The Elon University School of Law is an American law school located in Greensboro, North Carolina, occupying the former downtown public library building. The school spent $10 million renovating the 84,000 sq ft (7,800 m2). facility. The School of Law is one of four graduate programs offered by Elon University. Established in 2006, the School features concentrations in Business, Litigation, Public interest, and General practice. On September 19, 2006, former Supreme Court of the United States Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the Dedication Address for the School of Law. In the fall of 2006, 115 students were enrolled to form the law school's inaugural class and in 2007 a second class of 107 students were enrolled. In the fall of 2008, another 107 students were enrolled, placing the law school at full capacity. The school's largest incoming class enrolled in 2010 with 132 members. The class of 2013 have a median LSAT score of 155 and undergraduate GPA of 3.12. This class makes for the third consecutive increase in median LSAT score since 2008.
Leary Davis, one of North Carolina's most experienced and respected legal educators, is the founding dean emeritus and a professor of law. David Gergen, a presidential advisor to Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton, serves as the Chair of the Advisory Board. George R. Johnson Jr., a distinguished lawyer with more than 30 years of experience in government service and education, was named the second dean of Elon University School of Law on February 5, 2009.
The school collaborates with the neighboring American Judicature Society Institute of Forensic Science & Public Policy, researching issues at the intersection of law and science. In addition, Elon Law offers a preceptor program for 1L's and provides leadership education during the winter-term semester.
The graduating class of 2009 achieved an 83% bar passage rate and as of February 15, 2010 nearly 90% were employed.
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