{"id":26978,"date":"2014-08-22T16:46:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-23T02:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=26978"},"modified":"2021-10-27T15:47:58","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T01:47:58","slug":"law-school-welcomes-its-largest-incoming-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2014\/08\/22\/law-school-welcomes-its-largest-incoming-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Law school welcomes its largest incoming class"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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The incoming 2014 law school students taking the William S. Richardson School of Law student pledge in the Supreme Court building.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While law schools across the country continue to face declining enrollments, the William S. Richardson School of Law<\/a> at the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Mānoa<\/a> has welcomed the largest incoming class in its 41 year history.<\/p>\n

The class size for the full-time program this fall has almost doubled in size from a year ago, with 99 incoming JD candidates<\/a> this year compared to 53 last year. The law school also enrolled 24 students in its evening part-time program<\/a>; another 7 candidates in the LLM (masters of law) program<\/a>, 7 students in its new advanced JD program, 6 transfer students and 2 visiting students. With all categories included, the fall 2014 entering class stands at a total of 145 students.<\/p>\n