Washington University School of Law is an American private law school located in St. Louis. Louis, Missouri. The law school is one of seven graduates and a graduate school at Washington University in St. Louis. Louis. Founded in 1867, the School of Law is the oldest private law school operating in the west of the Mississippi River. Initially, law school is located in downtown St. Louis, but relocated in 1904 to the Danforth University of Washington Campus at St. Louis. Louis, and housed in Anheuser-Busch Hall. It is ranked 18th among 203 American Bar Association approved by law school by US. News & amp; World Report . The clinical training program and its experimental advocacy are consistently included in the top ten according to the same source.
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Reception
For classes entering in autumn 2017, there are 225 matriculan. The percentages of LSAT 25 and 75 for classes entering 2017 were 161 and 169, respectively, with median 168. The percentages of GPA 25 and 75 were 3.37 and 3.86, respectively, with a median of 3.74.
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Rank and honor
2018 Edition US. News & amp; World Report's "Best Law School" ranked Washington School Law School:
- 18 in this country as a whole (from over 180 law schools)
- 8 in the country in Clinical Training
Leiter's Law School Rankings put law school:
- 18 in country (tie) in Student Quality
- 19 in country (tie) in Academic Reputation
- 20 in country (tie) in Reputation Lawyer/Judge
GraduatePrograms.com ranked Washington University as number 1 for social life.
Degree program
Juris Doctoris (JD) program
Most students at Washington University School of Law are enrolled in the Juris Doctor (JD) program. JD Students are required to take 86 semester credit hours to graduate. In the first year of law school all students are required to take one semester each Contract, Property, Indemnification, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, and Criminal Law. In addition, by the autumn of the first year all students are required to take the Legal Practice I and Law Research Methodology I, and in the spring of the first year students are required to take Legal Practice II and Legal Research Methodology II. For classes entering 2016-2017 all first year students take Civil Procedures in the spring; the rest of the first year doctrinal courses are offered in autumn and spring. It remains to be seen whether the scheduling practice will continue in the future. The second and third years offer more flexibility in student curriculum planning as there are only two mandatory classes (classes from the ethics curriculum and one seminar). In addition to their substantive lessons, many of the second and third year students participate in a court of justice, scientific publication, clinic, or existence.
Joint Degree Program
For students interested in more general interdisciplinary courses, the School of Law offers five joint degree programs (usually completed in four years, compared to three for the standard JD):
- JD-MBA, with Olin Business School at University of Washington
- JD-M.A. in East Asian Studies, with the Washington University School of Arts and Sciences
- JD-M.A. in Economics, with the Washington University School of Arts and Sciences
- JD-MHA in Health Administration, with the University of Washington School of Medicine
- JD-MSW, with George Warren Brown's Social Work School at Washington University
- JD-LL.M, with University of Queensland
Master of Laws (LL.M.) program
Washington University School of Law offers an LL.M. in the U.S. Act for International Students, LL.M. in Negotiation and Settlement of Disputes, LL.M. in Intellectual Property & amp; Law of Technology, and LL.M. in Taxation.
Master of Legal Studies (MLS)
This program is a postgraduate program designed for non-lawyers. Students in the MLS program may choose to study the legal system broadly or may choose to pursue a course of study focused in a particular field.
Juris Scientiae Doctoris (JSD)
This program is available for students who have completed LL.M. studies. This program does not follow the general program format. Instead, the student faculty advisor will select the JSD requirements of the student, who strongly emphasize on original research and writing skills.
Moot Court Competition
The school's moot court program includes the Moot Court Giles Rich Competition, sponsored by the American Intellectual Property Law Association, Moot Court Competition Saul Lefkowitz, sponsored by the International Trademarks Association (INTA), Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, sponsored by International Law Student Association, International Niagara Arbitration Competition, and National Advocacy Appeal, National Civil Rights William E. McGee, and Moile Court Competition Wiley Rutledge.
From 1998 to 2009, the University of Washington advanced from regional competition to Sherman & amp; Sterling International Rounds of the competition seven times, a feat merely matching Harvard Law. In 2008, the team took first place in the Dillard Competition for the Best Memorial of all national and regional competitions in the world. Brief WU's team not only won more than 120 US law schools, but also more than hundreds of teams that competed in more than 100 countries around the world. In addition, in 2009, the National Moot Court Team won the National Civil Rights Moot Court Competition of William E. McGee. The team is unbeaten through seven rounds of competitions to win the championship with three students receiving unanimous decisions on the scores of each judge in each round they debate. The National Moot Court team also won the Regional Midwest Regional of the National Bar Association's Advocacy Competition from the American Bar Association and advanced to the National Representative in the Mediation Competition. The Trial Team, which won first place in the ABA/American College of Trial Lawyers National Trial Competition, advanced to the NTC National Final against 22 other national qualifications. In addition, Niagara International Law Moot Team Court came in third from 19 team and advanced to the semifinals, the National Environment Moot Court Competition Team advanced to the quarter-finals at the Pace University competition in New York, ranked third from 74 teams.
