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{{Short description|Private law school in Ithaca, New York, US}}
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{{Infobox Law School
| image = [[File:CornellLSLogo.gif|Cornell Law School]]
| name = Cornell Law School
| name = Cornell Law School
| image = Cornell Law School.JPG
| logo = Cornell Law School wordmark.svg
| established = 1887
| motto = "Lawyers in the Best Sense"
| established = {{start date and age|1887}}
| type = [[Private university|Private]]
| type = [[Private university|Private]]
| parent endowment = $6.2 billion
| parent = [[Cornell University]]
| parent endowment = $10 billion
| head = [[Eduardo Peñalver|Eduardo M. Peñalver]] (Dean)<ref>http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2014/03/eduardo-pe-alver-named-dean-cornell-law-school</ref>
| head = [[Jens David Ohlin]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fleischman |first1=Tom |title=Jens David Ohlin named dean of Cornell Law School |url=https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2021/06/jens-david-ohlin-named-dean-cornell-law-school |publisher=Cornell Chronicle |access-date=1 July 2021}}</ref>
| city = [[Ithaca, New York|Ithaca]]
| state = New York
| city = [[Ithaca, New York|Ithaca]]
| country = US
| state = [[New York (state)|New York]]
| country = United States
| students = 622<ref name=ABAData>[http://www.lsac.org/lsacresources/publications/2012og/aba2098.pdf Cornell Law School Official ABA Data]</ref>
| students = 585<ref name=aba2022>{{cite web|title=Cornell University – 2022 Standard 509 Information Report|url=https://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2022-ABA-509-Report.pdf|access-date=April 14, 2023}}</ref>
| faculty = 88<ref name=ABAData/>
| faculty = 201<ref name=aba2022/>
| ranking = 13<ref>{{cite web|url=http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad/law |title=Law – Best Graduate Schools – Education – US News and World Report |publisher=Grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com |accessdate=2011-08-18}}</ref>
| ranking = 14th (tie) (2024)<ref name="usnwr">{{cite web|publisher=U.S. News & World Report | title=Best Law Schools – Cornell Law School|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/cornell-university-03105}}</ref>
| bar pass rate = 90.54%<ref name=ABAData/>
| bar pass rate = 94.3% for first-time takers in all jurisdictions
| annual tuition = $55,220<ref name="Cornell Law Admissions Website">{{cite web|url=http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/admissions/tuition/tuition_expenses.cfm |title=Tuition and Expenses |publisher=Lawschool.cornell.edu |date=2012-11-10 |accessdate=2012-11-10}}</ref>
(NY 96.1%)<ref name=ababar202>{{cite web|title=Bar Passage Outcomes Report|url=https://abarequireddisclosures.org/BarPassageOutcomes.aspx|access-date=March 13, 2024}}</ref>
| homepage = [http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu www.lawschool.cornell.edu]
| homepage = {{URL|https://lawschool.cornell.edu}}
| aba profile = [http://www.lsac.org/lsacresources/publications/2012og/aba2098.pdf Cornell Law School Profile]
| aba profile = [https://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/about-cornell-law-school/aba-required-disclosures/ ''Standard 509 Report'']
}}
}}
'''Cornell Law School''' is the [[law school]] of [[Cornell University]], a [[private university|private]] [[Ivy League]] [[university]] located in [[Ithaca, New York]]. It is one of the five [[Ivy League law schools]] and offers three [[law degree|law degree programs]] (JD, LLM, and JSD) along with several dual-degree programs in conjunction with other professional schools at the university.
'''Cornell Law School''' is the [[law school]] of [[Cornell University]], a [[private university|private]], [[Ivy League]] university in [[Ithaca, New York]].


