University of Florida Levin College of Law

University of Florida
Levin College of Law
Established1909
School typePublic
Parent endowmentIncrease$2.379 billion (2021)[1]
DeanMerritt McAlister[2]
LocationGainesville, Florida, U.S.
Enrollment662 (2023)[3]
Faculty85 (2023)[3]
USNWR ranking28th (tied) (2024)[4]
Bar pass rate80.6% (Florida bar exam, July 2023 first-time takers)[5]
Websitelaw.ufl.edu
ABA profileStandard 509 Report

The University of Florida Levin College of Law (UF Law) is the law school of the University of Florida located in Gainesville, Florida. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest operating public law school in Florida and second oldest overall in the state.

For every entering class in its three-year J.D. program, the law school has approximately 200 students.[6] The first-year class is broken into three sections of approximately 50-70 students who take most first-year classes together. According to the college's official 2023 ABA-required disclosures, only 4.1% of Class of 2023 graduates were "underemployed," with 93.6% of graduates obtaining employment in either bar-passage-required or JD-advantage employment within 9 months of graduation, the highest rate of any Florida law school. 88.24% obtained bar-passage-required employment (i.e., as attorneys) within 9 months of graduation.[3] This ranked Levin second to Florida State for Florida job placement of recent law graduates in bar-passage-required employment.[7][8]

William R. Thomas Hall, home of the College of Law from 1909 to 1914
Nathan P. Bryan Hall, home of the College of Law from 1914 to 1969
  1. ^ As of June 30, 2021. U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2021 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY20 to FY21 (Report). National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA. 2022. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  2. ^ "Professor Merritt McAlister Named Interim Dean", University of Florida News
  3. ^ a b c "Florida, University of - 2022 Standard 509 Information Report". abarequireddisclosures.org. American Bar Association. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  4. ^ "University of Florida (Levin)". Best Law Schools. U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  5. ^ Press release July 2023 supremecourt.flcourts.gov
  6. ^ "Entering Class Profile". University of Florida Levin College of Law. University of Florida. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  7. ^ "2023 Graduate Job Outcomes, Aggregated and by School". Law School Transparency. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Employment Summary for 2023 Graduates" (PDF). University of Florida Levin College of Law. University of Florida. Retrieved 30 April 2024.