275 Mount Carmel Avenue, Hamden, CT 06518-1908, USA
Phone: 203.582.3400 | Fax: 203.582.3339
E-mail: ladm@quinnipiac.edu |
Website: law.quinnipiac.edu
Introduction
Excellent law schools share many common traits—faculty renowned for their scholarship and commitment to teaching; academically rigorous courses; loyal, successful alumni; and motivated, focused students. All of these are essential components of Quinnipiac Law's identity. However, what sets Quinnipiac apart is its personal, student-centered approach to the law school experience. Contributing to this identity is a favorable 12:1 student-to-faculty ratio, the extraordinary accessibility of the faculty, and an environment that both challenges and supports its students as they prepare for careers in law.
Quinnipiac Law will be moving to the university’s North Haven Campus, the emerging center for graduate study at Quinnipiac, in fall of 2014. The law school will join the university’s new Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, along with a variety of other graduate disciplines, in a state-of-the-art complex designed for professional study and interdisciplinary collaboration. Set among the hills and woodlands of Connecticut, yet only 75 miles from New York City and close to New Haven and Hartford, Quinnipiac provides an environment for legal study that is both dynamic and beautiful.
Faculty
Our faculty's academic credentials span the nation's leading institutions from Harvard, Yale, and Berkeley to Chicago, Michigan, and Columbia. They combine excellence in scholarship and teaching with exceptional accessibility. The care with which faculty members demonstrate their interest in each student's progress and success is a distinguishing characteristic of Quinnipiac Law. Most faculty have an open-door policy and generously share their expertise, insight, and time. The low student-to-faculty ratio (12:1) allows students to work closely with faculty, and this translates into a different kind of law school experience.
Library and Physical Facilities
With a collection of more than 450,000 volumes, the Quinnipiac Law library provides comprehensive access to numerous electronic resources and databases such as LexisNexis, Westlaw/Dialog, JSTOR, and other web-based services. Its interlibrary loan network makes it possible to obtain materials from any library in the world.
Quinnipiac’s new law facility, opening in fall 2014 on the university’s graduate-focused North Haven Campus, will feature innovations and advanced technology designed to reflect the most up-to-date thinking in legal pedagogy, including a collaborative classroom with digital multimedia capabilities, an abundance of team study and seminar rooms, and a fully equipped visual-persuasion studio.
The transition to the new campus will also afford rich opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration between the School of Law and the new School of Medicine, as well as with other graduate programs located on the North Haven Campus, including health sciences, nursing, education, and social work (MSW). Several members of the Quinnipiac Law faculty hold joint appointments with the new School of Medicine.
In addition to considerable academic resources, Quinnipiac’s North Haven Campus features great shared amenities, including a spacious dining commons, bookstore, ample parking, and planned fitness center, along with convenient features like easy access to highways, restaurants, and shopping.
Quinnipiac University also has two other campuses with many features available to law students: the beautiful Mount Carmel Campus, set at the base of Sleeping Giant State Park in nearby Hamden, and the York Hill Campus, with breathtaking views, a full-service fitness center, and the TD Bank Sports Center, home to several of our men’s and women’s NCAA Division I teams, including our nationally recognized men’s hockey team.
Accreditation
The law school is fully approved by the ABA and is a member of AALS. Full-time day and part-time evening programs are offered beginning each fall.
LLM in Health Law
Our LLM in Health Law can provide the competitive edge needed to become an associate at a leading national law firm that specializes in health law, or to work in a hospital or large health care system in government or in the insurance or pharmaceutical industries.
The Health Law LLM provides an opportunity for individuals who have already earned their JDs to receive specialized training and gain expertise in the health law field. It can be completed on a full- or part-time basis and is designed to permit both junior and experienced lawyers to enhance their knowledge of health law and demonstrate their commitment to that field of practice.
Admission is limited to graduates of ABA-accredited law schools with strong records of academic achievement and/or achievement in practice. Only a handful of students are admitted each year.
Application Process/Requirements for LLM
- Admission application
- Personal statement
- Official law school transcript(s)
- Two letters of recommendation
Application for admission and accompanying documents should be submitted approximately two months prior to entering semester.
LLM candidates are required to complete 24 credits, at least 18 of which are earned in designated health law courses. Of those 18 credits, 3 are in a required advanced research/thesis course that culminates in the writing of a master's thesis of length and quality suitable for law review publication.
Six of the 24 credits may be earned in nonhealth law courses, subject to the approval of the program director. Students in the LLM program may not take courses that substantially duplicate those completed in their JD program studies. LLM candidates must maintain a 2.80 GPA.
Tuition for the LLM program for the 2013–2014 academic year is $1,620 per credit hour.
Student Services and Organizations
Quinnipiac students often comment about the strong sense of community that permeates the law school. That sense of community is enhanced by the numerous and varied opportunities for students to participate in cocurricular activities, including a dynamic Student Bar Association, more than 25 different student organizations, a thriving Moot Court Society, a Mock Trial team, an active Quinnipiac Law Review, and two student journals—the Health Law Journal and the Probate Law Journal.
Housing
On-campus housing for graduate and professional students is not available. However, there is ample, affordable housing available near the campus and throughout New Haven County. The School of Law Admissions Office maintains a housing website and roommate locator online for its admitted students and also provides personal assistance in securing off-campus accommodations.
Career Services
The Career Development Office provides students and graduates with the expert guidance necessary to make informed career decisions. It offers substantial support through individual counseling and workshops on topics such as résumé writing and interviewing techniques. The office coordinates on- and off-campus recruitment programs. Students interview with employers for a variety of summer internships and permanent jobs in the private and public sector.
The graduating class of 2012 had an 84 percent placement rate nine months after graduation and found employment as follows:
- Private Law Firms: 47%
- Business and Industry: 23%
- Government: 19%
- Judicial Clerkships: 9%
- Public Interest Law: 1%
- Academics: 1%
Figures are rounded to the nearest whole percentage.
A more detailed chart, Employment Summary for 2012 Graduates (PDF), includes all employment categories as defined by the ABA
(full-time/part-time/short-term/long-term).
| Employment Status | # in job (of 127 employed) |
| Bar passage is required | 64 |
| JD is an advantage | 49 |
| Other professional jobs | 10 |
| Nonprofessional jobs | 4 |
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