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Considering that UNLV's William S. Boyd School of Law -- the only law school in Nevada -- has been in existence only 13 years, founding Dean Richard Morgan and current Dean John Valery White, who succeeded Mr. Morgan in 2007, can be rightly proud of the kind of national recognition the institution has gained.
The 450-student law school climbed to its highest position ever in U.S. News & World Report's annual rankings of the best law schools and specialty programs in the United States, released this week.
Boyd moved up seven spots to 71st, a 29-place improvement over the past four years.
That means UNLV's law school outranks those at Villanova, Hofstra, Rutgers and Louisiana State, among others.
"We have worked hard to maintain our strong, innovative programs throughout the economic crisis, and we are happy that our success is reflected in these rankings and others," says Mr. White. "We are proud of our work to provide students with an excellent legal education that emphasizes academic rigor, professionalism, skilled representation and community service."
Specifically, Boyd's Lawyering Process Program, which stresses the relationship between legal analysis and lawyering skills, including legal writing, research, oral advocacy, client interviewing, counseling and negotiation, is the fourth-ranked program of its kind nationwide.
UNLV's Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution is now ranked the nation's ninth-best dispute resolution program, and the Thomas & Mack Legal Clinic ranked 22nd in clinical training.
The Boyd Law School is helping put Las Vegas on the map, academically.
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does the country really need more lawyers ? seems to me that the lv yellow pages devoted to lawyers is thicker than for hookers/outcall "entertainers", even pizza and chinese take out joints.
in the meantime the rest of UNLV is a total sham and embarrassment, academically and athletically....
I had the same thought as Big Julie... of course it's lawyers. Why couldn't it be a profession we could be proud of like teachers, nurses/doctors, accountants, engineers, or any other profession that isn't the punchline of so many jokes?
There are two programs that we can cut just by a very simle observation .........look around and see all the signs on almost every intersection.....DENTIST AND LAWYERS..since people tend to stay where they are educated when they graduate...lets close these schools or let them pay for themselves
Not bad aformer. I chuckled.
Old joke; two lawyers on a desert island for 20 years. One day a naked, unconscious beauty washes up. Lawyers walk up to her and the first one says "you think we ought to...you know, screw her?" Second lawyers says "outta what?" Funniest lawyer joke I've ever heard.
It would be nice to have an engineering school with that ranking instead of one dedicated to cranking out more worthless ambulance chasers.
Old joke, what is ten thousand lawyers chained up on the bottom of the ocean? A good start.
I am amazed... Why aren't you screaming for the law school to be put out to pasture? it "only" serves 450 students after all... Some of the other program cuts you applaude serve far more than that.
Yeah, no thanks to you. You have a lot of nerve writing this editorial after all your calls for cutting funding at UNLV. How much longer do you think those rankings will last now that you've gotten your way on that? What's the definition of chutzpah?