[4] The school offers 300 courses in 18 areas of study, 17 legal clinics and practicums, and over two dozen interdisciplinary and joint-degree programs.
The University of Miami School of Law Library has a collection of over 600,000 volumes in print and microform and subscribes to a large list of electronic resources.
[10] First-year students take a series of required courses covering the theory and substance of law while exploring political, commercial, and social dimensions of legal institutions.
[12] Total cost of attendance (including tuition, fees, and living expenses) at University of Miami School of Law was $74,815 annually as of the 2015-2016 academic year.
As of Fall 2020, 54% of its students body are female, 48% are minorities, 66% speak more than one language, and 47% enroll in the University of Miami School of Law immediately after graduating from college.
The University of Miami School of Law offers students the opportunity to compete for membership on both the Charles C. Papy Jr.
[16] The school also offers the students the opportunity to compete on the Yvette Ostoloza Mock Trial Team.
[18] In 2019, the University of Miami School of Law's IMCP placed first in the U.S. and second overall in the Americas round of the ICC competition.
[20] In the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, held in Vienna, Austria, IMCP has taken home multiple awards, including "Honorable Mentions" for Best Oralist from 2006 to 2009 and finished 14th out of 252 schools of law in 2010.
[21] Other competitions that the University of Miami School of Law’s IMCP participate in include the Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition, hosted by American University in Washington D.C. and MOOTMadrid, hosted in Madrid, Spain.
The University of Miami School of Law offers 27 Study Abroad options in 14 countries[23] According to University of Miami School of Law's official American Bar Association-required disclosures in 2017, 75% of the Class of 2017 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation.
University of Miami's Law School Transparency underemployment score is 13.8%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2017 that was either unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in non-professional, short-term, or part-time jobs nine months after graduating.
[27] Its Academic Achievement Program provides participating students additional tools to succeed in law school.