Florida State University College of Law
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| Established: | 1966 |
| Type: | Public |
| Dean: | Donald J. Weidner |
| Location: | Tallahassee, Florida, USA |
| Website: | Official website |
Florida State University College of Law is the law school of Florida State University in Tallahassee.
The law school borders the southeast quadrant of the University's campus, near the Donald L. Tucker Center, an arena and part of the Tallahassee civic center area and is immediately across the street from the Florida First District Court of Appeal courthouse) (as of Spring 2007, the Florida Legislature has given the court building to the law school for renovation for school use). It is recognizable by the distinctive and historic white wood trellis structures outside the law school's eastern buildings.
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[edit] Programs
The College of Law offers the Juris Doctor (J.D.), which is the first professional law degree. The three-year program provides students a foundational first-year program, a legal writing program, and a varied offering of upper-level courses, seminars, clinics, and co-curricular activities.
Externship programs exist in the United States and abroad — including at the International Bar Association in London, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Hague, the Special Court of Sierra Leone, in Washington, D.C., and in every major city in Florida, allowing students to spend a semester outside of Tallahassee.
The College of Law offers an Master of Laws (LL.M.) program for foreign lawyers, and certificate programs, in Environmental and Land Use Law and International Law. Its faculty also offers a significant range of courses in Law, Business and Economics.
The College of Law offers joint degree programs allowing students to earn other degrees in conjunction with the J.D., including Master of Arts, Master of Science, Master of Business Administration, and Ph.D. degrees.
[edit] Rankings
The College of Law is a "Tier 1" school, ranking 52nd among law schools in the 2010 U.S. News & World Report law school ranking.
U.S. News ranked the environmental law program as the tenth best (fourth among public university law schools and the highest-ranked in the Southeast).[1]
Leiter law school rankings listed administrative and environmental law at FSU in the "Also Strong" category in 2002.[2]
[edit] Faculty
In a recent study of faculty productivity of law schools Florida State Law ranked third and was the top law school in Florida and the most productive in the Southeastern U.S.[3]
The faculty scholarship of Florida State Law regularly ranks among the top 30 law schools based on downloads, according to the Social Science Research Network, which hosts working papers by Florida State Law Faculty in both Public Law and Legal Theory and Law, Business & Economics.
Nationally prominent law professors at FSU include faculty in: Administrative and Regulatory Law (Jim Rossi, Mark Seidenfeld); Constitutional Law (Steven Gey, Tara Grove); Criminal Law (Wayne Logan, Dan Markel, Gary Kleck); Environmental and Land Use Law (Robin Kundis Craig, David L. Markell, J. B. Ruhl, John Scholz); International Law (Frederick M. Abbott, Fernando Tesón, Lesley Wexler); Law & Humanities, including Legal Philosophy (Rob Atkinson, Curtis Bridgeman, Fernando Tesón); Law, Economics & Business (Bruce L. Benson, Dino Falaschetti, Manuel Utset, Shawn Bayern); and Tax Law (Joseph M. Dodge, Brian Galle, Gregg D. Polsky).
Three Florida State Law faculty members have published their own separate casebooks in environmental law -- David Markell, Robin Kundis Craig and J.B. Ruhl -- representing the one of the most significant impacts on the teaching of Environmental Law of any law school in the U.S. Other faculty authored books are widely used in law schools across the country for courses in Tax Law (Joseph M. Dodge, Gregg D. Polsky), International Intellectual Property Law (Frederick M. Abbott), Law and Economics (Mark Seidenfeld), Ocean and Coastal Law (Donna Christie), Energy Law (Jim Rossi) and Endangered Species Law (J.B. Ruhl). Beyond the classroom, Florida State Law faculty members are regularly cited as authorities by courts, law reform bodies and other scholars. One faculty member, Sandy D'Alemberte, is a former president of both the American Bar Association and the National Judicature Society.
Affiliated faculty from other university departments holding courtesy appointments at the law school include John Scholz, a leading political scientist addressing regulatory enforcement, Bruce L. Benson, an economist focused and law and economics, R. Mark Isaac, a leading experimental economist, and Gary Kleck, a criminologist known for his work on guns and deterrence.
[edit] Journals
The Florida State University Law Review is the flagship law review of Florida State Law. It publishes four issues a year.
The Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law is the state's first and remains its only student publication in the field. It is ranks among the top environmental and land use law journals based on citations.
The Journal of Transnational Law and Policy publishes articles in the field of international law, including human rights, comparative law and U.S. foreign policy.
Law students also publish the Florida State University Business Review, a biannual publication which examines the interrelated disciplines of business and law but is not an official cocurricular journal.
[edit] Job placement and alumni
With more than 99% of its graduates finding legal employment within 9 months of gradutation, Florida State Law consistently ranks among the top law schools in the state of Florida for student job placement. It also consistently ranks as one of the top law schools in the state in bar passage. While 30-40% of its graduates serve in state and federal government, including in the judiciary, the bulk of its graduates enter private practice.
Some of its distinguished graduates include:
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[edit] External links
- FSU College of Law website
- FSU College of Law Environmental, Natural Resources and Land Use Law Program
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