends and taught by a combination of law and business faculty. The Faculty offers concentrations in
1500-732: The LSAT. In 2001, the Faculty of Law became the first law school in Canada to offer the Juris Doctor (JD) designation rather than the Bachelor of Laws ( LLB ). It followed many law schools in the United States, which had phased out the LLB over the 20th Century. The JD designation is intended to reflect the fact that the vast majority of the school's graduates enter the law school with at least one university degree. (In fact, approximately one quarter enter with one or more graduate degrees.) The JD designation does not, however, reflect significant changes in
1550-531: The Law Society began to give credit to graduates of the law school seeking admission to the Ontario bar. The University of Toronto Faculty of Law has consistently been rated as the top law school for Common Law in Canada. The Faculty has held the number one spot in Maclean's law school rankings for Common Law since it began to evaluate law schools in 2007. In 2011, the school was ranked 13th globally by
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1600-543: The United States, the University of Toronto is the only university in Canada to offer the SJD as its terminal law degree. All other Canadian universities offer a Ph.D. in law, while the University of Ottawa grants a Doctor of Laws ( LL.D ) as its terminal degree. Under Ontario law, holders of the SJD are entitled to use the prefix "Doctor" with their name. The Faculty of Law offers its students internship programs in pro bono work and international human rights law , and supports
1650-450: The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law for the 2016–2017 academic year for Arizona Residents is $ 46,375 and $ 51,875 for Non-Residents. The James. E. Rogers College of law is one of the only US law schools that offers a Bachelor's of Arts (BA) in Law degree, a Master of Professional Studies (MPS) degree, and a Master of Legal Studies (MLS) degree. In addition to the J.D. program,
1700-465: The area of Business Law, Canadian Law in a Global Context, Innovation, Law and Technology, and Law of Leadership. Each year there are about 80 GPLLM students. Prior legal education is not required for admission, and the degree is designed for working professionals in occupations closely aligned with the law but not legal in nature. The Master of Studies in Law (MSL) is a very small program designed for established academics and scholars who work and write in
1750-583: The conjoined Flavelle House, Laskin Pavilion, and Jackman Crescent, with the Queen's Park Forum connecting them all. It is located at 78 Queen's Park facing onto the Legislative Building on Queen's Park and has a view of downtown Toronto's skyline. Construction on the new building began in the summer of 2013 and was completed and ready for occupancy in mid-2016. The structure can be seen both from
1800-460: The corner of Queen's Park and from Hoskin Street. The Faculty of Law building is situated across from Trinity College, Toronto , separated by Philosopher's Walk , formerly Taddle Creek . Its location was formerly home to Toronto's Industrial Age Millionaire's Row, with many of the buildings, previously serving as mansions, donated to the University of Toronto in the intervening century. It is next to
1850-399: The faculty; most third-party debt (lines of credit; credit cards; mortgage debt) is not recognized and is not eligible for faculty support. The JD program uses a modified honours-pass-fail grading system, announced in 2011–2012 and implemented in 2012–2013. It followed on Harvard Law School 's and Stanford Law School 's implementation announced in 2008-2009 and 2007-2008, respectively, of
1900-434: The latter condition (i.e., holding an LLM) are seldom—if ever—granted. The JSD/SJD typically requires three to five years to complete. The program begins with a combination of required and elective coursework. Then, upon passage of the oral exam, the student advances to doctoral candidacy. Completion of the program requires a dissertation, which serves as an original contribution to the scholarly field of law. The JSD/SJD
1950-457: The law school's curriculum. The move to the JD was controversial at the time it was announced, though it has now gained wide acceptance and has been emulated by almost all Canadian law schools. Graduates of the faculty's JD programme are academically qualified to teach law at most law schools in North America, though an extensive record of legal publications is usually an additional prerequisite for tenure-track employment. Despite its name, holders of
2000-534: The law who do not want to become attorneys, the school also offers a Master of Legal Studies degree with several optional concentrations. Arizona Law is fully accredited by the American Bar Association . It is currently ranked 54th nationally by U.S. News & World Report ' s "2023-2024 Best Law Schools". Arizona Law is one of 81 law schools nationwide to have a chapter of the Order of
