University of Baltimore School of Law

University of Baltimore School of Law
Parent school University of Baltimore
Established 1925
School type Public
Dean Ronald Weich
Location Baltimore, Maryland
39.30622°N 76.617212°W / 39.30622; -76.617212
Enrollment 734 (October 2017)
Faculty 111
USNWR ranking 135th (2024)
Bar pass rate 70% (July 2017)
Website law.ubalt.edu

The University of Baltimore School of Law, or the UB School of Law, is one of the four colleges that make up the University of Baltimore, which is part of the University System of Maryland. The UBalt School of Law is one of only two law schools in the state of Maryland. The University of Baltimore School of Law is housed in the John and Frances Angelos Law Center, at the northeast corner of West Mount Royal Avenue and North Charles Street on the University of Baltimore campus in the city's Mt. Vernon cultural district. The 12-story building, designed by German architect Stefan Behnisch, opened in April 2013 and was rated LEED-Platinum by the U.S. Green Building Council.

Post-graduation employment and academics

Employment outcomes

Of Class of 2017 graduates, 67.3% found employment in positions for which bar admission was required. An additional 13.8% of the Class of 2017 found employment in positions for which a J.D. was required or preferred by the employer. (Of 222 graduates, 96.9% reported their employment status.) 32.7% of graduates secured judicial clerkships.

Costs

The School of Law's total cost for full-time attendance (tuition and fees) is $31,954 for in-state residents and $46,622 for out-of-state residents for the 2018–2019 academic year. Students in Washington, D.C., and certain areas of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and northern Virginia are eligible to receive Maryland in-state tuition.

Degrees and concentrations

The University of Baltimore School of Law produces many of the leading lights of Maryland's legal community—practitioners, judges, public defenders, prosecutors, scholars and community and civic advocates. More than one-third of judges on the Maryland state bench are UBalt alumni. The UBalt School of Law offers the juris doctor (J.D.) degree and master's degrees (LL.M.) in tax and U.S. law. The school offers several concentrations for J.D. students, including:

  • Business Law
  • Criminal Practice
  • Estate Planning
  • Family Law
  • Intellectual Property
  • International & Comparative Law
  • Litigation & Advocacy
  • Public and Governmental Service
  • Real Estate Practice
  • Tax Law

In conjunction with the law school's and University's other programs and schools, the law school offers joint degree combinations of JD/MBA, JD/MPA, JD/MS in criminal justice, JD/MS in negotiations and conflict management, JD/Ph.D. in policy science and JD/LL.M. in taxation.

Publications

  • University of Baltimore Law Review
  • University of Baltimore Law Forum

Notable alumni

Notable UBalt Law graduates include:

Vice presidents

Judges

Attorneys general

Governors and lieutenant governors

First ladies

U.S. congressmen

State delegates and senators

State's attorneys

  • Davis R. Ruark - former State's Attorney for Wicomico County, Maryland.

Other alumni

References in media and culture

  • Cedric Daniels - Former Police Commissioner of the Baltimore Police on the fictional television series The Wire.