Clinical program
The clinical program at Washington University School of Law is rated by US. News and World Report fourth in the country, and claims to "give students the opportunity to learn professional skills and values ​​by working in the real world with clients, lawyers, judges and legislators".
Advocacy appeal
Students at the Appeals Clinic represent those who are litigants in cases that will be heard on appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. After the court clerk gives the case at the beginning of the semester, the student handles all aspects of the appeal, including movement, filing, and briefing. Representations usually provide at least one student every semester a chance to argue the case in front of the Eighth Circuit panel.
Civil Justice
The Civil Justice Clinic requires students to handle the burden of their own case under the supervision of the faculty. In utilizing student bodies for representation, the Civil Justice Clinic assists in the provision of legal services to members of the needy community and instills obligations for public services. The clinic also includes a weekly seminar.
Community Civil Rights and Justice
In Civil Rights and Community Clinical Justice, students work in the field of immigration and employment discrimination. Students are placed in Legal Aid, selected nonprofit organizations, Commission of Employment Opportunities, and in certain plaintiff law firms to assist immigration status and immigrant rights cases as well as cases of alleged discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, sex, age and disability in employment , education, and other arenas. Students engage in interviews, counseling, case analysis and planning, problem solving, fact-investigation, document preparation, negotiation, mediation, and community education. In addition to the practice of law offices, Civil Rights and Community Clinical Justice includes an internal component in which students observe and mediate, assist at least one legislative drafting experience, and participate in at least one civil society education project of the student elect. Civil Rights and Community Clinical Justice The community is engaged in larger-scale community reconciliation by supporting lawsuits against anti-immigrant ordinances in Valley Park, Missouri.
Criminal Justice
The Criminal Justice Clinic operates in collaboration with St. Louis County Defender Public Defender System, located about a mile from law school in St. Louis. Louis County Justice Center. The Criminal Justice Clinic exposes students to real-life legal skills within the framework of the state criminal justice system. Clinicians have the opportunity to serve as members of law 13 who are certified, and do the work of an attorney, representing clients facing criminal charges.
Law of Congress and Administration
At this clinic, about 24 third-year law students spend their spring semester at Washington D.C. and work under the direction of lawyers in various government offices. Examples include the House and the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department, the Securities and Exchange Commission's Corporate Finance Department, the US Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
As a prerequisite for taking this course, students participating in the Legal Clinic of Congress and Administration are required to apply an ethics course in government in addition to their daily work on apprenticeship.
Government Lawyering
The Government Barristers Clinic provides an opportunity for students to work with lawyers in the Criminal or Civil Division of the US Attorney's Office.
Interdisciplinary Environment
The clinic consists of "student lawyers" (second and third year law students) and "student consultants" (graduates and university students of Washington University who study engineering, environmental studies, medicine, social work and/or business), work in teams interdisciplinary under the supervision of the faculty. These teams offer legal and technical assistance on environmental and public health issues to individuals and organizations who can not afford to pay for the services. The clinic team works on issues related to air and water quality, lead poisoning, environmental justice, habitat destruction and wetlands.
In March 2007, the Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic helped reach an important agreement between Sierra Club and Kansas City Power & amp; Light ("KCPL"). This agreement requires KCPL to make the most significant carbon reduction commitment of any utility in the Midwest.
Intellectual Property & amp; Nonprofit Organization
Students at the Clinic collaborate with students from the School of Medicine, the Olin School of Business, the Department of Biomedical Engineering, the George Warren Brown Social Working School, and Arts & Science; and to provide legal services in the formation of property and intellectual business to clients who may not have access to competent legal counsel. He works with St. Lawyers Louis to provide early-stage legal advice to innovators and other entrepreneurs, especially with business incubators in St. Louis; working with non-profit organizations such as: St. Volunteer Lawyers Louis and the Accountant for the Arts (VLAA), and Public Interest Intellectual Advisers (PIIPA).
