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The Northwestern University School of Law is a private American Law School in Chicago, Illinois . The law school was founded in 1876 and is one of eleven academic entities at Northwestern University . Northwestern enjoys a strong national reputation. The Law School is currently ranked 12th by US News and World Report. Northwestern law is located on Northwestern University 's downtown campus in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood. The campus is on Lake Shore Drive , just south of the Gold Coast neighborhood, along Lake Michigan , and a few blocks from the John Hancock Center , Magnificent Mile , Water Tower , and Navy Pier . RANKINGS AND HONORS The 2008 edition of U.S. News & World Report 's "Best Grad Schools" ranked Northwestern Law:
Recent Leiter’s Law School Rankings placed the law school:
The Princeton Review 2007 Rankings name the law school:
ADMISSIONS Northwestern Law's admissions philosophy places unusual emphasis on matriculating students demonstrating maturity and interpersonal skills, attributes the law school believes are conducive to career success. In this sense it mimics the approach used by many business schools. At present, Northwestern appears to be the only ABA-approved law school in the United States that has explicitly adopted an admissions program where work experience is essentially required. The school’s practical philosophy is manifested in a strong preference for applicants with at least two years of work experience. Approximately 94% of the school's students enter with at least one year of full-time work experience; 74% possess more than two years of experience. The law school's admissions also emphasizes social, interpersonal, and professional communication competency. To that end, every applicant is invited to interview, either with a member of the admissions staff or a local alum. According to the 2008 edition of the ABA-LSAC Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools, Northwestern students had the following credentials. |
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