Emory University School of Law
Private law school in Atlanta, Georgia, US From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Private law school in Atlanta, Georgia, US From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Emory University School of Law is the law school of Emory University, a private research university in Atlanta, Georgia. It was founded in 1916 and was the first law school in Georgia to be granted membership in the American Association of Law Schools.[6]
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| Motto | Cor prudentis possidebit scientiam (Latin) The wise heart seeks knowledge (Proverbs 18:15) |
| Parent school | Emory University |
| Established | 1916[1] |
| School type | Private |
| Endowment | US $43 million[2] |
| Parent endowment | $11 billion (2021) |
| Dean | Richard D. Freer |
| Location | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Enrollment | 815[3] |
| Faculty | 56 (full-time) 142 (part-time)[4] |
| USNWR ranking | 42nd (tied) (2024)[5] |
| Bar pass rate | 86.22% (2023 first-time takers)[4] |
| Website | www |
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Emory Law is located in Gambrell Hall, part of Emory’s 630-acre (2.5 km2) campus in the Druid Hills neighborhood, six miles (10 km) northeast of downtown Atlanta.
Gambrell Hall contains classrooms, faculty offices, administrative offices, student-organization offices, and a 325-seat auditorium. The school provides wireless Internet access throughout its facilities. Gambrell Hall also houses a courtroom.[7]
Emory's five-story Hugh F. MacMillan Law Library opened in August 1995. The library is situated adjacent to Gambrell Hall and includes access to over 400,000 volumes and more than 4,000 serials subscriptions.[8]
Admissions for Emory Law is somewhat selective. For the JD class entering in the fall of 2023, 40.87% of applicants were accepted with only 19.53% of those accepted enrolling. The 25th and 75th LSAT percentiles for the Class of 2026 were 161 and 168, respectively, with a median of 166. The 25th and 75th undergraduate GPA percentiles were 3.62 and 3.93, respectively, with a median of 3.82.[9]
Nearly half of Emory Law students are women, and about 32% are from underrepresented ethnic groups. Approximately 60% of students come from outside the Southeastern U.S.[10]
Emory Law is ranked tied for #42 among ABA-approved law schools in the 2024 rankings by U.S. News & World Report.[5]
The School of Law offers a three-year, full-time program leading to a Juris Doctor degree. Emory Law is particularly known for its expertise in Bankruptcy Law, Environmental Law, Feminist Legal Theory, Intellectual Property Law, International law, Law and Religion, and Transactional Law.
Emory Law also offers joint-degree programs through cooperation with the Goizueta Business School (JD/MBA and JM/MBA), the Candler School of Theology (JD/MTS and JD/M.Div.), the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (JD/Ph.D.), the Rollins School of Public Health (JD/MPH), the Emory Center for Ethics (JD/MA in bioethics), and joint JD and Master of Laws degree (JD/LLM) through Emory University School of Law.
In partnership with Central European University, Emory also provides an LLM program for students with a U.S. law degree seeking advanced training in international commercial law and international politics. Emory also has a separate LLM program for qualified foreign professionals seeking training in international and comparative law.
Emory Law's Juris Master is a 30-credit hour program that is intended to supplement a student's interest or professional experience in allied fields to law. The program offers a range of customized concentrations to allow students to enhance their skills in their home profession or interest area through a greater understanding of the law, legal concepts and frameworks. The coursework can be completed either full-time in nine months or part-time in up to four years.
Students' expertise is developed through several clinics and programs. Emory Law also offers several summer study abroad programs in Budapest at the Central European University (CEU) and throughout the world.[11]
A team from Emory Law's TI:GER IP/patent/technology program, a collaborative program between Emory and Georgia Tech, was featured on CNN Money.[12] Other academic programs at Emory Law include:
The law school has an externship program. Students have the opportunity to experience what it's like to work in a public defender or prosecutor's office, government agency, nonprofit organization, judge's chambers, or in-house counsel's office in the Atlanta metro area.
According to Emory's official 2017 ABA-required disclosures, 71.5% of the Class of 2017 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required, non-school funded employment (i.e. as attorneys) nine months after graduation.[19] Emory's Law School Transparency under-employment score is 13.2%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2017 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation, and an additional 3.7% were in school funded positions.[20]
The total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) at Emory for the 2023–2024 academic year is $96,884.[21]
 | This section is missing information about the kind of degree and date granted usually supplied for alumni. (January 2024) |
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