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U.S. News World Report ranked Loyola Law School 71st [ 5 ] in its "America's Best Graduate Schools " feature. Loyola was ranked 21st overall in the annual Judging the Law Schools rankings. [ 6 ]

Loyola ranks higher on alternative guides such as The Princeton Review in addition to the Coolely rankings (also known as the Brennan rankings)[3]. The Cooley Rankings ranked Loyola Law School 23rd in the nation in .[4] Super Lawyers magazine ranked Loyola 29th in the nation in its U.S. Law School Rankings.[5]

For speciality rankings:

• According to The Princeton Review's "Best 174 Law Schools", Loyola is ranked:
• 2nd in the nation for "Best Classroom Experience"
• 6th in "Professors Rock (Legally Speaking)". [ 7 ]
• Loyola's part-time evening program is ranked 13th in the nation by U.S. News World Report [6]
• Loyola's fairly recent Taxation LL.M. program ranks 8th in the nation by U.S. News World Report [7]
• Loyola's trial advocacy program is ranked 5th in the nation by U.S. News World Report [8]
• Lawdragon, which ranks and evaluates lawyers and judges, named Loyola #17 in its list of the 25 Leading Law Schools. [9]

Distinct from most law schools, which typically reside in one or two centralized buildings, Loyola has a separate law school campus. The campus, sitting on a full city block just west of downtown Los Angeles. is made up of an open central plaza surrounded by several contemporary buildings designed by Frank Gehry .[10] Its recently renovated library is one of the largest private law libraries in the western U.S.. with a collection of nearly 560,000 volumes.[11]

Including its day and evening J.D. programs, Loyola has the largest and most diverse student enrollment of any California law school, and it prides itself in its civic duties. It was the first California law school with a pro bono graduation requirement,[12] under which students perform 40 hours of pro bono work.[13] After Hurricane Katrina. Loyola was also one of a handful of schools to open its doors to students of law schools in New Orleans who were forced to relocate for a period of time after the hurricane.[14]

Loyola Law School opened its doors in 1920 and is located in downtown Los Angeles

Degrees Offered: Juris Doctor (JD); Juris Doctor/Master of Business Administration (JD/MBA); Masters of Law in Taxation (LLM); Masters of Law in American Law International Legal Practice (International LLM)

American Bar Association Accreditation: 1937

Awarded a Chapter in The Order of the Coif: 1990

Faculty: 75 full-time faculty members

Enrollment: 1360 total—Women (50%); Minority (37%), ranked 12th in the nation for minority enrollment

Law Reviews: Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review and Loyola of Los Angeles International Comparative Law Review

Programs: International programs in China, Costa Rica Italy; the Learning Rights Project; the Cancer Legal Resource Center; the Disability Mediation Center; the Center for Conflict Resolution; the Disability Rights Legal Center; the Center for Juvenile Law Policy; the Civil Justice Program; the Law Technology Program; and the Entertainment Law Practicum

Graduate Employment Rate: 95%+ within nine months of graduation

Tuition: $38,450 full-time; $25,340 part-time

Financial Aid: 85% of Loyola Law students receive some form of financial assistance.

Alumni: Represented in all 50 states and in 16 countries