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Consumer Information (ABA Required Disclosures)

In compliance with the American Bar Association’s standards, the following information about the Law School and the JD program is provided to current and prospective students.

2022 ABA Standard 509 Information Report.pdf (Updated December 16, 2022)

2021 ABA Standard 509 Information Report.pdf (Updated December 16, 2021)

2020 ABA Standard 509 Information Report.pdf (Updated December 16, 2020)

*For previous reports, please see ABA Section of Legal Education Required Disclosures.

Standard 509. REQUIRED DISCLOSURES

Section 509 (b) (1) admissions data;

Section 509 (b) (2) tuition and fees, living costs, and financial aid;

Section 509 (b) (3) conditional scholarships;

Section 509 (b) (4) enrollment data, including academic, transfer, and other attrition;

Section 509 (b) (5) number of full-time and part-time faculty, professional librarians, and administrators;

Section 509 (b) (6) class sizes for first-year and upper-class courses; number of seminar, clinical and co-curricular offerings;

Section 509 (b) (7) employment outcomes; and

Section 509 (b) (8) bar passage data.

Section 509 (c) (1) refund policies;

Section 509 (c) (2) curricular offerings, academic calendar, and academic requirements; and

Section 509 (c) (3) policies regarding the transfer of credit earned at another institution of higher education

Section 509 (e) status of law school

Section 509 (b) (1) admissions data

2022 First Year Class (Oct 6, 2021-Oct 5, 2022)
Updated December 15, 2020: The Law School Admission Council (LSAC) and the American Bar Association (ABA) have certified the GPA and LSAT percentiles.

Completed Applications 742    
Offers of Admission 220    
Acceptance Rate (Percent) 29.65%    
Enrollees from Applicant Pool 85    
Enrollment Rate from Complete Applications 11.46%    
Enrollment Rate from Offers of Admission 38.64%    
Other First-Year Enrollees 3    
  All Full Time Part Time
Total in First-Year Class 89 77 12
       
LSAT All Full Time Part Time
75th Percentile 160 160 159
50th Percentile 156 157 156
25th Percentile 154 155 154
# not included in LSAT calculations 7 5 2
       
GRE All Full Time Part Time
       
75th Percentile Verbal Reasoning 167 166 168
50th Percentile Verbal Reasoning 158 158 159
25th Percentile Verbal Reasoning 147 146 158
75th Percentile Quantitative Reasoning 155 155 155
50th Percentile Quantitative Reasoning 153 153 150
25th Percentile Quantitative Reasoning 150 151 149
75th Percentile Analytical Writing 4.5 4.5 5.5
50th Percentile Analytical Writing 4.5 4.5 5
25th Percentile Analytical Writing 4.0 4.0 4.5
       
UGPA All Full Time Part Time
75th Percentile 3.70 3.70 3.53
50th Percentile 3.53 3.56 3.34
25th Percentile 3.27 3.28 2.80
# not included in UGPA calculations 1 1 0

For information about the scores of GRE applicants who matriculated to the Law School in 2018 and 2019, see admission with a GRE score,

See Entering Class Profiles.

Section 509 (b) (2) tuition fees, living costs, and financial aid;

See Tuition.

See Cost of Attendance.

See Financial Aid.

See Grants & Scholarships.

Living Expenses 2022-2023

Estimated Living Expenses for Singles
Living on Campus $23,379
Living off Campus $23.379
Living at Home $12,739

Section 509 (b) (3) conditional scholarships;

The Law School does not award conditional scholarships that may be reduced or eliminated based on academic performance other than failure to maintain good academic standing. 

