page_title: Santa Clara University School of Law
section_title: Rankings
hierarchical_section_title: Santa Clara University School of Law / Rankings
caption_attribution_description: English: Charney Hall, the new SCU Law Campus
context_page_description: The Santa Clara University School of Law is the law school of Santa Clara University, a Jesuit university in Santa Clara, California, United States, in the Silicon Valley region. The School of Law was founded in 1911. The Jesuit affiliation of the university is manifested in a concern with ethics, social justice, and community service.
  Santa Clara Law offers the Juris Doctor law degree. It also offers several double degree programs, including J.D./Master of Business Administration and J.D./Master of Science in Information Systems offered in conjunction with Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business, ranked 10th in graduate programs on the U.S. News & World Report graduate schools rankings. In addition, the school offers Master of Laws degrees in Intellectual Property Law, in U.S. Law for Foreign Lawyers, and in International and Comparative Law. Santa Clara Law also features specialized curricular programs in High Tech and Intellectual Property law, International Law, Public Interest, Social Justice law and a Privacy Law Certificate.
context_section_description: According to the required disclosures under ABA Section 509, 50.3% of the Class of 2013 was employed in full-time, long-term positions requiring bar admission.
  Law school rankings of Santa Clara Law include:
  Number 4 for Intellectual Property Law among law schools in the United States
  Number 12 for diversity among law schools (tied for first in California with the USC Law School)
  Number 96 overall among law schools in the United States
  Princeton Review "Best 170 Law Schools" (2008) – number 22 overall among law schools for average starting salary
  The Census Group Composition ranking, which scores law schools based on selectivity, salary, placement and yield, ranks Santa Clara Law at Number 64.
  Hylton Rankings, which scores programs based on their U.S. News & World Report peer assessment ratings provided by law professors and by the mean LSAT scores of each law school, ranked Santa Clara Law at Number 78 overall.
  Listed Number 13 overall for mid-career median salary (at $188,000 a year) in Forbes' list of Best Law Schools for Getting Rich
  Graded as "B-" in the January 2011 "Best Public Interest Law Schools" listing by The National Jurist: The Magazine for Law Students
  Graded as "A" in the March 2011 "Diversity Honor Roll" by The National Jurist: The Magazine for Law Students
  Its journal, Santa Clara Computer and High Technology Law Journal, is ranked #6 nationally for intellectual property.
caption: Charney Hall
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