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Class Rank

• LL.M. students are not ranked.
• First-year J.D. students are not ranked after the fall semester.
• Only the top 20% of each group of J.D. students receive an ordinal rank on the transcript.
• Numbers in parenthesis represent the total number of students in each group.

Spring 2008 GPA* Cut-Off for the Graduating Class of 2008(324)

* Due to a change in grading systems, a few graduating students were graded under both systems. Their class ranks were determined using weighted z-score methodology for both systems. Imputed GPAs on the new (4.33 maximum) scale were assigned to reflect each of these students’ rank in class.

Spring 2008 GPA Cut-Off for 1L Students

Spring 2008 GPA Cut-Off for 2L Students

* Included all non-graduating 3L Day Students.

Spring 2008 GPA* Cut-Off for 3L Students

* Includes all non-graduating 4L Evening Students.

Fall 2007 GPA Cut-Off for 2L Students

Fall 2007 GPA* Cut-Off for 3L Students

* Due to a change in grading systems, a few 3L and all 4L students were graded under both systems. Their class ranks were determined using weighted z-score methodology for both systems. Imputed GPAs on the new (4.33 maximum) scale were assigned to reflect each of these few students’ rank in class.

Fall 2007 GPA* Cut-Off for 4L Students

* Due to a change in grading systems, a few 3L and all 4L students were graded under both systems. Their class ranks were determined using weighted z-score methodology for both systems. Imputed GPAs on the new (4.33 maximum) scale were assigned to reflect each of these few students’ rank in class.

Spring 2007 GPA* Cut-Off for the Graduating Class of 2007(333)

* Due to a change in grading systems, some graduating students were graded under both systems. Their class ranks were determined using weighted z-score methodology for both systems. Imputed GPAs on the new (4.33 maximum) scale were assigned to reflect each of these students’ rank in class.

Spring 2007 GPA Cut-Off for 1L Students

Spring 2007 GPA Cut-Off for 2L Students

*Includes all non-graduating 3L Day Students. 

Spring 2007 GPA Cut-Off for 3L Students

** Includes all non-graduating 4L Evening Students.

Fall 2006 GPA Cut-Off for 2L Students

 Fall 2006 Imputed GPA* Cut-Off for 3L Students

* Due to a change in grading systems, some 3L and all 4L students were graded under both systems. Their class ranks were determined using weighted z-score methodology for both systems. Imputed GPAs on the new (4.33 maximum) scale were assigned to reflect each student's rank in class.

Fall 2006 Imputed GPA* Cut-Off for 4L Students

* Due to a change in grading systems, some 3L and all 4L students were graded under both systems. Their class ranks were determined using weighted z-score methodology for both systems. Imputed GPAs on the new (4.33 maximum) scale were assigned to reflect each student's rank in class.

Spring 2006 GPA* Cut-Off for the Graduating Class of 2006 (313)

* Due to a change in grading systems, graduating students were graded under both systems. Their class ranks were determined using weighted z-score methodology for both systems. Imputed GPAs on the new (4.33 maximum) scale were assigned to reflect each student's rank in class.

Spring 2006 GPA Cut-Off for 1L Students

Spring 2006 GPA Cut-Off for 2L Students

*** Includes non-graduating 3L Day Students that have grades under both systems. Their class ranks were determined using weighted z-score methodology for both systems. Imputed GPAs on the new (4.33 maximum) scale were assigned to reflect each student's rank in class.

Spring 2006 GPA Cut-Off for 3L Students

** Includes all non-graduating 4L and 3L Evening Students that have grades under both systems. Their class ranks were determined using weighted z-score methodology for both systems. Imputed GPAs on the new (4.33 maximum) scale were assigned to reflect each student's rank in class.

Fall 2005 GPA Cut-Off for 2L Students

Fall 2005 Imputed GPA* Cut-Off for 3L Students

* Due to a change in grading systems, 3L and 4L students were graded under both systems. Their class ranks were determined using weighted z-score methodology for both systems. Imputed GPAs on the new (4.33 maximum) scale were assigned to reflect each student's rank in class.

Fall 2005 Imputed GPA* Cut-Off for 4L Students

* Due to a change in grading systems, 3L and 4L students were graded under both systems. Their class ranks were determined using weighted z-score methodology for both systems. Imputed GPAs on the new (4.33 maximum) scale were assigned to reflect each student's rank in class.

Spring 2005 GPA Cut-Off for 1L Students

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