2050-484: The legal profession. As a result, the Faculty's enrollment numbers in the early years were relatively low. It was not until 1949 that the Faculty adopted its current form. In the 1940s, the Faculty played the leading role in making legal education in Ontario into a modern academic degree course, rather than an apprenticeship. In 1949, Cecil ("Caesar") Wright assumed the deanship of the Faculty of Law. He first had to resign his post as Dean of Osgoode Hall Law School ,
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2100-400: The nine currently-sitting Justices, Sheilah Martin . A number of deans at North American law schools— Columbia Law School , University of Manitoba , and Queen's Faculty of Law —are University of Toronto Law graduates. The current Dean of the Faculty of Law (as of January 1, 2021) is Jutta Brunnée , an international and environmental law scholar. The University of Toronto Faculty of Law
2150-467: The overall JD class. Its combined JD/MBA program is the largest in Canada and possibly the world with students pursuing careers in business law, corporate leadership, consulting and investment banking. The Master of Laws ( LLM ) is a one-year degree that can be taken in either a thesis-intensive format or a coursework-only format. The Faculty offers concentrations in the area of Business Law, Criminal Law, Legal Theory, and Health Law, Ethics and Policy within
2200-600: The school offers L.L.M. and S.J.D. degrees in Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy, and International Trade and Business Law. The International Trade and Business Law program is offered in coordination with the National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade. Students finishing their L.L.M. degree in either program may continue on to an S.J.D. degree after completing substantial original research in their field of study. Arizona Law also offers
2250-410: The seat of the Law Society of Upper Canada , rejecting the Law Society's apprenticeship model of legal education in favour of the University of Toronto's vision of a full-time legal education, hinging on the professional bachelor of laws degree and embedded within a university. Wright brought with him his colleagues John Willis and Bora Laskin , the latter of whom would go on to become Chief Justice of
2300-428: The third year of law school. The Programs & Centers include: The school offers J.D. students the opportunity to earn certificates in: Criminal Law & Policy, Environmental Law, Science & Policy Program, Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy and International Trade and Business Law. Arizona Law also offers concentrations in: Intellectual Property Law, International Law, and Tax Law. For students wishing to study
2350-517: The title of Research Doctor ( dottore di ricerca ). The JSD, or SJD, is a research doctorate, and as such, in contrast to the JD , it is equivalent to the more commonly awarded research doctorate , the PhD. It is the most advanced law degree. Applicants for the program must have outstanding academic credentials. A professional degree in law (such as a JD ) is required, as well as an LLM . Exceptions as to
2400-1337: The world's leading law schools to teach at the school each year. Past visiting professors have included: Zhenmin Wang, Dean of the Faculty of Law at Tsinghua University ; Aharon Barak , former President of the Supreme Court of Israel ; and David M. Malone, former Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations . Among the permanent faculty members are many who are regarded as the leading scholars in their fields and who have also written many standard textbooks used by most students across Canada. These include Stephen Waddams (Contract Law), Ernest Weinrib (Tort Law), Kent Roach (Criminal Law), Hamish Stewart (Evidence Law), Larissa Katz (Property Law), Mohammad Fadel and Anver Emon (Islamic Law), Trudo Lemmons (Health Law), Edward Iacobucci (Competition Law), Anthony Duggan and Anita Anand (Business Law), Ayelet Shachar (Immigration Law), Martin Friedland (Legal History), Arthur Ripstein (Legal Philosophy), Benjamin Alarie (Tax Law), Carol Rogerson (Family Law), and Michael Trebilcock (Law and Economics), among many others. Gord Kirke has taught in
2450-573: Was established as a teaching faculty in 1887 pursuant to the University Federation Act , which was proclaimed into force in 1889. An earlier faculty of law had existed at King's College between 1843 and 1854, but was abolished by an Act of Parliament in 1853. The Faculty of Law was officially opened in 1889, with two part-time professors appointed at its inauguration, William Proudfoot and David Mills . The Faculty awarded LL.B. degrees to graduates of its program. However,
2500-499: Was temporary home of York University from September 1960 to fall of 1961. Flavelle House contains a conference centre, the Rowell Room student lounge, and staff offices. The building was constructed in 1902 as the private residence of Joseph Flavelle , and it was given to the University of Toronto upon his death in 1939. It backs onto Philosopher's Walk , which can be seen from many of the south and west-facing rooms. In 2011,
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