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| Notre Dame Law School | |
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| Parent school | University of Notre Dame |
| Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic (Congregation of Holy Cross) |
| Established | 1869 |
| School type | Private law school |
| Parent endowment | $18.9 billion[1] |
| Dean | G. Marcus Cole |
| Location | Notre Dame, Indiana, U.S. 41°41′55.27″N 86°14′16.45″W / 41.6986861°N 86.2379028°W |
| Enrollment | 529 (2022)[2] |
| Faculty | 135 (2022)[2] |
| USNWR ranking | 20th (tied) (2024)[3] |
| Bar pass rate | 90.16% (2019)[4] |
| Website | law |
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Notre Dame Law School is the law school of the University of Notre Dame. Established in 1869,[5][6] it is the oldest continuously operating Catholic law school in the United States.[7]
According to Notre Dame's 2022 ABA-required disclosures, 91% of the Class of 2022 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment ten months after graduation.[8] The law school is notable for its high rate of students accepting federal judicial clerkships, placing 4th in the nation with a clerkship rate of 15.2%, behind Stanford Law School, Yale Law School, and the University of Chicago Law School.[9]
The school enrolls about 600 students and in addition to the J.D. degree it also offers dual JD–MBA and several a dual J.D. and Masters combined degrees (including JD/MS, JD/MA, JD/M.Eng.). It also offers the only American Bar Association–approved, year-long, study-abroad program, which is based in London.[10]
- ^ Vales, Emma (March 8, 2023). "Notre Dame's Endowment Value Hits Record $13.1 Billion". Retrieved July 14, 2023.
- ^ a b "ABA Standard 509 Information Report" (PDF). ABA Standard 509 Information Report. ABA. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
- ^ "Best Law Schools". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
- ^ "CombinedBPReportForDisclosure2018" (PDF). Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ^ Konop, Thomas (November 1930). "History of the Notre Dame College of Law". Notre Dame Law Review. 6 (1): 5. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ "Century of Law at Notre Dame" (PDF). Century of Law at Notre Dame. Rev. Philip S. Moore, C.S.C. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ Owens, Dennis (1976). "American Law Schools in Their Second Century". Journal of Legal Education. 28 (2): 210–215. ISSN 0022-2208. JSTOR 42892391.
- ^ "University of Notre Dame" (PDF). www.nd.edu. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
- ^ "These law schools sent the most grads to federal clerkships". www.reuters.com.
- ^ "University of Notre Dame Law School". Retrieved Apr 20, 2020.