Consumer Information (ABA Required Disclosures)

For general student consumer information applicable to all University students, please see the St. John’s University Student Consumer Information page. This page contains consumer disclosures on such topics as FERPA, financial aid, accreditation, disability services, drug and alcohol policy, vaccinations policies, Clery Act (campus crime), and more.

In addition, the American Bar Association—the accrediting agency for law schools in the United States—requires publication, on a law school’s website, of various consumer information pursuant to Standard 509.

ABA Standard 509 Section	Description	Disclosure Location
(b)(1)	Admissions Data	ABA Standard 509 Report
(b)(2)	Tuition	Tuition and ABA Standard 509 Report
(b)(2)	Fees	Tuition and ABA Standard 509 Report
(b)(2)	Living Costs	ABA Standard 509 Report and Cost of Attendance
(b)(2)	Financial Aid	ABA Standard 509 Report and Financial Aid
(b)(3)	*Conditional Scholarship Retention Data (Please see new retention policy below!)	ABA Standard 509 Report
(b)(4)	Enrollment Data	ABA Standard 509 Report
(b)(4)	Attrition Rates	ABA Standard 509 Report
(b)(5)	Number of Full-Time Faculty	ABA Standard 509 Report
(b)(5)	Number of Part-Time Faculty	ABA Standard 509 Report
(b)(5)	Number of Professional Librarians	ABA Standard 509 Report
(b)(5)	Number of Administrators	ABA Standard 509 Report
(b)(6)	Class Size: 1L	ABA Standard 509 Report
(b)(6)	Class Size: Upper Level	ABA Standard 509 Report
(b)(6)	Number of Seminars	ABA Standard 509 Report
(b)(6)	Number of Clinics	ABA Standard 509 Report
(b)(6)	Number of Co-Curricular Offerings	ABA Standard 509 Report
(b)(7)	Employment Outcomes	Placement Data
(b)(8)	Bar Passage Data	Bar Passage Data
(c)(1)	Refund Policies	Bursar's Withdrawal and Refunds Policy
(c)(2)	Curricular Offerings	Student Handbook and Course Offerings
(c)(2)	Academic Calendar	Academic Calendar
(c)(2)	Academic Requirements	Student Handbook
(c)(3)	Transfer of Credit Policy	Law School Transfer Admissions
(c)(3)(i)	Criteria Used for Transfer Credit	Law School Transfer Admissions
(c)(3)(ii)	List of Articulation Agreements	St. John’s does not have any articulation agreements currently in effect with other schools.
(e)	ABA Approval and Contact Information	J.D. Program Information

*Please note that the retention statistics in the 2020 ABA Required Disclosures reflect a change in our retention policy.

Scholarship Retention For The Academic Year 2019-2020

The scholarship retention policy was changed beginning with students entering Fall 2019. Students awarded a scholarship need only stay in the top 80% of the class to retain their entire award for the following year–in other words, a scholarship is only at risk if a student falls into the bottom 20% of the class. (In previous years, under the old policy, students had to remain in the top 60% of the class) in order to retain their entire scholarship.

Students awarded the St. Thomas More Scholarship, Ron Brown Scholarship or Aequitas Scholarship retain the scholarship each academic year provided their cumulative grade point average remains above a 2.15.

All students awarded scholarships have the opportunity to regain all or part of their scholarship at the completion of their second year of law school should they lose all or part of their merit scholarship after their first year.

Scholarship Retention For The Entering Class of 2020

Students awarded a scholarship need only stay in the top 80% of the class to retain their entire award for the following year–in other words, a scholarship is only at risk if a student falls into the bottom 20% of the class. Students awarded the St. Thomas More Scholarship or a Ron Brown Scholarship retain the scholarship each academic year provided their cumulative grade point average remains above a 2.15. (For the entering classes of Fall 2019 and 2020.)

Regardless of the retention policy under which a student enters, all students awarded scholarships have the opportunity to regain all or part of their scholarship at the completion of their second year of law school should they lose all or part of their merit scholarship after their first year.

Credit Hours Policy

Credit Hours Policy (PDF)

The American Bar Association and Department of Education require that schools adopt, publish, and enforce written policies on the determination of credit hours.