Duke University School of Law

The School of Law is one of 10 schools and colleges at Duke University. Established in 1930, the School features programs in Business, 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 2005, the incoming class posted a median LSAT score of 168 and a median GPA of 3.72. 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 the School as the eleventh most reputable law school in the United States.

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.

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)
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
Jedediah Purdy, Assistant Professor of Law (Property)
Thomas D. Rowe, Jr., Elvin R. Latty Professor of Law
Christopher H. Schroeder, Charles S. Murphy Professor of Law

Notable alumni

Of the approximately 8213 living alumni of Duke Law (through graduation 2004), the following are some of the most famous (or infamous).

External links

Official Website

Centers

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)