One of the five [[Ivy League law schools]], Cornell Law School offers four degree programs ([[Juris Doctor|JD]], [[Master of Laws|LLM]], [[Master of Studies in Law|MSLS]] and [[Doctor of Juridical Science|JSD]]) along with several dual-degree programs in conjunction with other professional schools at the university. It was established in 1887 as Cornell University's Department of Law. Currently, the school graduates around 200 students each year.
Cornell Law has the third lowest faculty-to-student ratio (10.4 to 1) of [[American Bar Association|ABA]]–accredited law schools in the United States,<ref>ABA – LSAC Official Guide to Law Schools.</ref> and for the Class of 2014, 95.8% of graduates obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation.<ref name="Statistics">{{cite web|url=http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/careers/aboutus/upload/ABA-Class-of-2014-Summary.pdf |title=Statistics}}</ref>


Cornell Law School is home to the [[Legal Information Institute]] (LII), the ''[[Journal of Empirical Legal Studies]]'', the ''[[Cornell Law Review]]'', the ''[[Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy]]'', and the ''[[Cornell International Law Journal]]''.
==History==
[[File:Myron Taylor Hall.JPG|thumb|right|Entrance to Myron Taylor Hall, Cornell Law's principal building for instruction]]
The Law Department at Cornell opened in 1887 in [[Morrill Hall (Cornell University)|Morrill Hall]] with Judge Douglas Boardman as its first dean. At that time, admission did not require even a high school diploma. In 1917, two years of undergraduate education were required for admission, and in 1924, it became a graduate degree program.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/about/history.cfm |title=Cornell Law School: History |publisher=Lawschool.cornell.edu |date=2010-07-08 |accessdate=2011-08-18}}</ref> The department was renamed the Cornell Law School in 1925. In 1890, George Washington Fields graduated, one of the first law-school-graduates of color in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/about/timeline/ |title=Cornell Law School: Historical Timeline |publisher=Lawschool.cornell.edu |date=2010-07-08 |accessdate=2011-08-18}}</ref> In 1893, Cornell had its first female graduate, Mary Kennedy Brown. Future Governor, Secretary of State, and Chief Justice of the United States, [[Charles Evans Hughes]], was a professor of law at Cornell from 1891–1893, and after returning to legal practice he continued to teach at the law school as a special lecturer from 1893–1895. The law school’s residence hall is named in honor of Hughes.


[[File:Cornell - Boardman Hall.jpg|thumb|right|Boardman Hall, the old Cornell Law College building, {{circa|1910}}]]
In 1892, the school moved into Boardman Hall, which was constructed specifically for legal instruction. The school moved from Boardman Hall (now the site of Olin Library) to its present-day location at Myron Taylor Hall in 1937. The law school building, an ornate, [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic]] structure, was the result of a donation by [[Myron Charles Taylor]], a former [[CEO]] of [[US Steel]], and a member of the Cornell class of 1894. Hughes Hall was built as an addition to Myron Taylor Hall and completed in 1963. It was also funded by a gift from Taylor. Another addition to Myron Taylor Hall, the Jane M.G. Foster wing, was completed in 1988 and added more space to the library. Foster was a member of the class of 1918, an editor of the ''[[Cornell Law Review]]'' (then ''[[Cornell Law Quarterly]]''), and an [[Order of the Coif]] graduate. In June 2012 the school embarked on a three-year, multi-phase expansion and renovation. The first phase will create additional classroom space underground, adjacent to Myron Taylor Hall along College Avenue. The second phase will include the removal and digitization of printed materials from the library stacks so that the space can be converted to additional classroom and student space. The third phase involves converting Hughes Hall into office space.<ref>Okin, Harrison. (2011-11-22) [http://cornellsun.com/node/49072 As Law Faculty Increases, School Plans Expansion | The Cornell Daily Sun]. Cornellsun.com. Retrieved on 2013-08-27.</ref>


