Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University

This article is about the law school on the campus of Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For the law school on the campus of Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, named for the same person, see Thomas R. Kline School of Law.
Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University
MottoSalus Populi Suprema Lex
"The Welfare of the People is the Highest Law"
Parent schoolDuquesne University
Religious affiliationRoman Catholic (Spiritan Fathers)
Established1911; 113 years ago (1911)
School typePrivate
Parent endowment$260.6 Million[1]
DeanApril Mara Barton
LocationPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
40°26′11″N 79°59′31″W / 40.43649°N 79.99196°W / 40.43649; -79.99196
Enrollment471
USNWR ranking94th (2024)[2]
Bar pass rate83.33%
Websitewww.duq.edu/academics/schools/law
ABA profileABA profile

The Thomas R. Kline School of Law is the law school of Duquesne University, a private Catholic university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is approved by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. Dean April M. Barton joined the school in 2019 as its 13th dean.

The School of Law was founded in 1911, and is the only multiple-division law school in western Pennsylvania. Located on the 47-acre (19 ha) Duquesne University campus, the law school is walking distance to Pittsburgh's downtown legal, corporate, and government communities. The School of Law has over 8,500 alumni globally.

According to Duquesne's 2024 ABA-required disclosures, admission acceptance rate is 56.3% while 73.6% of the Class of 2022 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment ten months after graduation, excluding solo practitioners.[3] Duquesne's 2023 ABA-required disclosures indicate an 83.33% bar passage rate across all jurisdictions where law school graduates took the bar exam for the first time.[4]

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  2. ^ "Duquesne University (Kline) - Best Law Schools (tie)". usnews.com. U.S. News & World Report, L.P. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  3. ^ "ABA Required Disclosures". Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-05-11. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
  4. ^ "ABA Disclosures for Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-05-07.