Lansing, MI, and Riverview, FL. – In honor of Women’s History Month, Enjuris.com has ranked WMU-Cooley Law School as a top 20 school for female enrollment in 2020. Enjuris.com has published its annual report, “Law School Rankings by Female Enrollment (2020),” which ranks WMU-Cooley 20th, with a female enrollment of 61.02 percent.
According to the Enjuris report, women outnumbered men in law school classrooms across the United States in 2020 for the fifth consecutive year. In 2016, women enrolling in JD programs was over 50 percent for the first time, and in 2020, made up 54.09 percent of all students.
In 1960, women comprised only 3.5 percent of enrollees in ABA-approved law schools. In 1970, women comprised just 8.5 percent. That's changed greatly over the past 50 years.
- Posted March 18, 2021
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Report: WMU-Cooley Law School ranks among top 20 for female enrollment
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