Law School News

• Citation: Vol. 38 No. 4 Pg. 62
• Publication year: 2015
• Pages: 62
• Year: 2015

Law School News Vol. 38 No. 4 Pg. 62 Wyoming Bar Journal August, 2015

Klint W. Alexander, Ph.D., J.D., M. Phil. Dean, University of Wyoming College of Law

UW College of Law: Ranking Highest in What Matters Most

It is an honor and a pleasure to contribute this first column for the Wyoming Lawyer as the new Dean of the University of Wyoming College of Law and to share some good news about the UW College of Law and public higher education in general in Wyoming.

The University of Wyoming ranks among the nation’s best in terms of location, affordability, quality of life, clinical and experiential education, and service to the community and the state. Nestled in the beautiful Mountain West, the city of Lara-mie this year was ranked sixth in the nation in overall quality of life for college towns by Forbes Magazine. According to the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, Wyoming once again leads the nation in tax effort to support public higher education and has resisted the movement in other states...