Loyola Law School
Loyola Law School, a Jesuit institution located in Los Angeles, is the law school division of California's Loyola Marymount University. Founded in 1920, the Loyola Law School is named after Jesuit founder St. Ignatius of Loyola. (1) It is a separate institution and therefore not associated with the Loyola University New Orleans College of Law and the Loyola University Chicago School of Law, which are also named after the same saint. It is an American Bar Association (ABA) accredited institution ever since it was recognized by the association in 1937.
The outstanding graduate degree programs that Loyola Law School take pride in are the Juris Doctor (JD) program, the Master of Law (LLM) Graduate Tax program, and the Master of Law (LLM) in International Law program. (2) The courses offered in Loyola Law School are taxation, public interest law, labor and employment law, intellectual property, family law, environmental law, criminal law, commercial law, real estate law, patent law, international law, health care law, estate planning, entertainment law, corporate law, and civil litigation.
Loyola Law School is best known for its exceptional and influential students who comprise the who's who in the world of legal practices. Loyola Law School graduates are great men of the law who dedicate themselves into pursuing ethical legal practices and into performing public service. Loyola Law School students are richly educated and well trained that around 62.7% of them are instantly employed upon graduating. The starting salary for Loyola Law School graduates seems very promising at US$54,750.00 for government attorneys and US$70,000 for private lawyers. (3)
Known for the quality education it provides for its students, the school ranked as the 66th in US News and World Reports annual top law school list. (4) In fact, the LSAT scores of the students of Loyola Law School in the 25th to 75th percentiles are about 159-163. Because it offers an excellent educational system, Loyola Law School also asks for quite costly fees. Basing on the 2006-2007 statistics, the tuition fee paid for studying in Loyola Law School reaches up to US$33,793.00 for full-time students and up to US$22,676.00 for part-time students. (5)
Literary Citations & Article References:
(1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyola_Law_School
(2) http://www.lls.edu/academics/jd/index.html