Thus, 43 of its 92 credit/hour study program is elective, with course offerings ranging from theoretical to practical in topics pertaining to civil rights, technology, feminism, business, international relations and comparative law, among others.
This percentile is tabulated by combining two basic criteria: the student's bachelor's degree cumulative GPA, as per the calculations of the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) and their LSAT results.
[6] According to the University of Puerto Rico's 2013 ABA-required disclosures, 18.24% of the Class of 2013 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation, excluding solo practitioners.
The University of Puerto Rico's Law School Transparency under-employment score is 40.6%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2013 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation.
[7] Three governors of Puerto Rico are graduates of the law school: Rafael Hernández Colón, Carlos Romero Barceló, and Aníbal Acevedo Vila.
Also, Puerto Rico Supreme Court Chief Justices Luis Negrón Fernández, Pedro Pérez Pimentel, Miriam Naveira Merly, Víctor Manuel Pons Núñez, José Antonio Andréu García, Liana Fiol Matta, and Maite D. Oronoz Rodríguez, as well as Associate Justices Borinquen Marrero Ríos, Emilio Sastreño Belaval Maldonado, Rafael Hernández Matos, Carlos Santana Becerra, Raúl Serrano Geyls, Luis Blanco Lugo, Carlos Víctor Dávila Dávila, Marco Antonio Rigau Gaztambide, Hiram Torres Rigual, Héctor Martínez Muñoz, Armindo Cadilla Ginorio, Jorge Díaz Cruz, Carlos Juan Irizarry Yunqué, Antonio S. Negrón García, Francisco Rebollo López, Peter Ortiz Gustafson, Rafael Alonso Alonso, Jaime B. Fuster Berlingeri, Baltasar Corrada del Río, Anabelle Rodríguez Rodríguez, Rafael L. Martínez Torres, Mildred G. Pabón Charneco, Erick V. Kolthoff Caraballo, Edgardo Rivera García, Roberto Feliberti Cintrón, and Luis F. Estrella Martínez.
Other professors and lecturers have included Santos P. Amadeo, Vivian Neptune, Hiram Meléndez Juarbe, Carlos Díaz Olivo, Puerto Rico Supreme Court Chief Justice Liana Fiol Matta, and Antonio García Padilla.
Klumb, a German architect and disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright, was based in Puerto Rico for the latter part of his life.
[16] The program for the project required a substantial expansion of the library and the faculty offices area, as well as construction of new facilities for the legal aid clinic and an updating of the infrastructure.