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In 2004, Duke Law School broke ground on a building construction project officially completed in fall 2008. The renovation and addition offers larger and more technologically advanced classrooms, expanded community areas and eating facilities, known as the Star Commons, improved library facilities,
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in the 2024 U.S. News' Best Law Schools ranking. It is currently ranked number one in the Above the Law Rankings. The Law School is consistently ranked within the top 14 law schools in the country, and is a member of the "T-14" law schools; it has never been ranked lower than 12th by U.S. News, or
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According to Duke's 2017 ABA-required disclosures, 93.8 percent of the class of 2017 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation and not funded by the school – the highest number for any law school in the country. According to the NLJ, Duke ranks third
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The law 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.
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provided the endowment to reopen the school, with Samuel Fox Mordecai as its senior professor (by this time, Trinity College had relocated to Durham, North Carolina). When Trinity College became part of the newly created Duke University upon the establishment of the Duke Endowment in 1924, the
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of West Campus. During the three years preceding this move, the size of the law library tripled. Among other well-known alumni, President Richard Nixon graduated from the school in 1937. In 1963, the school moved to its present location on Science Drive in West Campus.
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The Trinity College School of Law was located in the Carr Building prior to the renaming of Trinity to Duke University in 1924. The Duke University Law School was originally housed in what is now the Languages Building, built in 1929 on Duke's West Campus quad.
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among all law schools in the percentage of 2017 graduates working in federal clerkships or jobs at firms of 100 or more lawyers, a category NLJ terms "elite jobs". Duke also ranks fourth in federal clerkships.
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Notable faculty include a sitting Supreme Court Justice, a former United States Senator, 14 former Supreme Court clerks, a former federal judge and a former Judge Advocate General.
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hosts an annual conference at the law school featuring the authors of one of the year’s four symposia. Established in 1933, it is the oldest journal published at the law school.
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percentiles for the 2023 entering class were 168 and 172, respectively, with a median of 170 (top three percent of test takers worldwide). The 25th and 75th undergraduate
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School of Law continued as the Duke University School of Law. In 1930, the law school moved from the Carr Building on Duke's East Campus to a new location on the main
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lower than 7th by Above the Law. Duke Law is one of three T14 law schools to have graduated a President of the United States (Richard Nixon). Duke Law was ranked by
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In 1865, Trinity's Law Department was officially founded, while 1868 marked the official chartering of the School of Law. After a ten-year hiatus from 1894 to 1904,
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Law School Transparency gave Duke Law the highest "Employment Score" in the country at 93.8 percent and lowest "Under-Employment Score" of 0.4 percent in 2017.
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was the first student-edited publication at Duke Law and publishes articles from leading scholars on topics of general legal interest.
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The law school is presently located at the corner of Science Drive and Towerview Road and was constructed in the mid-1960s.
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is a quarterly, interdisciplinary, faculty-edited publication of the law school. Unlike traditional law reviews,
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In 2005, the law school was featured in the June 6 unveiling of the Open Access Law Program, an initiative of
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Best Law School (overall) according to the Best Law Schools ranking published by the National Jurist in 2013.
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Best Classroom Experience according to Princeton Review (2015, 2017, 2023; 3rd in 2018 and 2019; 4th in 2020)
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For the class entering in the fall of 2023, 244 students enrolled out of 6,205 applicants. The 25th and 75th
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has been published since 2001 and is devoted to examining the evolving intersection of law and technology.
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uses a symposium format, generally publishing one symposium per issue on a topic of contemporary concern.
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Built in 1929, the Languages Building (as it is currently known) was the home of Duke Law from 1930 to 1962
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The Trinity College School of Law was located in the Carr Building prior to the renaming of Trinity to
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Best in the world in the subject of law according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities in 2022
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percentiles were 3.78 and 3.96, respectively, with a median of 3.87. The school has approximately 750
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in a special agreement with the Alaska Bar Association, as the state of Alaska has no law school.
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Best Quality of Life according to the Princeton Review (2014, 2nd in 2015 and 2017, 7th in 2023)
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as having graduated lawyers with the 2nd highest median mid-career salary amount. In 2017, The
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façade was added to the rear exterior of the building, enclosing the interior courtyard.
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Best Professors according to the Princeton Review (2015 and 2016; 2nd in 2018-2020, 2023)
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served as the ConLaw journal's inaugural faculty advisors. Mikkelsen was the first
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Admission is selective, with only about 10 percent of applicants being admitted.
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The first addition to the law school was completed in 1994, and a dark polished
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Best Law School according to Above the Law (2023, 2022, and 2020; 3rd in 2021)
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Law students at Duke University established the first U.S. Chapter of the
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to Duke University, the school was renamed Duke University School of Law.
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Durham, Duke Law 210 Science Drive Box 90362; Office613-7006, NC 27708.
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The rear entrance to the Law School's present location, on Science Drive
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United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
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Best Career Prospects according to Princeton Review (2020; 5th in 2023)
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United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
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listed Duke Law as the number one ranked law school in the world.
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The School offers joint-degree programs with the Duke University
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The date of founding is generally considered to be 1868 or 1924.
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Duke Law School is currently ranked number four, along with
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Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law
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Professor of Law (Constitutional Law), current Dean of the
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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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was founded by members of the Class of 2006. Professors
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Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy
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Interamerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law
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Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences
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Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law (Campbell Univ.)
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Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law
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