== History ==
In 1948, Cornell Law School established a program of specialization in international affairs and also started awarding LL.B. degrees. In 1968, the school began to publish the ''[[Cornell International Law Journal]].'' In 1991, the school established the Berger International Legal Studies Program. In 1994, the school established a partnership with the [[University of Paris]] I law faculty to establish a Paris-based Summer Institute of International and Comparative Law. From 1999–2004 the school hosted the [[Feminism and Legal Theory Project]]. In 2006, the school established its second summer law institute in Suzhou, China. The Clarke Program in East Asian Law and Culture was established in 2002.
[[File:Myron Taylor Hall.JPG|thumb|Entrance to Myron Taylor Hall, Cornell Law's principal building for instruction]]


=== 19th century ===
==Campus==
The Law Department at Cornell opened in 1887 in [[Morrill Hall (Cornell University)|Morrill Hall]] with Judge [[Douglass Boardman]] as its first dean. At that time, admission did not require even a high school diploma. In 1917, two years of undergraduate education were required for admission, and in 1924, it became a graduate degree program.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/about/history.cfm |title=Cornell Law School: History |publisher=Lawschool.cornell.edu |date=July 8, 2010 |access-date=August 18, 2011}}</ref> The department was renamed the Cornell Law School in 1925. In 1890, [[George Washington Fields]] graduated, one of the first law school graduates of color in the United States.<ref name=timeline>{{cite web |url=http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/about/timeline/ |title=Cornell Law School: Historical Timeline |publisher=Lawschool.cornell.edu |date=July 8, 2010 |access-date=August 18, 2011}}</ref> In 1893, Cornell had its first female graduate, Mary Kennedy Brown. Future Governor, Secretary of State, and Chief Justice of the United States, [[Charles Evans Hughes]], was a professor of law at Cornell from 1891 to 1893, and after returning to legal practice he continued to teach at the law school as a special lecturer from 1893 to 1895. Hughes Hall, one of the law school's central buildings, is named in his honor.
Cornell Law is housed within Myron Taylor Hall (erected 1932), which contains the Law Library, classrooms, offices, a moot court room, Hughes dining facility, dormitory space for students of the Law School, and the Cornell Legal Aid Clinic.


In 1892, the school moved into Boardman Hall, which was constructed specifically for legal instruction. The school moved from Boardman Hall (now the site of Olin Library) to its present-day location at Myron Taylor Hall in 1932. The law school building, an ornate, [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic]] structure, was the result of a donation by [[Myron Charles Taylor]], a former CEO of [[US Steel]], and a member of the Cornell Law class of 1894.
===Library===
[[File:Cornell Law School Library.JPG|thumb|right|The Cornell Law Library is one of 12 national depositories for print records of briefs filed with the [[United States Supreme Court|U.S. Supreme Court]].]]
The [[law library]] contains 700,000 [[books]] and microforms and includes rare historical texts relevant to the legal history of the United States.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2005/12/arl_law_library.html| title = Tax Proof Blog: Rankings of Law Libraries | publisher = Tax Proof Blog| accessdate = 2006-06-23}}</ref> The library is one of the 12 national depositories for print records of briefs filed with the [[United States Supreme Court]]. Also, there is a large collection of print copies of the records and briefs of the [[New York Court of Appeals]]. The large microfilm collection has sets of [[United States Congress|Congressional]], Supreme Court, and [[United Nations]] documents, as well as a large collection of World Law Reform commission materials. [[Microfiche]] records and briefs for the United States Supreme Court, the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit]] and [[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit|D.C. Circuit]], and the New York State Court of Appeals are also collected.<ref name='overview'>{{cite web | url = http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/library/INFORMATION/About_the_Library/collections.htm| title = Cornell Law School Library | publisher = Cornell University| accessdate = 2006-06-23}}</ref> The library also has a large collection of [[international law|international]], foreign, and [[comparative law]], with the main focus being on the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] and Europe. Along with this, there are also collections of [[public international law]] and [[international trade law]]. A new initiative by the library is to collect Chinese, Japanese, and Korean resources to support the Law School’s Clarke Program in East Asian Law and Culture.<ref name='overview' />


