2500 California Plaza
Omaha, NE 68178
Phone: 402.280.2586; Fax: 402.280.3161
E-mail: lawadmit@creighton.edu; Website: www.creighton.edu/law
The School of Law, established in 1904, has been a member of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) since 1907 and was approved by the American Bar Association (ABA) in 1924. Alumni from the law school are practicing in all 50 states and in several foreign countries. The law school's current enrollment is 442. Students come from 35 states, 3 foreign countries, and 159 undergraduate institutions.
Creighton University, a privately endowed and supported Jesuit university, was founded in 1878. Creighton is the most diverse educational institution of its size in the nation. In addition to the School of Law, Creighton has a School of Medicine, School of Dentistry, School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, School of Nursing, College of Business Administration, College of Arts and Sciences, and a Graduate School, making it the center of professional education in the Midwest. The university is located just blocks from downtown Omaha, a metropolitan area with a population of approximately 800,000. Known as the River City, Omaha is the heart of the Midlands and the largest metroplex between Chicago and Denver.
The faculty is composed of 28 full-time professors and a group of part-time specialists chosen from the bench and bar. Creighton's full-time faculty members have earned reputations as outstanding classroom teachers. In addition, faculty scholarship brings to the classroom insights gained through the publication of leading texts and thought-provoking articles. A distinguished adjunct faculty of judges and practicing attorneys teach courses in specialty areas. Faculty offices surround the Law School Commons, making them easily accessible to students. Faculty members maintain an open-door policy that encourages students to drop in to discuss the latest case, current events, or the newest restaurant in town.
The School of Law is entirely contained in the Ahmanson Law Center. The attractive Klutznick Law Library/McGrath North Mullin and Kratz Legal Research Center encompasses 45,480 assignable square feet and is located on both levels of the Law Center. Wireless network coverage is campus-wide. Many tables and carrels are also wired with both power and data connections. A variety of comfortable individual, group study, reading room, and computer-use seating options are available in a pleasant, service-oriented setting. In addition to other legal information specialists, the Law Library employs four lawyer-librarians (JD/MLS librarians) who each deliver reference service and teach. The Law Library provides access to one of the finest legal collections in the region. It houses a large, carefully selected array of print and electronic Anglo-American, comparative, and international law resources. Other features of the library include two computer labs, two reading rooms, and an inspiring rare book collection comprised primarily of British legal texts and treatises from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries.
Students may earn a certificate indicating that they focused their studies in a particular area of concentration. Areas of concentration are (a) Business Law, (b) Criminal Law and Procedure, (c) International and Comparative Law, and (d) Litigation. The curriculum prepares students for the practice of law in any state.
Creighton's School of Law, College of Business Administration, and Graduate School offer a JD/MBA, a JD/MS in Information Technology Management, a JD/MS in Negotiation and Dispute Resolution, a JD/MA in International Relations, and a JD/MS in Government Organization and Leadership.
The Milton R. Abrahams Legal Clinic provides third-year students with the opportunity to learn the lawyering process in a way that is not provided in most law school courses. Clinic students represent low-income clients on a variety of civil matters that vary in complexity. Students conduct interviews, prepare pleadings, conduct legal research and writing, and appear in court for hearings and trials. Clinic students are certified to practice law under the supervision of clinic faculty and licensed attorneys.
The Community Economic Development (CED) Law Clinic provides third-year students with an opportunity to work on a broad range of transactional and business law issues affecting community development. Students in the CED Clinic represent a client base of small business owners and nonprofit and community-based organizations that serve low-income communities across the state of Nebraska and Western Iowa. Students will get valuable hands-on experience while helping entrepreneurs create and maintain jobs.
Students may also participate in a broad variety of internships with city, county, and federal legal offices in the Omaha area.
The Werner Institute, the most richly endowed program of its kind in the country, is a national leader in the field of conflict resolution with an interdisciplinary curriculum leading to graduate certificates and master's degrees in the field. The institute places a strong emphasis on a systems approach to conflict resolution and focuses on the preparation of leaders in the field with specialized applications in areas of greatest need, such as conflict within and among organizations, businesses, health care, and communities.
The Student Bar Association (SBA) is the student government of the law school. The purpose of the organization is to make law students aware of the obligations and opportunities existing for lawyers through SBA activities, promote a consciousness of professional responsibility, and provide a forum for student activities. The Creighton Law Review, edited and managed by students, is a scholarly legal journal that is circulated nationally and internationally. The School of Law also has an online, student-managed journal, the Creighton International and Comparative Law Journal, which is available electronically. The school has over 20 different active student organizations.
Creighton University School of Law offers two types of financial aid: merit-based scholarships and federal government loans. Students seeking financial aid and scholarships must complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Creighton University participates in the US Department of Education's Direct Loan Program. All first-year scholarships have merit requirements, including, but not limited to, LSAT score and undergraduate grade-point average. Admitted applicants with an LSAT score and undergraduate grade-point average above Creighton's medians for the previous year will receive strong consideration for scholarship assistance. Applicants who qualify for a scholarship will be notified at the time of acceptance.
The School of Law actively recruits minority students and has a substantial diversity scholarship program. Applicants who wish to be considered for a Ryan Diversity Scholarship must make note of it on their admission application.
The Career Development Office provides a full array of services to Creighton Law students, including individual career counseling, a law alumni network stretching from coast to coast, on-campus and off-campus interview programs, alumni networking events in a variety of cities nationwide, and a dynamic website that allows students to explore career opportunities throughout the world. Nine months after graduation, 90.3 percent of the class of 2010 was employed, enrolled in a full-time degree program, or not seeking employment. Of those employed, 92.3 percent were employed in positions requiring or preferring a Juris Doctor degree. Graduates from the class of 2010 are working in the areas of business, government, private practice, public interest, and as judicial clerks in 18 states and the District of Columbia.
This grid includes only applicants who earned 120–180 LSAT scores under standard administrations.
| GPA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LSAT Score |
3.75+ Apps |
3.75+ Adm |
3.50– 3.74 Apps |
3.50– 3.74 Adm |
3.25– 3.49 Apps |
3.25– 3.49 Adm |
3.00– 3.24 Apps |
3.00– 3.24 Adm |
2.75– 2.99 Apps |
2.75– 2.99 Adm |
2.50– 2.74 Apps |
2.50– 2.74 Adm |
2.25– 2.49 Apps |
2.25– 2.49 Adm |
2.00– 2.24 Apps |
2.00– 2.24 Adm |
Below 2.00 Apps |
Below 2.00 Adm |
No GPA Apps |
No GPA Adm |
Total Apps |
Total Adm |
| LSAT score 175–180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LSAT score 170–174 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| LSAT score 165–169 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| LSAT score 160–164 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 95 |
| LSAT score 155–159 | 38 | 37 | 61 | 58 | 58 | 57 | 42 | 42 | 28 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 260 | 247 |
| LSAT score 150–154 | 46 | 37 | 81 | 66 | 90 | 73 | 83 | 56 | 51 | 30 | 33 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 408 | 286 |
| LSAT score 145–149 | 21 | 6 | 47 | 15 | 40 | 5 | 61 | 15 | 45 | 7 | 28 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 261 | 51 |
| LSAT score 140–144 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 122 | 2 |
| LSAT score 135–139 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| LSAT score 130–134 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| LSAT score 125–129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| LSAT score 120–124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 138 | 107 | 237 | 163 | 245 | 160 | 234 | 130 | 165 | 77 | 110 | 36 | 51 | 16 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 1227 | 705 |
Apps = Number of Applicants
Adm = Number Admitted
Reflects 100% of the total applicant pool; highest LSAT data reported.