Penn State Dickinson School Of Law
Penn State University, The Dickinson School of Law (also known as Penn State Law) is the law school of Pennsylvania State University. Penn State Law, one of the professional graduate schools of Penn State, offers J.D., LL.M., S.J.D. degrees in law and hosts visiting scholars. The school offers a joint MBA/J.D. with the top ranked Smeal School of Business, as well as joint degrees with dozens of other Penn State University programs including the School of International Affairs. The law school operates as a unified two-location operation with facilities in both University Park, Pennsylvania and Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The two campuses operate meaningfully as a single enterprise, with a single identity, single reputation and single stature. The University Park Campus is Penn State's main campus, and it maintains over 40,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Carlisle, approximately 80 miles (130 km) southeast of University Park, is the original home of the law school.
The law school was opened by Judge John Reed in 1834, making it the seventh oldest law school in the United States and the oldest law school in Pennsylvania. Having merged with Penn State in 2000, it is home to over 600 law students, most of whom are earning the degrees of Juris Doctor (J.D.) or Master of Laws (LLM). Penn State Dickinson has a faculty and staff of over 100.
U.S. News and World Report, in its 2013 edition of America's Best Graduate Schools, ranked Penn State Dickinson 64th among the nation's top 218 law schools.
In June 2007 Penn State established the School of International Affairs that is intimately linked with the law school. The School of International Affairs, which offers a professional master's degree in International Affairs with several specialty concentrations, is housed administratively within the law school. The two schools share similar educational objectives and outstanding faculty including Randall Robinson.
In the most recent Pennsylvania Bar Examination, 95.83% of Penn State's first time test takers passed; graduates took the bar in 25 states and achieved an average first time pass rate of 91%; 21.43% of second time test takes passed and the overall passage rate for the school of law was 86.36%.
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