=== 20th century ===
Rare books in the library include the Samuel Thorne collection, which has 175 of the some of the earliest and most rare books on law. Other significant collections include the Nathaniel C. Moak library and the Edwin J. Marshall Collection of early works on equity and the Earl J. Bennett Collection of Statutory Material, a print collection of original colonial, territorial, and state session laws and statutory codes.<ref name='overview' /> Among the library’s special collections are 19th Century Trials Collection, Donovan [[Nuremberg Trials]] Collection, [[Scottsboro Boys|Scottsboro]] Collection, [[William P. Rogers|William P.]] and Adele Langston Rogers Collection and the [[Chile]] Declassification Project.<ref name='overview' />
Hughes Hall was built as an addition to Myron Taylor Hall and completed in 1963. It was also funded by a gift from Taylor. Another addition to Myron Taylor Hall, the Jane M.G. Foster wing, was completed in 1988 and added more space to the library. Foster was a member of the class of 1918, an editor of the ''[[Cornell Law Review]]'' (then ''[[Cornell Law Quarterly]]''), and an [[Order of the Coif]] graduate.


In 1948, Cornell Law School established a program of specialization in international affairs and also started awarding LL.B. degrees. In 1968, the school began to publish the ''[[Cornell International Law Journal]].'' In 1991, the school established the Berger International Legal Studies Program. In 1994, the school established a partnership with the [[University of Paris]] I law faculty to establish a Paris-based Summer Institute of International and Comparative Law.
==Admissions==
[[File:Cornell Law banner.JPG|thumb|right|Banner outside the law school's [[Jane M.G. Foster]] wing]]
For the class entering in the fall of 2012, 1,181 out of 4,054 applicants (29%) were offered admission, with 191 matriculating. The 25th and 75th [[LSAT]] percentiles for the 2012 entering class were 166 and 169, respectively, with a median of 167. The 25th and 75th undergraduate [[GPA]] percentiles were 3.54 and 3.77, respectively, with a median of 3.68.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/about/ABA-Consumer-Information.cfm |title=ABA Consumer Information |publisher=Lawschool.cornell.edu |accessdate=2013-06-11}}</ref>


=== 21st century ===
In the LL.M. program, which is geared to non-U.S.-trained lawyers, 900 applications were received for the 50 to 60 openings. LL.M. students come from over 30 different countries.<ref name="Cornell Law School">{{cite web | url = http://www.law-school-admission.com/cornell/#students| title = Cornell Law School| publisher = JDAadmission.com | accessdate = 2006-06-23}}</ref>
From 1999 to 2004 the school hosted the [[Feminism and Legal Theory Project]]. In 2006, the school established its second summer law institute in Suzhou, China. The Clarke Program in East Asian Law and Culture was established in 2002.

[[File:Hughes Hall Cornell University Law School.jpg|thumb|right|Hughes Hall after 2017 renovations]]
Along with consideration of the quality of an applicant's academic record and LSAT scores, the full-file-review admissions process places a heavy emphasis on an applicant's personal statement, letters of recommendation, community/extracurricular involvement, and work experience. The application also invites a statement on diversity and a short note on why an applicant particularly wants to attend Cornell. The Law School values applicants who have done their research and have particular interests or goals that would be served by attending the school versus one of its peer institutions.<ref name="Cornell Law School"/>
In June 2012, the school embarked on a multi-year, multi-phase expansion and renovation. The first phase created additional classroom space underground, adjacent to Myron Taylor Hall along College Avenue. The second phase included the removal and digitization of printed materials from the library stacks so that the space could be converted into additional classroom and student space. The third phase involved converting Hughes Hall into office space.<ref>Okin, Harrison. (November 22, 2011) [http://cornellsun.com/node/49072 As Law Faculty Increases, School Plans Expansion | The Cornell Daily Sun] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130615185120/http://cornellsun.com/node/49072 |date=June 15, 2013 }}. Cornellsun.com. Retrieved August 27, 2013.</ref> As a result, Myron Taylor Hall saw the addition of 40,000 square feet of underground classroom space. The renovation of Hughes Hall was completed in 2017.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Crandall|first1=Brian|title=Cornell plans renovation for Hughes Hall|url=https://ithacavoice.com/2015/11/cornell-plans-renovation-for-hughes-hall/|access-date=May 27, 2018|publisher=The Ithaca Voice|date=November 27, 2015}}</ref>