Judicial Clause
The Judicial Clerkship externship exposes students to criminal and civil litigation from a judicial perspective. Students work as part-time legal scribes under the supervision of local, state or federal or judicial appeals courts. Students participating in the externship course observe hearings, trials and other court proceedings; conduct legal research; and drafted a series of legal memorandums relevant to cases under filing by the court.
Student publication
The Washington University School of Law has four student-run publications. After completing their first year, students are encouraged to participate in a "write-on" competition. This competition generally requires the writing of case comments. Based on the quality of students' case comments, students can be invited to join the publication of their choice.
The second year students who participate in one of three student publications run by the Washington University School of Law are considered as "associate" or "staff" editors. In addition to their editing responsibilities (which generally consist of "shelf-checks"), these students were asked to write "notes." Based on the quality of their writing, students may be required to publish their notes in the publications where they are located. Thrilled third-year law students are encouraged to apply for editorial positions in their publications. These board positions range from the lower-level editing positions to the editor-in-chief position.
- Washington University Law Review begins as St. Louis Law Review in 1915 and re-titled Washington University Law Quarterly in 1936. The Law Review is a student-run academic journal that publishes six issues per year. The staff selects and edits articles from legal experts, practitioners, and students, and accepts submissions on any legal topic. In addition to print publications, Law Review maintains an online supplement titled Slip Opinions featuring original comments and debates by members of the law academy, bench, and bar. The Washington University Law and Policy Journal dates back to 1968 as the Urban Annual Report and focuses entirely on issues -isu around land use, urban development, and other legal issues from urban communities. The scope expanded in 1983 when the Journal expanded (and became the Journal of Urban and Contemporary Laws ) to cover a wide range of topics. In 1999, the Journal once again expanded its scope to become Journal of Law and Policy at Washington University . The Journal produces symposium-based publications that unite the clerical community, to emphasize the existing legal vision and emerge in relation to the interdisciplinary and multicultural perspectives, technological implications, and consequences of economic globalization for the purpose of influencing social laws and policies. Each year, the Journal publishes a volume of "Access to Justice". This book is an essay compilation of the "Access to Justice" series from Washington University School of Law, one of its aims is to encourage and challenge an audience to use their legal education for the best improvement of our society. In addition, the Journal collaborates with faculty members to publish symposiums across a broad spectrum of contemporary topics.
Student organization
The Washington University School of Law has an ever-changing student organization. The majority of these organizations represent the local chapters of larger national organizations. In addition to the organizations that represent it as a national chapter, Washington University School of Law has several unique student organizations for the School of Law;
- American Constitution Society (ACS)
- The American Indian Law Student Association (AILSA)
- Barely Legal Theater (student-run organization where students write and perform plays or songs that make fun of legal school life)
- Federalist Society
- Sidebar Wine Society
- Graduate-Professional Council (selected student representing law school in University affairs)
- Board of Honor (charged with enforcing the Code of Honor)
- Illinois Student Bar Association (ISBA)
- Intellectual Property Law Society (IPLS)
- Joint Degree Law Society (for students pursuing more than one bachelor's degree)
- OUTLaw (for LGBTQ * students and allies)
- Second Career Law Student (SCaLeS)
- Wash U Out West (WOW)
Campus
In January 1997, the Washington University School of Law moved to Anheuser-Busch Hall. Anheuser-Busch Hall architecture reflects the classic style of Washington University's Danforth Campus. Anheuser-Busch Hall includes two fully functional courtrooms; many classrooms; and the Library Library open-pile. In addition, AB Hall covers common areas, such as W.L. Hadley Griffin Student Commons and the glass-dominated Crowder Courtyard. In AB Hall all classrooms, seminar rooms, and break rooms have computing and multimedia capabilities. Each classroom and seminar room are also equipped with multimedia projection system. This allows the instructor to class video recording and post an online lecture.
The construction of new Social Science and Law Development has been completed. The new building is located southwest of Anheuser-Busch Hall. Broken ground for a four-story building, Collegiate Gothic on September 5, 2006; the targeted date for completion is June 30, 2008. Approximately 15,000 square feet (1,400 m 2 ) of the new 142,000 square foot clean building is allocated to law schools, housing multiple administration offices, office law journals, and classrooms.
Jobs
According to the official WASA Law 2014 ABA-required disclosure, 78.3% of the 2014 graduates have been guaranteed full-time, long-term, jobs required by JD in nine months of graduation. A total of 31.2% have found employment in companies of more than 100 lawyers or have secured federal court officials. Washing the value of U Law School Transparency under employment is 7.4%, indicating the percentage of Class 2014 that is unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation.
