The University of Baltimore School of Law, or the UB School of Law, is one of the four colleges that make up the

University of Baltimore The University of Baltimore (UBalt, UB) is a public university in Baltimore, Maryland. It is part of the University System of Maryland. UBalt's schools and colleges provide education in business, law, public affairs, and the applied arts and sc ...

, which is part of the

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. The UBalt School of Law is one of only two law schools in the state of

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. The University of Baltimore School of Law is housed in the John and Frances Angelos Law Center, at the northeast corner of West Mount Royal Avenue and North Charles Street on the

campus in the city's Mt. Vernon cultural district. The 12-story building, designed by German architec
Stefan Behnisch
opened in April 2013 and was rated

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-Platinum by the

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. In addition to writing or editing for the more than half-dozen publications put out by the school, faculty members are frequently featured in national media outlets and invited to speak at national events, thanks partially to the university's location in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area.

History

The School of Law was founded in 1925 as part of the then-private, nonprofit University of Baltimore, with the first class of 38 students receiving diplomas in 1928. Created initially to serve the working population of the Baltimore area with a part-time evening program, the school added a full-time day division in 1969. In September 1970, the University of Baltimore School of Law merged with Eastern College and its Mount Vernon School of Law, which was founded in 1935. On Jan. 1, 1975, the school became a public institution when the University of Baltimore joined the State of Maryland's system for public higher education. An alumni body of approximately 13,000 includes many prominent figures, including

Peter Angelos Peter G. Angelos (born July 4, 1929) is an American trial lawyer and baseball executive from Baltimore, Maryland. Angelos is the majority owner of the Baltimore Orioles, a team in the American League of Major League Baseball. Early life and edu ...

, owner of the Baltimore Orioles; Maryland's former first lady, the Hon. Catherine Curran O'Malley; sports agent

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; and U.S. Rep. C.A. "Dutch" Ruppersberger III. More than one-third of Maryland's sitting judges are UBalt School of Law graduates, and the number of University of Baltimore law alumni who serve as Maryland elected officials is second only to that of the University of Maryland, College Park. The John and Frances Angelos Law Center offers 192,000 square feet of space and is among the most environmentally sustainable academic buildings in the nation. This 12-story facility, located on the northeast corner of the intersection of North Charles Street and West Mount Royal Avenue, houses all of the school's clinics, centers and classrooms and affords students countless options for indoor and outdoor study.

Post-graduation employment and academics

Employment outcomes

Of Class of 2017 graduates, 67.3% found employment in positions for which bar admission was required. An additional 13.8% of the Class of 2017 found employment in positions for which a J.D. was required or preferred by the employer. (Of 222 graduates, 96.9% reported their employment status.) Nearly 33% of graduates—32.7% -- secured judicial clerkships.

Costs

The School of Law's total cost for full-time attendance (tuition and fees) is $31,954 in-state and $46,622 out-of-state for the 2018–2019 academic year. Students in Washington, D.C., and certain areas of Pennsylvania, Delaware and northern Virginia are eligible to receive Maryland in-state tuition.

Degrees and concentrations

The University of Baltimore School of Law produces many of the leading lights of Maryland's legal community—practitioners, judges, public defenders, prosecutors, scholars and community and civic advocates. More than one-third of judges on the Maryland state bench are UBalt alumni. The UBalt School of Law offers the

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(J.D.) degree and master's degrees (LL.M.) in

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and

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. The school offers several concentrations for J.D. students, including: *Business Law *Criminal Practice *Estate Planning *Family Law *Intellectual Property *International & Comparative Law *Litigation & Advocacy *Public and Governmental Service *Real Estate Practice *Tax Law In conjunction with the law school's and University's other programs and schools, the law school offers joint degree combinations of JD/

MBA A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

, JD/

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, JD/ MS in

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, JD/MS in negotiations and conflict management, JD/

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in policy science and JD/

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in taxation.

The Law Center

Former UBalt President Robert L. Bogomolny called for a path-breaking building that would provide a strong foundation for activities central to the School of Law's mission: community involvement, public interest, diversity. "As an educational institution, we envision a building whose design teaches critical lessons about how to create and sustain healthy urban environments," Bogomolny said before construction began in 2010. "As an institution committed to excellence, we envision a signature building whose materials reflect the quality of our aspirations." In support of these requirements, the Abell Foundation funded a $150,000 design competition for the new facility, a move that brought national and international interest to the project. On Nov. 17, 2008, UBalt announced that Behnisch Architekten of Stuttgart, Germany, in partnership with Baltimore's Ayers/Saint/Gross Inc., won the international competition to design the new John and Frances Angelos Law Center at UBalt. Of the winning design, Bogomolny said: "Stefan Behnisch has articulated an initial concept for our new law center that is truly forward-thinking. Stefan's ideas about sustainable design and his creativity in responding to the evolving needs of higher education place him in the forefront of 21st-century architecture." The building, rated LEED Platinum by the U.S. Green Building Council, features innovative air-handling systems and the active capture of light and water that would otherwise go to waste.

