Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
College of Law
2016 - 2017
FACT SHEET
Why Attend FAMU College of Law?
Fall 2016 Entering Class Profile
Tuition rates for Florida Residents: $7,065.83, full-time
and $5,014.41, part-time, per semester; Non-Resident
yearly tuition: $34,034.59, full-time and $24,153.58
part-time.
Affordability - Tuition for in-state and out-of-state students
at FAMU College of Law remains among the lowest in
Florida. Our tuition rate offers a remarkable value, even on
a national scale. Our comprehensive financial aid program
includes institutional grants and federal loan programs
to help eligible students fulfill the financial obligations
attendant with a legal education. All admitted students are
considered automatically for any institutional scholarships
and need only submit a separate scholarship application
when specifically requested.
Flexibility - FAMU College of Law applicants may apply to
the full-time day program, or part-time evening program, or
both programs at the time of application. Complementing
our standard curriculum, we offer international legal
opportunities that permit our students to expand their
scope of knowledge by exploring the law abroad and
through other law schools.
Fall 2017 Prospective Students
Applications may be submitted electronically at the Law
School Admissions Council website (www.lsac.org). The
deadline for application submission is May 31, 2017. There
is an application fee of $33.00, which is waived for current
FAMU students, alumni and LSAC Fee Waiver recipients.
Priority deadline for FAFSA is March 1, 2017, use FAMU
code 001480.
151
144-148
LSAT 25th - 75th
Class Size
958 applications received
2.88-3.32
GPA 25th - 75th
53
Colleges Represented
23 percent with graduate degrees
Part-Time
44
Program
Cohort
20-53
Full-Time
Age Range
107
median age 26
14
States
Asian
4%
2%
2%
Latino/a
17%
Represented
12 percent non-Florida
residents
American
Indian Other
African
American
47%
White
28%
FAMU College of Law has been consistently recognized for its diversity by U.S.
News and World Report, National Jurist magazine, and On Being A Black Lawyer.
The College of Law boasts a 2016 Entering Class of 72 percent minority students.
We embrace the entire population of students, faculty, and staff who vary in age,
gender, race, ethnicity, geographic background, native tongue, religion, physical
ability and collegiate experience.
Values based on data as of Sept. 13, 2016
FAMU Law Mission
The reestablished Florida Agricultural and Mechanical
University College of Law reaffirms our historical legacy of
excellence and responsibility to serve as a transformative
force for the public good. Our mission is to serve as a
beacon of hope and catalyst for change by providing
access to excellent educational training and opportunities
to generations of students seeking to serve the needs of
traditionally underserved people and communities locally,
nationally and internationally.
While we continue our historic mission of educating AfricanAmericans, we embrace persons of all racial, ethnic and
national groups as members of the university community.
We are dedicated to developing legal professionals and
community leaders committed to equitable justice and the
rule of law.
Core Values
Distinction in Teaching, Scholarship and Service
Excellence with Caring
Experiential Learning
Professionalism
Diversity
Graduate Employment
Armed with legal theory from the classroom
and practical skills from the experiential learning
opportunities, recent FAMU Law graduates are busy
serving their communities at large firms such as Holland
& Knight, LLP, Morgan & Morgan, P.A., and Greenberg
Traurig, LLP; major businesses such as Lockheed
Martin Corporation, Planet Hollywood, and Verizon
Communications; and governmental agencies such
as the Office of the State Attorney, Office of the Public
Defender, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Judge
Advocate Generals Corps in the armed forces.
FAMU College of Law
Office of Admissions
201 Beggs Avenue
Orlando, Florida 32801
(407) 254-3286 voice
(407) 254-2450 fax
[email protected]
www.law.famu.edu
Experiential Learning:
Professional skills training and development courses are
offered throughout the learning continuum to effectively
prepare students for the practice of law. Students hone
essential lawyering skills in simulation courses, such as
mediation and interviewing, negotiation and counseling;
and litigation courses such as trial practice. Students can
meet the professional skills requirement by taking those and
other practical courses or by taking a clinic course, including
the Criminal Defense Clinic and Community Economic
Development Clinic.
The Criminal Defense Clinic combines hands-on trial
experience with an educational seminar component tailored
to developing criminal litigation skills. The clinic focuses on the
representation of indigent and low-income clients charged
with criminal offenses, both misdemeanor and felony cases,
in Orange and Osceola County. The clinic’s goal is to make
the student-attorney competent and prepared to represent
a criminal defendant from arrest to the resolution of his/her
case, and all things in-between. Students will realize in this
clinic that working with poor people accused or convicted of
crimes is often exhilarating, sometimes grueling, and never
boring. For some, it is life changing.
The Community Economic Development Clinic
emphasizes transactional practice skills and provides short
term counseling in a broad range of small business matters
such as corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships,
nonprofit organizations, art groups and the legal requirements
for starting a small business. Students provide direct legal
assistance, counseling, representation, community legal
education, and informational materials to new and mature
For-profit and Non-Profit organizations, individuals and
community groups seeking to better the economic, social,
equitable and cultural well-being of low income communities.