Florida Coastal School Of Law

Location and Contact Information

8787 Baypine Road
Jacksonville, FL 32256
USA
Main Tel: (904) 680-7700
Web Site

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

Florida Coastal School of Law was founded in 1996. It is situated in Jacksonville, Florida. Coastal Law offers its students several certification programs in specific areas of law, including international, comparative, environmental, sports and family law. Clinical programs are also offered to the students.

The Women Law Students’ Association, the Law Students Against Violence, the Lambda Legal Society, the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, the Christian Legal Society, the International Law Society and the Animal Law Society are some of the organizations available to students at Coastal Law.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

  • Many students concentrating in law.
  • High faculty salary.
  • Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
  • High male/female ratio.

School characteristics:

  • The school is private, for-profit.
  • Academic calender: Semester.
  • Carnegie classification: Schools of law.

Features of note:

  • The school offers a faculty tenure system.
  • There are one or more libraries on-campus.
  • Students may study abroad.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

Florida Coastal School Of Law participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

(Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.)

Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

DegreeTotal
Earned		Different
Programs
First-professional degree4101

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Full-Time Faculty  Total
With tenure  9
Without tenure; working toward tenure  33
Without tenure; tenure not available  23

Students

those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 100%.

Students under 25 years old represent 44% of the student body. About 2% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Room and Board

On-campus housing is not available.

Graduate School Focus

Florida Coastal School Of Law offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Other Than Research or Professional Practice).

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

LAW (410 awarded)

  • Law (LLB, JD)