Centers and clinics

UBalt is home to six law centers: Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts; Center for International and Comparative Law; Center on Applied Feminism; Center for Sport and the Law; Center for Medicine and the Law, and Center for the Law of Intellectual Property and Technology. The School of Law has 13 clinics: Saul Ewing Civil Advocacy Clinic, Community Development Clinic, Criminal Practice Clinic, Juvenile Justice Project, Human Trafficking Prevention Project, Mental Health Law Clinic, Bronfein Family Law Clinic, Immigrant Rights Clinic, Innocence Project Clinic, Pretrial Justice Clinic, Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic, The Bob Parsons Veterans Advocacy Clinic, and the Mediation Clinic for Families. All of the University of Baltimore School of Law clinics and centers are housed in the John and Frances Angelos Law Center. The University of Baltimore School of Law annually provides nearly 200 students the opportunity to participate in a broad range of clinical programs and externships. These programs provide both day and evening students a broad range of experiential learning opportunities as licensed student-attorneys (clinics) and closely supervised law clerks (externships). While students in the clinical program at the University of Baltimore School of Law receive unmatched, real-life practical experience, they also generate significant results that benefit the Baltimore region and Maryland as a whole. In addition, the school's proximity to Washington, D.C., allows students to participate in externships in a wide range of governmental, public-interest and private-sector placements. Clinics represent, on average, 200 low-income clients every year, including adults, children, neighborhood associations and other nonprofit organizations. Under the supervision of faculty, most clinics allow students to provide the full range of representation to clients. Clinic work includes interviewing, counseling, planning case strategy and appearing in court or before administrative agencies. Certain clinics, such as the Community Development Clinic, provide experience in transactional work. Finally, most clinics also allow students to engage in more systemic work, including drafting and testifying in support of legislation and participating in state and national task forces on issues such as child neglect, domestic violence, protection for consumers and the promotion of affordable housing. The clinic facility is run as a law office with a teaching and a public-service mission.

Publications

*University of Baltimore Law Review * University of Baltimore Law Forum

Notable alumni

Notable UBalt Law graduates include:

Vice presidents

Spiro Agnew Spiro Theodore Agnew (November 9, 1918 – September 17, 1996) was the 39th vice president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1973. He is the second vice president to resign the position, the other being John ...

- Former

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of Maryland, and 39th

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under

Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was ...

Judges

* Theresa Adams, Associate Judge for the Frederick County Circuit Court * Shirley Brannock Jones - Judge of the

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* Laurie McKinnon - Associate Justice of the

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Attorneys general

* J. Joseph Curran, Jr. (D) - Former

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, former Lt. Governor of Maryland

Governors and lieutenant governors

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- former

, &

William Donald Schaefer William Donald Schaefer (November 2, 1921 – April 18, 2011) was an American politician who served in public office for 50 years at both the state and local level in Maryland. As a Democrat, he was the 45th mayor of Baltimore from December 1 ...

(D) - former

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, &

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* Samuel Walter Bogley, III (D) - former Lt. Governor of Maryland *

Melvin Steinberg Melvin A. Steinberg (born October 4, 1933) is an American politician who served as the fifth Lieutenant Governor of Maryland from 1987 to 1995 under Governor William Donald Schaefer. He was also President of the Maryland State Senate from Janua ...

(D) - former Lt. Governor of Maryland, former President of the

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First ladies

* Katie O'Malley - Former First Lady of Maryland, wife of

Martin O'Malley Martin Joseph O'Malley (born January 18, 1963) is an American lawyer and former politician who served as the 61st Governor of Maryland from 2007 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he was Mayor of Baltimore from 1999 to 2007. O'Malley ...

, and Judge of the District Court of Maryland for Baltimore City * Kendel Sibiski Ehrlich - Former First Lady of Maryland, wife of former Governor Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr.

U.S. congressmen

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Dutch Ruppersberger Charles Albert "Dutch" Ruppersberger III ( ; born January 31, 1946) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2003. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as an assistant state attorney of ...

(D) - U.S. Congressman,

* Frank Kratovil (D) - former U.S. Congressman,

State delegates and senators

Curt Anderson Curtis Stovall Anderson (born October 12, 1949) is an American politician, lawyer and former broadcast journalist. He was first elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1983, is the chairman of the Baltimore City Delegation, and past chai ...

(D) - Maryland State Delegate, District 43 * Ben Barnes (D) - Maryland State Delegate, District 21 *

Jill P. Carter Jill Priscilla Carter (born June 18, 1964) is an American attorney and politician who represents Maryland's 41st legislative district of Baltimore City in the Maryland State Senate. She previously represented the same district in the Maryland H ...

(D) - Maryland State Delegate, District 41 * Charles Boutin

- former member of

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* Michael G. Comeau (D) - former member of

* George W. Della Jr. (D) -

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, District 46 * Keith E. Haynes, (D) - Maryland State Delegate, District 44,

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* Donald C. Fry (D) - former Maryland State

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and Delegate * Joseph F. Vallario Jr. (D) - Maryland State Delegate District 27A,

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* Allen C. K. Clark

- former member of

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State's attorneys

* Davis R. Ruark - former State's Attorney for Wicomico County, Maryland.

Other alumni

- Majority owner of the

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* John Angelos - Executive Vice President of the

* Pat Moriarty - Senior Vice President of Football Administration for the

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- Sports agent, named the most powerful agent in football by

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, represents over 120 players. *

Jeffrey Kluger Jeffrey Kluger (born 1954) is a senior writer at ''Time'' magazine and author of nine books on various topics, such as ''The Narcissist Next Door'' (2014); ''Splendid Solution: Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio'' (2005); ''The Sibling Effect' ...

- Author, Journalist *

John Clark Mayden John Clark Mayden (born May 16, 1951) is an American photographer, author, and attorney. In 2019, he authored ''Baltimore Lives: The Portraits of John Clark Mayden'', his collected photographic works of African-Americans in Baltimore street sce ...

- photographer * Steven Milloy - Author, Commentator * Philip H. Goodman - former

* Bishop Robinson - former Police Commissioner of

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* Kevin B. Kamenetz - County Executive of

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, Maryland.

References in media and culture

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- Former Police Commissioner of the Baltimore Police on the fictional television series

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References

External links

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