==Reputation==
Rankings include 7th in the Law School 100 rankings,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.lawschool100.com/ | title = Law School 100 Rankings| accessdate = 2010-11-22}}</ref> 25th in the world by the [[QS World University Rankings]] by Subject: Law,<ref>[http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2012/law-and-legal-studies QS World University Rankings by Subject 2012 – Law]. Top Universities (2013-01-02). Retrieved on 2013-08-27.</ref> 13th in the 2015 [[U.S. News and World Report]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/rankings |title=Best Law School Rankings &#124; Law Program Rankings &#124; US News |publisher=Grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com |accessdate=2011-08-18}}</ref> and its [[master of laws]], or LL.M., program ranked 1st in the 2011, 2010, 2008 and 2006 AUAP rankings.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.auap.com/llm.html | title = AUAP Rankings| accessdate = 2009-12-28}}</ref> In 2011, the [[National Law Journal]] reported that Cornell Law graduates had the 2nd highest percent placement at the top 250 law firms.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202483173162 | title = Top 250 firms hire most from big names | publisher = The National Law Journal | accessdate = 2011-06-18}}</ref>


==Academics==
==Academics==
[[File:Cornell Law School.JPG|thumb|right|View of Cornell Law School from Central Avenue]]
[[File:Cornell Law quad.JPG|thumb|Interior of Cornell Law School quad]]
[[File:Cornell Law quad.JPG|thumb|right|Interior of Cornell Law School quad]]
Degree programs offered by Cornell Law:


=== Degree programs ===
* [[Juris Doctor]] (JD)
Cornell has offered LL.M and J.S.D degrees since 1928.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/clqv54&div=33&g_sent=1&collection=journals#348 | title = Robert S. Stevens, Cornell Law School (1919–1954)| access-date = March 3, 2010}}</ref> The joint JD/MBA (with Cornell's Johnson School of Management) has three- and four-year tracks,<ref>[http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/admissions/degrees/joint_degree.cfm Cornell Law School: Joint Degrees]. Lawschool.cornell.edu (September 21, 2012). Retrieved August 27, 2013.</ref> The JD/MILR program is four years, the JD/MPA is four years, and the JD/MRP is four years.
* [[Master of Laws]] (LL.M.)
* [[Doctor of Juridical Science]] (J.S.D.)
* Joint program with [[Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management]] (JD/MBA)
* Joint program with [[Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations|Cornell School of Industrial & Labor Relations]] (JD/MILR)
* Joint program with [[Cornell Institute for Public Affairs]] (JD/MPA)
* Joint program with [[Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning|Cornell College of Architecture, Art, and Planning]] (JD/MRP)
* Joint program in international and comparative law (JD/LL.M.)
* Joint programs in various fields (JD/MA/PhD)

The advanced degrees in law, LL.M. and JSD, have been offered at Cornell since 1928.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/clqv54&div=33&g_sent=1&collection=journals#348 | title = Robert S. Stevens, Cornell Law School (1919–1954)| accessdate = 2010-03-03}}</ref> The JD/MBA has three- and four-year tracks,<ref>[http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/admissions/degrees/joint_degree.cfm Cornell Law School: Joint Degrees]. Lawschool.cornell.edu (2012-09-21). Retrieved on 2013-08-27.</ref> the JD/MILR program is four years, the JD/MPA is four years, and JD/MRP is four years.


