central Texans have been served by Baylor Law students, faculty, and volunteer attorneys. Baylor Law's Director of Clinical Programs, Josh Borderud, was selected in early 2020 to receive the prestigious Sandra Day O’Connor Award for Professional Service from the American Inns of Court. The Sandra Day O’Connor Award for Professional Service is awarded each year to honor an American Inn of Court member in practice for ten or fewer years for excellence in public interest or pro bono activities. Employment According to Baylor's official 2019 ABA-required disclosures, 93.7% of the Class of 2019 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation. Baylor's Law School Transparency under-employment score is 3.9%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2019 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation. Costs The total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) at Baylor for the 2022-23 academic year is $87,284. The Law School Transparency estimated debt-financed cost of attendance for three years is $310,638. Rankings In its 2021 law specialties rankings, U.S. News & World Report ranked Baylor Law's Trial Advocacy program as the second best in the nation. Baylor Law School ranked No. 58 in U.S. News & World Reports 2023 edition of "America's Best Graduate Schools." Above the Law ranked Baylor Law School at No. 33 in 2016. The school has been listed as having the most competitive student body of every law school in the nation for several years by the Princeton Review. Baylor Law is ranked #29 nationally in terms of bar passage rate among first-time test takers (92.1%), and it outperforms by +17.6% the state of Texas’s overall bar passage rate of 74.5%. Baylor Law ranks #34 in terms of graduates employed ten months after graduation (85.4%) and #77 in terms of graduates employed at the time of graduation (51.5%). Baylor Law is tied for #53 in terms of the median starting salary among graduates working in private practice as law firm associates ($85,000). Baylor Law is tied for #24 in terms of median starting salary among graduates working in government jobs or judicial clerkships at the federal or state level ($61,105). Notable alumni James B. Adams – Texas legislator, and former acting director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (15 to 23 February 1978) John L Grayson – Texas Litigator and Construction lawyer (JD