The is the
Law School and a constituent academic unit of
Duke University ,
Durham, North Carolina ,
United States . One of Duke's 10 schools and colleges, the School of Law was established in
1930 . The School features programs in
Business ,
Comparative and
International Law ,
Environmental Law , and
Intellectual Property , among others.
The School has approximately 640
J.D. students and 75 students in the
LL.M. and
S.J.D. programs. Admission to Duke Law is highly selective, with fewer than 21% of applicants accepted. In 2006, the incoming class posted a
Median LSAT score of 168 and a median
GPA of 3.78. 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 current Dean of the School of Law is
David F. Levi , immediate past
Chief Judge of the
United States District Court For The Eastern District Of California . Dean Levi assumed the deanship from outgoing Dean Katharine T. Bartlett on on
July 1 ,
2007 .
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The School offers joint-degree programs with the Duke University
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 Duke Law as the 10th most prestigious law school in the United States (2008 ranking).
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.
Among other well-known alumni, President
Richard Nixon graduated from the school in 1937.
The Law School is located at the corner of Science Drive and Towerview Road and was constructed in the mid-
1960s .
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, enclosing an interior courtyard.
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.
Duke Law School publishes eight
Academic Journals or
Law Review s. 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''. ''Law & Contemporary Problems'' is the oldest of Duke's law journals.
The ''Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy'' is the newest law journal at the School, and was founded by members of the Class of 2006. Professors Erwin Chemerinsky and Christopher H. Schroeder serve as the constitutional law journal's faculty advisors, positioning it as one of the most preeminent journals at the school and in the field of constitutional law. Duke publishes the Alaska Law Review in a special agreement with the state of Alaska, which has no law school.
The
''Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy'' (''DJGLP'') is the preeminent journal for its subject matter in the world. In January 2007, ''DJGLP'' published
"Makeup, Identity Performance & Discrimination," the largest issue ever published by any journal at the Law School. In May 2007, ''DJGLP'' published
"Gender, Sexuality & the Military," the second largest issue ever published by the Law School.
The Law 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 , the Law School 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.
- Katharine T. Bartlett , immediate past Dean (2000-2007) and A. Kenneth Pye Professor of Law
- James Boyle , William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law (Intellectual Property)
- Paul D. Carrington , Chadwick Professor of Law
- Erwin Chemerinsky , Alston & Bird Professor of Law (Constitutional Law)
- James D. Cox , Brainerd Currie Professor of Law (Corporate Law)
- Richard A. Danner , Archibald C. and Frances Fulk Rufty Research Professor of Law
- Walter E. Dellinger III , Douglas Blount Maggs Professor of Law and Former Acting Solicitor General Of The United States (1996-1997)
- Robinson O. Everett , Professor of Criminal Law and Former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Military Appeals
- Donald Horowitz , James B. Duke Professor of Law (national specialist on ethnic conflict)
- David L. Lange , Melvin G. Shimm Professor of Law
- David F. Levi , Dean and former Chief Judge of the United States District Court For The Eastern District Of California (1994-2007)
- H. Jefferson Powell , Professor of Constitutional Law and Contracts
- Jerome H. Reichman , Bunyan S. Womble Professor of Law
- Thomas D. Rowe, Jr. , Elvin R. Latty Professor of Law
- Christopher H. Schroeder , Charles S. Murphy Professor of Law
- Richard Nixon , '37 - President of the United States (1969 to 1974)
- Gerald B. Tjoflat , LLB '57 - Judge on the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
- James W. McElhaney , '62
- ''. Acecssed September 6 , 2007 .
- Charlie Rose , '68
- Kenneth Starr , '73 - Solicitor General , Independent Counsel during the Clinton Administration and current Dean of Pepperdine University School of Law
- Allyson Kay Duncan , '75 - Judge on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Gary Lynch , '75
- Rodney A. Smolla , '78
- David S. Addington , '81
- Claude Allen , '90
- Jeffrey Lichtman , '90
- Drew Rosenhaus , '90
- Jay Bilas , '92
- Don R. Willett , '92 - Texas Supreme Court Justice
- Tucker Max , '01
- Michael Elston , Chief of Staff & Counselor, Office of the Deputy Attorney General, United States Department of Justice
