Dear Friends,
On August 13, I had the pleasure of welcoming our first year students to Lewis & Clark. They are already proving to be an outstanding class. Although numbers only tell part of the story, their 161 LSAT and GPA medians continue the success from last year. Over a quarter of the 1L’s are first generation college graduates and close to 30 percent self-identify as students of color – the highest percentage in the past seven years. Over 60 percent of our new students self-identify as female.
Our 1L class holds degrees in more than 53 unique majors, including Computer Science, Aerospace and Aeronautical Engineering, International Business, Hotel/Restaurant Management, Physics, and Performing Arts. Twenty-seven of them hold advanced degrees including PhDs, MFAs, and MBAs among others.
Our career services team is already hard at work with the incoming class as part of a yearlong Foundations program that prepares them to be practice-ready when they graduate.
We are also excited to welcome three impressive new professors to our school: Michele Okoh who will teach criminal law and public health law; Tabrez Ebrahim who will teach Patents, Property and Wills and Trusts; and Charlie Martel who will teach in our Lawyering Program.
This will be a busy fall, filled with alumni events, symposia, lectures and more. There is something for everyone! I look forward to connecting with you on campus or in your home towns!
Look for some exciting announcements coming to your inbox soon.
Very best wishes,
