U of Florida Increases Class Size

The University of Florida's Levin College of Law is increasing its yearly enrollment from 400 students to nearly 450 and limiting new admissions to the fall semester.

In the past, Levin has admitted 200 first-year students each fall and 200 each spring. Spring admissions were eliminated this year as part of efforts to upgrade Levin's J.D. program. Dean Bob Jeffrey told a local television station that having only one class would allow the school to focus its efforts rather than dividing them between two concurrent programs.

The Levin School is ranked as one of the top 50 law schools in the nation by US News & World Report. The middle 50 per cent of fall 2005 admits had GPAs between 3.4 and 3.86 and LSAT scores between 157 and 164. 57 per cent of students in the Class of 2006 were men and 47 per cent were women. 12 per cent of students identified themselves as Hispanic and 13 per cent as black.

Source: "UF Law School Accepts Bigger Fall Class" - WCJB TV20 News, August 23, 2006