{"id":19817,"date":"2010-08-26T10:45:29","date_gmt":"2010-08-26T14:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=19817"},"modified":"2011-05-31T12:38:32","modified_gmt":"2011-05-31T16:38:32","slug":"uconn-law-named-among-best-value-law-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2010\/08\/uconn-law-named-among-best-value-law-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn Law Named Among Best-Value Law Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The August issue of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationaljurist.com\/content\/prelaw-magazine\" target=\"_blank\">preLaw magazine<\/a>,<\/em> a legal affairs publication, named UConn Law School as one of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationaljurist.com\/content\/best-value-law-schools-announced\" target=\"_blank\">the 60 best-value law schools in the nation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith tuition and cost of living expenses outpacing entry-level salaries, it is more important than ever for prospective law students to take into account value,\u201d said Jack Crittenden, editor and founder of <em>preLaw magazine<\/em> and its sister publication, <em>The National Jurist.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The magazine noted that law schools are named if they meet four criteria: their bar pass rate is higher than the state average; their average indebtedness is below $100,000; their employment rate nine months after graduation is 85 percent or higher; and tuition is less than $35,000 a year for in-state residents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re happy to be recognized,\u201d said Jeremy Paul, dean of the Law School. \u201cOur goal is to provide a first-rate legal education at an affordable price, and we share <em>preLaw magazine&#8217;s<\/em> emphasis on the importance of both quality and value.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For a list of the schools named, go to <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationaljurist.com\/content\/best-value-law-schools-announced\" target=\"_blank\">The National Jurist\u2019s website<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The criteria include the school&#8217;s bar pass rate and employment rate nine months after graduation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[39],"class_list":["post-19817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-18 10:01:02","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19817"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36731,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19817\/revisions\/36731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19817"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=19817"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=19817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}