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Class Ranks

Law students at the Dedman School of Law are not given an individual class rank until graduation.  Class rank percentiles are released for (1) the full-time first year law class, (2) the combined full-time second year law class and the third year, part-time Evening Program law class, and (3) the combined full-time third year law class and the fourth year, part-time Evening Program law class.

After Spring 2008 Semester

1L/2E*
Class of 2010
279 Students

2L/3E**
Class of 2009
323 Students

3L/4E
Class of 2008
291 Students

Top 10%:  3.480
Top 25%:  3.303
Top 33%:  3.212
Top 50%:  3.061

Top 10%:  3.505
Top 25%:  3.362
Top 33%:  3.289
Top 50%:  3.125

Top 10%: 3.561
Top 25%: 3.368
Top 33%: 3.314
Top 50%: 3.165

First and Second Year Evening Program Students

Part-time Evening Program students, during their first and second years of law school, are not ranked. They may, however, gain a general understanding of their class standing by comparing their GPA to the class rank percentiles, which are listed above. Resumes for Evening Program students, during their first and second years, will indicate that their class rank is an “estimated class rank”.

Class Rank Percentiles: Graduating Classes 1998 – 2008

3L/4E Class Percentiles After Spring 2008

291 Students (August 2007, December 2007, May 2008 Graduates)

10%

3.561

25%

3.368

33%

3.314

50%

3.165


3L/4E Class Percentiles After Fall 2007

310 Students (May 2008 Graduates)

10%

3.505

25%

3.337

33%

3.285

50%

3.133


3L Class Percentiles After Spring 2007

214 Students (May 2007 Graduates)

10%

3.577

25%

3.413

33%

3.332

50%

3.142


3L Class Percentiles After Fall 2006

220 Students (May 2007 Graduates)

10%

3.549

25%

3.402

33%

3.310

50%

3.125


3L Class Percentiles After Spring 2006

264 Students (May 2006 Graduates)

10%

3.555

25%

3.345

33%

3.265

50%

3.158


3L Class Percentiles After Fall 2005

271 Students (May 2006 Graduates)

10%

3.534

25%

3.313

33%

3.251

50%

3.127


3L Class Percentiles After Spring 2005

266 Students (May 2005 Graduates)

10%

3.500

25%

3.298

33%

3.219

50%

3.083


3L Class Percentiles After Fall 2004

274 Students (May 2005 Graduates)

10%

3.479

25%

3.289

33%

3.214

50%

3.073


3L Class Percentiles After Spring 2004

282 Students (May 2004 Graduates)

10%

3.461

25%

3.257

33%

3.178

50%

3.035


3L Class Percentiles After Fall 2003

283 Students (May 2004 Graduates)

10%

3.449

25%

3.224

33%

3.146

50%

2.990


3L Class Percentiles After Spring 2003

222 Students (May 2003 Graduates)

10%

3.376

25%

3.193

33%

3.139

50%

3.026


3L Class Percentiles After Fall 2002

236 Students (May 2003 Graduates)

10%

3.348

25%

3.168

33%

3.104

50%

2.984


3L Class Percentiles After Spring 2002

240 Students (May 2002 Graduates)

10%

3.473

25%

3.271

33%

3.200

50%

3.004


3L Class Percentiles After Fall 2001

253 Students (May 2002 Graduates)

10%

3.462

25%

3.253

33%

3.159

50%

2.972


3L Class Percentiles After Spring 2001

___ Students (May 2001 Graduates)

10%

3.449

25%

3.192

33%

3.111

50%

2.970


3L Class Percentiles After Fall 2000

243 Students (May 2001 Graduates)

10%

3.427

25%

3.148

33%

3.081

50%

2.941


3L Class Percentiles After Spring 2000

237 Students (May 2000 Graduates)

10%

3.430

25%

3.243

33%

3.160

50%

2.993


3L Class Percentiles After Fall 1999

247 Students (May 2000 Graduates)

10%

3.429

25%

3.215

33%

3.145

50%

2.977


3L Class Percentiles After Spring 1999

250 Students (May 1999 Graduates)

10%

3.438

25%

3.212

33%

3.153

50%

2.987


3L Class Percentiles After Fall 1998

259 Students (May 1999 Graduates)

10%

3.424

25%

3.188

33%

3.120

50%

2.967


3L Class Percentiles After Spring 1998

271 Students (May 1998 Graduates)

10%

3.426

25%

3.187

33%

3.114

50%

2.959