Fast Facts

City Center

• Located in downtown Baltimore near the Inner Harbor and Camden Yards
• Walking distance from the U.S. Immigration Court, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, U.S. District Courthouse, Maryland Attorney General’s Office, and the Circuit Court of Baltimore City
• Among seven professional schools on the University of Maryland, Baltimore campus

Region

• The Baltimore-Washington corridor is the country’s second largest legal market
• Easy access to externships in state and federal government agencies and offices, nonprofits, NGOs, and trade associations 
• Numerous transit options available: Amtrak & MARC trains, UMB Shuttles, CityBus, Baltimore Link, and other MTA buses
• 15 minute drive to Baltimore/Washington Thurgood Marshall International (BWI) Airport

Degrees

• JD (Juris Doctor)
• LLM (Master of Laws)
• MSL (Master of Science in Law)
• JD/MBA (Business Administration)
• JD/MCP (Community Planning)
• JD/MPH (Public Health)
• JD/MSW (Social Work)
• JD/PharmD (Doctor of Pharmacy)
• JD/MPP (Public Policy)
• JD/Ph.D (Public Policy)
• JD/MA (Criminal Justice)
• JD/MALA (Liberal Arts) 

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International Programs

Maryland Carey Law offers study abroad opportunities in eight different countries and through the Law Reform Commission Program, which allows students to study abroad in several other countries.

• Aberdeen, Scotland
• Beijing, China
• Hamburg, Germany
• Santiago, Chile
• Cape Town, South Africa
• San José, Costa Rica
• Taipei, Taiwan
• Madrid, Spain

Programs

• Business Law
• Clinical Law
• Cybersecurity and Crisis Management Law
• Dispute Resolution
• Environmental Law
• Health Care Law
• Intellectual Property Law
• International and Comparative Law
• Public Health Law
• Women, Leadership & Equality

Clinics

• Civil Rights of Persons with Disabilities Clinic
• Consumer Bankruptcy Legal Theory & Practice
• Consumer Protection Clinic
• Criminal Appellate Clinic
• Criminal Defense Clinic
• Environmental Law Clinic
• Fair Housing Clinic
• Federal Appellate Immigration Clinic
• Gender Violence Clinic
• Immigration Clinic
• Intellectual Property & Entrepreneurship Clinic
• Justice for Victims of Crime Clinic
• Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic
• Mediation Theory and Practice
• Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic
• Postconviction & Sentencing LTP
• Public Health Law Clinic
• Youth, Education, & Justice Clinic

Employment Data for the 2021 Graduating Class

• 5^th among 196 ABA-accredited law schools for the percentage of 2021 graduates obtaining judicial clerkships
• 95% of 2021 graduates were employed or pursuing another graduate degree within 10 months of graduation
• 97% of those 2021 graduates obtained employment in Bar Required and JD Advantage Jobs
• 33% of those graduates were employed in judicial clerkships
  • Of those clerkships, 27% were employed in appellate clerkships and 16% were employed in federal clerkships
• 40% of those graduates were employed in the private sector, including law firms, corporations, and businesses.
• 27% of those graduates were employed in the public sector, including federal, state, and local government, the courts, non-profits, and academia.

2021 Bar Passage Rate

• 85% MD bar passage rate for first time takers (81% all-takers) compared to 79% statewide first-time takers (68% all-takers).

ABA Disclosures

For a comprehensive list of where our graduates obtain employment and our latest ABA Employment Report, please view our ABA Required Disclosures.