The University of Nebraska College of Law is one of the professional

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s of

University of Nebraska system The University of Nebraska system is the public university system in the U.S. state of Nebraska. Founded in 1869 with one campus in Lincoln, the system has four university campuses and operates a two-year technical agriculture college and a hi ...

. It was founded in 1888 and became part of University of Nebraska in 1891. According to Nebraska's official 2017 ABA-required disclosures, 70.3% of the Class of 2016 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation.

History

Nebraska Law is a charter member of the

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and is accredited by the

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Employment and rankings

According to Nebraska's official 2018 ABA-required disclosures, 87.5% of the Class of 2017 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required or JD-advantage employment ten months after graduation. Nebraska's Law School Transparency under-employment score is 16.9%, 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. In 2016, ''

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'' ranked U.S. law schools placing a higher weight on jobs and no weight on selectivity or reputation, ranked UNL College of Law as the 44th best law school in America. The '' U.S. News & World Report'' law school rankings placed Nebraska 50th of the 215 law schools in the U.S. in 2014. For the 2021 '' U.S. News & World Report'' law school rankings placed Nebraska Law as the 19th best public law school and 76th best law school overall.

Costs

Cost per credit hour for the 2018–2019 academic year is $384.75 for residents and $1,016.75 for non-residents. Annual fees for the 2018–2019 academic year total $3,386 per student.

Notable alumni

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, 1994, attorney general of

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* Elmer Burkett, 1893, U.S. Senator from Nebraska * William G. Cambridge, 1955, Federal Judge * Laurie Smith Camp, 1977, Judge on

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, 1966, U.S. Representative for Nebraska and

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* James Donnewald, 1949, Illinois State Treasurer * Jeffrey J. Funke, 1994, Justice,

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* L. Steven Grasz, 1989, Federal Judge,

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* Deborah R. Gilg, 1977, United States Attorney for the District of Nebraska * Stanley Knapp Hathaway, 1950, Governor of Wyoming * Michael Heavican, 1975, Chief Justice,

* Richard G. Kopf, 1972, Federal Judge * George Heinke, 1908, U.S. Representative for Nebraska * Frank Brenner Morrison, 1931,

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, 1903, U.S. Representative for Nebraska * John Freudenberg, 1995, Justice,

* Harvey M. Johnsen, 1919, Chief Judge of the

* Richard G. Kopf, 1972, Federal Judge * Thomas F. Konop, 1904, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin *

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, 1899, U.S. Representative for Nebraska * John R. McCarl, 1903, first

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* Howard Shultz Miller, 1900, U.S. Representative for Kansas * Thomas J. Monaghan, 1972, United States Attorney for the District of Nebraska *

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, 1970, Governor of Nebraska, U.S. Senator from Nebraska * John J. Pershing, 1893, General of the Armies, Commander of

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in WWI * Harvey Perlman, 1966, Chancellor,

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* John Coleman Pickett, 1922, Federal Judge * J. Lee Rankin, U.S. Solicitor General * William J. Riley, 1972, Chief Judge of the

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, 1948, Federal Judge,

* Mark Quandahl, 1972, Federal Judge, U.S. Senator from Nebraska *

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, 1949, Special adviser and speechwriter to President

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* Kenneth C. Stephan, 1973, Justice,

* Stephanie Stacy, 1991, Justice,

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, 1983, United States Attorney for the District of Nebraska * Charles Thone, 1950, U.S. Representative for Nebraska,

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, 1922, Federal Judge *

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, 1896, Governor of Nebraska * John F. Wright, 1970, Justice,

* Lee Calvin White, 9th White Council and Special Counselor to the President of the United States *

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, 1963, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture

Notable professors

* Roger Kirst * Richard Dooling * William J. Riley, Federal Judge, adjunct Trial Advocacy professor * David Landis *

Roscoe Pound Nathan Roscoe Pound (October 27, 1870 – June 30, 1964) was an American legal scholar and educator. He served as Dean of the University of Nebraska College of Law from 1903 to 1911 and Dean of Harvard Law School from 1916 to 1936. He was a membe ...

* Harvey Perlman

References

External links

Official site
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