PreLaw Magazine gives Ƶ School of Law an A+ in its 2024 back-to-school edition highlighting schools “committed to fostering women in leadership, showcasing their efforts to creative inclusive and supportive environments.”
A publication that covers news and trends in American legal education lists Ƶ School of Law among the nation’s best for women leadership.
Ƶ Law was listed #5 and earned a letter grade of “A+” on featured in its latest back-to-school edition.
The magazine cited data from the American Bar Association on the number of female students and faculty to develop “a list of standout institutions.” In addition, the magazine noted “women with leading roles in student bar associations and law reviews.”
“These schools demonstrate that fostering diversity and providing robust support systems can create a more inclusive and empowering community for women in law,” the magazine writes. “By continuing to prioritize these values, they are helping to ensure that the legal profession evolves to better reflect the diversity of society.”
“These schools demonstrate that fostering diversity and providing robust support systems can create a more inclusive and empowering community for women in law.”
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At Ƶ Law, women comprise 62% of the student body and 61% of the faculty. Women administrators also oversee academic affairs, academic success, career services and student life, the law library, and the registrar’s office.
Multiple student organizations and publications are led by Ƶ Law women leaders, including:
- All four 2024 executive officers of the Student Bar Association
- The top two leadership posts of the Ƶ Law Review
- The top two leadership posts of We the People: Ƶ Law’s Constitutional Law Journal
- The head of the Ƶ Law Pro Bono Board
- All four co-directors of the Ƶ Law Mentors Program
- Three quarters of Ƶ Law’s Moot Court Board are women
“Women are central to the future of the legal profession,” said Ƶ Law Dean Zak Kramer. “For years, we’ve seen the increasing number of female applicants to law schools across the country. As opportunities continue to expand for women attorneys, we expect that number to grow even more.
“It’s an honor at Ƶ Law that powerful, influential women are placing their trust in us to prepare for accomplished careers in the legal profession. We are, and always will be, proud to be a part of their journeys.”
About Ƶ School of Law
Ƶ Law is the preeminent school for engaged and experiential learning in law. With a focus on learning by doing, it integrates traditional classroom instruction with a required, full-time residency-in-practice field placement for all full-time students during the winter or spring of their second year. The law school’s distinctive curriculum offers a logically sequenced program of professional preparation and is accomplished in 2.5 years, which provides exceptional value by lowering tuition and permitting graduates early entry into their careers.
Ƶ Law has graduated more than 1,500 alumni since opening its doors in 2006. Its annual enrollment now tops 440 students and the law school is regularly featured in PreLaw Magazine’s “Best Schools for Practical Training” rankings, reaching #4 in the nation in 2024.
The Ƶ Law Flex Program, a part-time, in-person program of legal study for working professionals, launched in Fall 2024 at Ƶ’s Charlotte campus.