Duke University School of Law
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The School of Law is one of 10 schools and colleges at Duke University. Established in 1930, the School features programs in Business, Comparative and International Law, Environmental Law, and Intellectual Property.
The School has approximately 640 J.D. students and 75 students in the LL.M. and S.J.D. programs. Admissions at Duke Law is highly selective, with fewer than 21% of applicants accepted. In 2006, the incoming class posted a median LSAT score of 168 and a median GPA of 3.78. On average, 95% of students are employed at graduation, with a median salary of $125,000. Over 400 law firms annually offer positions to Duke Law students.
The School offers joint-degree programs with the Graduate School, the Duke Divinity School, Fuqua School of Business, the Medical School, the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, and the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy. Approximately 25% of students are enrolled in joint-degree programs.
Currently, U.S. News & World Report ranks Duke Law as the eleventh most reputable law school in the United States, and the School is widely regarded as one of the strongest law programs in country.
History
After intermittent periods of law instruction at Trinity College in Durham, the School of Law was established in 1904. When Trinity College became part of the newly-created Duke University with the establishment of the Duke Endowment in 1924, the School of Law became an integral component.
Facilities
The Law School is located at the corner of Science Drive and Towerview Road and was constructed in the mid-1960's.
The first addition to the Law School was completed in 1994, and a polished granite facade was added to the rear exterior of the building.
In 2004, Duke Law School broke ground on a building construction project that, once complete, will offer larger and more technologically advanced classrooms, expanded community areas and eating facilities, and more study options.
Law journals at Duke
Duke Law School is the home of eight academic journals. They include the Duke Law Journal, Law & Contemporary Problems, the Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum, the Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law, the Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy, the Duke Law & Technology Review, the Alaska Law Review, and the Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy. Law & Contemporary Problems is the oldest and most widely circulated of Duke's law journals. The Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy is the newest law journal at the School, and was founded by members of the Class of 2006. Professors Erwin Chemerinsky and Christopher H. Schroeder serve as the "ConLaw" journal's faculty advisors, positioning it as one of the most preeminent journals at the school and in the field of constitutional law.
The School provides free online access to all of its academic journals, including the complete text of each journal issue dating back to January 1996 in a fully searchable HTML format and in Adobe Acrobat format (PDF). New issues are posted on the web simultaneously with print publication.
In 2005, Duke Law was featured in the June 6th unveiling of the Open Access Law Program, an initiative of Creative Commons, for its work in pioneering open access to legal scholarship.
For more information on journals, visit the Duke Law Journals Website.
Notable faculty
- Katharine T. Bartlett, Dean and A. Kenneth Pye Professor of Law
- James Boyle, William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law (Intellectual Property)
- Paul D. Carrington, Chadwick Professor of Law
- Erwin Chemerinsky, Alston & Bird Professor of Law (Constitutional Law)
- James D. Cox, Brainerd Currie Professor of Law (Corporate Law)
- Walter E. Dellinger III, Douglas Blount Maggs Professor of Law and Former Solicitor General
- Robinson O. Everett, Professor of Criminal Law and Former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Military Appeals
- H. Jefferson Powell, Professor of Constitutional Law and Contracts
- Jerome H. Reichman, Bunyan S. Womble Professor of Law
- Thomas D. Rowe, Jr., Elvin R. Latty Professor of Law
- Christopher H. Schroeder, Charles S. Murphy Professor of Law
Notable alumni
- Richard Nixon, '37
- Charlie Rose, '68
- Kenneth Starr, '73
- Allyson Kay Duncan, '75
- Rodney A. Smolla, '78
- David S. Addington, '81
- Jeffrey Lichtman, '90
- Drew Rosenhaus, '90
- Jay Bilas, '92
- Don R. Willett, '92
External links
Official Website
Centers
- AIDS Legal Project
- The Center for Environmental Solutions
- The Center for Genome Ethics, Law, and Policy
- Center for International and Comparative Law
- Center for the Study of the Public Domain
- The Center on Law, Ethics, and National Security
- Children's Education Law Clinic
- Community Enterprise Clinic
- Global Capital Markets Center
Programs
Publications
- Duke Law Magazine
- Duke Law Journal
- Duke Law & Technology Review
- Alaska Law Review
- Duke Environmental Law Newsletter
- The Herald (Official Newspaper)
- The Devil's Advocate (Independent Student Newspaper)