For new graduates, the initial self-reported median salary for the 2014 class is $ 120,000 in the private sector, and $ 53,000 in the public sector. Washulaw placed 55 graduates from the 2013 generation at the NLJ 350 company, ranking the 25th in the National Law Journal "Go-To Schools" for the work of the big law firm.
Cost
The total cost of attendance (indicating tuition fees, fees, and living expenses) in Wash U Law for the academic year 2014-2015 is $ 72,949. Transparency School Law estimates a funded attendance cost over three years is $ 277,075.
Famous Alumni
Academics and business
- Edward Cranch Eliot (AB 1878, LLB 1880, AM 1881): former president of the American Bar Association
Government and politics
- Carl J. Artman (JD): Assistant Interior Secretary for Indian Affairs, and head of the Indian Affairs Bureau 2007-08
- David Bohigian, Assistant Secretary of Commerce from 2005 to 2009 under George W. Bush
- Henry S. Caulfield (JD 1895): Governor of Missouri, 1929-1933
- Clark M. Clifford (LLB 1928): US Secretary of Defense, 1968-69; former presidential advisor
- Earl Thomas Coleman (JD 1969): US Congressman from Missouri, 1977-1993 Edward Coke Crow (LLB 1879): 23 Missouri Attorney General, 1897-1905, advisor to Missouri Governor Lloyd Crow Stark (1937-1941)
- Dwight F. Davis (LLB): founder of Davis Cup, and 49 US Secretary of War
- Alan J. Dixon (LLB 1949): US Senator from Illinois, 1981-93
- Leonidas C. Dyer (JD 1893): US Congressman from Missouri, 1915-1933
- Harry B. Hawes (JD 1896): US Senator from Missouri, 1926-1933
- Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. (JD 1926): US Senator from Missouri, 1951-1960
- William L. Igoe (JD 1902): US Congressman from Missouri, 1913-1921
- Alphonso Jackson (JD 1972): Secretary of Housing and Urban Development USA, 2004-2008
- Andrew G. McCabe (JD 1993): deputy director of the 16th FBI
- Victor J. Miller (JD): mayor of St. Louis, 1925 to 1933
- Roscoe C. Patterson (JD 1897): US Senator from Missouri, 1929-1935
- Kenneth J. Rothman (AB, JD): Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, 1981-1985
- Steven Rothman (JD 1977): US Congressman from New Jersey, 1997-present
- Ralph Tyler Smith (JD 1940): US Senator from Illinois, 1969-1970
- Selden P. Spencer (JD 1886): US Senator from Missouri, 1918-1925
- Louis Susman (JD): former US Ambassador to the United Kingdom
- William H. Webster (JD 1949): Director of the 14th CIA and FBI's 6th director
- Xenophon P. Wilfley (JD 1899): US Senator from Missouri, 1918
- George Howard Williams (JD 1897): US Senator from Missouri, 1925-1926
Judiciary
- Robert E. Bacharach (JD 1985): current judge, US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- David Bernhard (JD 1985): current judge, Fairfax Circuit Court, Virginia
- Michael Cherry (JD 1969): Supreme Court Justice, Nevada Supreme Court, 2006-present
- Audrey G. Fleissig (JD 1980): current judge, United States District Court for Eastern District of Missouri
- Raymond W. Gruender (JD/MBA 1987): current judge, US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- Jean Constance Hamilton (JD 1971): current judge, United States District Court for Eastern District of Missouri
- Andrew Jackson Higgins (JD 1948): former judge, former Supreme Court Justice, Missouri Supreme Court
- John Francis Nangle (JD 1948): former chief judge, United States District Court for Eastern District of Missouri, 1983-1990
- Catherine D. Perry (JD 1980): current judge, United States District Court for Eastern District of Missouri
- Rodney W. Sippel (JD 1981): current judge, United States District Court for Eastern District of Missouri
- Richard B. Teitelman (JD 1973): former judge, former Supreme Court Justice, Missouri Supreme Court
More
- Phoebe Couzins (LLB 1871): first woman of US Marshal; feminist; leader in the women's suffrage movement
- Jordan French (JD 2010): author and pioneer of 3D food printing
- Eric P. Newman (JD 1935): American numismatic expert
- Phyllis Schlafly (AB 1944, JD 1978): writer, lawyer, conservative and antifeminist activist
- Luther Ely Smith (JD 1897): founder of Gateway Arch National Park
References
External links
- Official website
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