Section 509 (b) (4) enrollment data, including academic, transfer, and other attrition;

J.D Enrollment as of October 5, 2022

  JD1   JD2   JD3   JD4   Total
  T M W AGI PNR T M W AGI PNR T M W AGI PNR T M W AGI PNR T
Hispanics of any race 13 3 9 1 0 10 3 7 0 0 11 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34
Amer Ind/Alsk Native 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Asian 21 7 14 0 0 32 15 17 0 0 33 15 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 86
Black/Afr Amer 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Nat Haw/Pac Isl 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Two or more races 32 13 19 0 0 38 8 30 0 0 28 12 16 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 99
Total People of Color 67 23 43 1 0 83 28 55 0 0 78 32 46 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 229
White 19 7 12 0 0 27 11 15 1 0 18 8 10 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 65
Nonresident Alien 2 0 2 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Rac/Eth Unkown 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Total 89 30 58 1 0 115 41 73 1 0 101 42 59 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 307
                                           

Academic Attrition 2021-2022

  JD1 JD2 JD3 JD4 UL
  T M W AGI PNR % T M W AGI PNR T M W AGI PNR T M W AGI PNR %
Hispanics of any race 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Amer Ind/Alsk Native 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Asian 1 0 1 0 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Black/Afr Amer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nat Haw/Pac Isl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Two or more races 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total People of Color 1 0 1 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
White 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nonresident Alien 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20.0
Rac/Eth Unkown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 1 0 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4

Other Attrition 2021-2022

  JD1 JD2 JD3 JD4 UL
  T M W AGI PNR % T M W AGI PNR T M W AGI PNR T M W AGI PNR %
Hispanics of any race 1 0 1 0 0 12.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Amer Ind/Alsk Native 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Asian 3 1 2 0 0 9.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Black/Afr Amer 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33.3
Nat Haw/Pac Isl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Two or more races 3 2 1 0 0 8.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total People of Color 7 3 4 0 0 9.1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .6
White 2 2 0 0 0 9.5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9
Nonresident Alien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rac/Eth Unkown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 9 5 4 0 0 8.9 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .9

Transfers 2021-2022

JD1 Transfers Out 3
Transfers In 4
75th Percentile JD1 GPA 0.00
50th Percentile JD1 GPA
 
0.00
25th Percentile JD1 GPA
 
0.00

 

Section 509 (b) (5) numbers of full-time and part-time faculty, professional librarians, and administrators

 

Faculty Resources 2021-2022

  Male Female Other People of Color Total
Full-Time Faculty Members 25 13 0 17 38
Non-Full-Time Faculty 39 38 0 28 77
Total 64 51 0 45 115
  Full-Time Part-Time Total
Librarians 6 0 6

See also Faculty & Staff.

Section 509 (b) (6) class sizes for first-year and upper-class courses; number of seminar, clinical and co-curricular offerings

Curricular Offerings 2021-2022

Typical first-year section size, excluding Legal Research & Writing 57
Number of course titles, beyond the first year curriculum, offered last year 107
Number of upper division class room course sections with an enrollment:  

Under 25

114

25 to 49

18

50 to 74

5

75 to 99

2

100+

0
Number of seats available in law clinics last year 166
Number of field placement positions filled last year 76
Number of seats available in simulation courses 237
Number of seminars 33
Number of co-curricular offerings 8

 

Section 509 (b) (7) employment outcomes

See Employment Statistics.

Section 509 (b)(8) bar passage data

See Bar Passage.

Section 509 (c) (1) Refund policy

See University Refund Policy.

Section 509 (c) (2) Curricular offerings, academic calendar, and academic requirements

See CoursesIn compliance with Interpretation 509-1 which states "current curricular offerings, for the purposes of Standard 509(c), are only those courses offered in the current and past two academic years," the current curricular offerings may be viewed on the HOKU class database by:
(1) selecting 
a "Term" (ex. Fall, J-term, Spring, Summer) and "Year" (ex. 2017) within the past two academic years;
(2) selecting 
"Any" or blank for all other fields; and
(3) c
licking "Apply." 
The results will display only the courses offered in the specific term and year.

See Academic calendar.

See Academic requirements.

Section 509 (c) (3) Policies regarding the transfer of credit earned at another institution of higher education

See Transfer & Visiting Students.

Section 509 (e) status of law school

See Accreditation.

 

Loreto Coloma Jr.

Associate Director of Admissions