Case Western Reserve University School of Law

Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Established1892
School typePrivate
DeanPaul Rose
LocationCleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Enrollment422
Faculty68 full-time
USNWR ranking89th (tie) (2024)[1]
Bar pass rate86.73% (2022 first time takers)[2]
Websitewww.law.case.edu

Case Western Reserve University School of Law is one of eight schools at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. It was one of the first schools accredited by the American Bar Association.[3] It is a member of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS).[4] It was initially named for Franklin Thomas Backus, a justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, whose widow donated $50,000 to found the school in 1892.[5]

According to Case Western Reserve's official 2018 ABA-required disclosures, 65.9% of the Class of 2018 obtained full-time, long-term, bar passage-required employment nine months after graduation, excluding solo-practitioners, ranking 114th out of 200 ABA-approved law schools.[6][7]

  1. ^ "Case Western Reserve University". U.S. News & World Report – Best Law Schools. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
  2. ^ "Case Western Reserve University - 2023 First Time Bar Passage". abarequireddisclosures.org. American Bar Association. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  3. ^ "By Year Approved". www.americanbar.org.
  4. ^ "Member Schools". Association of American Law Schools.
  5. ^ "Backus, Franklin Thomas". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. 11 Jul 1997. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
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