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Interim Dean LeRoy Pernell credited recent national
recognition for diversity and academic performance as well as an enhanced
recruiting initiative for the enrollment increase.
“Alumni and friends of the FAMU College of Law have long
known that we provide a quality legal education program,” Pernell said. “Now,
with mainstream publications listing us in top-level rankings, and our
recruiters spreading the word nationwide, more and more students are learning
about our value and enrolling at FAMU Law.”
The 2017 entering class includes represents a wide range of
diversity with a make-up of 45 percent Black/African American, 29 percent
Caucasian/White, 19 percent Hispanic/Latino and 8 percent Asian. Students in
the first-year class range in age from 20 to 67 and the gender breakdown is 63
percent female and 37 percent male.
While some students have come to FAMU Law immediately after
acquiring an undergraduate degree, many students are pursuing law as a second
career. The class features a human resources consultant in international
business and a father and daughter in the full-time day program, along with a
Florida Highway Patrol Trooper in the part-time evening program.
A total of 18 states and 76 colleges are represented in the
2017 entering class, including 13 historically Black colleges and universities
(HBCUs).
Expanded recruiting efforts on FAMU’s main campus, at other
Florida schools, and across the nation led to more prospective students
learning about FAMU College of Law’s unique offerings. FAMU Law added two
full-time recruiters during the 2016-2017 academic year. Both FAMU Law grads,
the recruiters targeted students in pre-law programs as well as unconventional
prospective students, visiting individual classes in political science,
engineering and business schools.
“This is one of our largest classes in several years,”
Pernell said. “I’m confident that the students in the 2017 entering class are
bringing a unique set of skills and experiences to the law school that will
blend well with the exceptional talents of our returning students and our
faculty and staff.”
FAMU College of Law has a total enrollment of 524 students.
Classes for the fall 2017 semester began August 14, 2017.