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UC Irvine chooses first law school class
UC Irvine’s new law school has chosen its first class. KPCC’s Susan Valot says admissions officials got to be choosy because there were so many applicants.
UC Irvine’s new law school has chosen its first class. KPCC’s Susan Valot says admissions officials got to be choosy because there were so many applicants.
Susan Valot: For every open slot at UC Irvine’s new law school, 40 people applied. There were more than 2,700 applicants in all. School officials say they accepted 4 percent of the applicants.
That’s a lower percentage than high-caliber law schools like Yale and Stanford. But applicants to UCI get a bonus for entering the inaugural class. All 68 people who agreed to attend will get three-year, full-tuition scholarships. Classes at UCI’s law school begin in August.
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