In addition, Cornell has joint program arrangements with universities abroad to prepare students for international licensure:
In addition, Cornell has joint program arrangements with universities abroad to prepare students for international licensure:
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* Joint program with [[Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris]] (JD/Master in Global Business Law)
* Joint program with [[Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris]] (JD/Master in Global Business Law)


The JD/Master en Droit lasts four-years and prepares graduates for admission to the bar in the United States and in France. The JD/M.LL.P is three years and conveys a mastery of German and European law and practices. The JD/Master in Global Business Law lasts three years.
The JD/Master en Droit lasts four years and prepares graduates for admission to the bar in the United States and France. The JD/M.LL.P is three years old and conveys a mastery of German and European law and practices. The JD/Master in Global Business Law lasts three years. {{citation needed|date=December 2018}}


Cornell Law School runs two summer institutes overseas, providing Cornell Law students with unique opportunities to engage in rigorous international legal studies. The Cornell-Université de Paris I Summer Institute of International and Comparative Law at the [[Sorbonne]] in Paris, France offers a diverse curriculum in the historic Sorbonne and Centre Panthéon (Faculté de droit) buildings at the heart of the [[University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne]]. Coursework includes international human rights, comparative legal systems, and international commercial arbitration. [[French language]] classes are also offered.
Cornell Law School runs two summer institutes overseas, providing Cornell Law students with unique opportunities to engage in rigorous international legal studies.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lagadic |first=Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - Marc-Olivier |title=EDS: International relations |url=http://www.pantheonsorbonne.fr/ufr/eds/international/ |website=www.pantheonsorbonne.fr}} with [[Panthéon-Sorbonne University]]</ref> The Cornell-Université de Paris I Summer Institute of International and Comparative Law at the [[Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University|Sorbonne]] in Paris, France offers a diverse curriculum in the historic Sorbonne and Centre Panthéon (Faculté de Droit) buildings at the heart of the [[University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne]]. Coursework includes international human rights, comparative legal systems, and international commercial arbitration. French language classes are also offered.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}


In 2006, Cornell Law School announced that it would launch a second summer law institute, the new Workshop in International Business Transactions with Chinese Characteristics in [[Suzhou]], China. In partnership with [[Bucerius Law School]] (Germany) and Kenneth Wang School of Law at [[Soochow University (Suzhou)|Soochow University]] (China), Cornell Law provides students from the United States, Europe, and China with an academic forum in which they can collaborate on an international business problem.
In 2006, Cornell Law School announced that it would launch a second summer law institute, the new Workshop in International Business Transactions with Chinese Characteristics in [[Suzhou]], China. In partnership with [[Bucerius Law School]] (Germany) and Kenneth Wang School of Law at [[Soochow University (Suzhou)|Soochow University]] (China), Cornell Law provides students from the United States, Europe, and China with an academic forum in which they can collaborate on an international business problem.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}


== Employment ==
=== Rankings ===
Cornell Law School was ranked 2nd in the 2023 ''[[Above the Law (website)|Above the Law]]'' rankings, which prioritizes career outcomes above all other factors.<ref>{{cite web |date=June 21, 2023 |title=Above the Law Rankings 2023 |url=https://abovethelaw.com/2023/06/the-2023-atl-top-50-law-school-rankings-are-here/ |access-date=July 13, 2023}}</ref> In 2023, Cornell Law was ranked 1st (in a tie) with an "A+" rating by ''The National Jurist'' in the "Best Schools for Law Firm Employment" listing.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://bluetoad.com/publication/frame.php?i=800214&p=34&pn=&ver=html5&view=issueViewer|title=Best Schools for Law Firm Employment|newspaper=bluetoad.com|access-date=4 July 2024}}</ref> The school ranked 13th in the 2023-2024 U.S. News & World Report Law School rankings.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rubino |first=Kathryn |date=2023-03-07 |title=U.S. News Lashes Out At Law Schools That Don't Want To Play Their Silly Little Rankings Game Anymore - Above the Law |url=https://abovethelaw.com/2023/03/u-s-news-lashes-out-at-law-schools-that-dont-want-to-play-their-silly-little-rankings-game-anymore/ |access-date=2023-07-14 |language=en-US}}</ref>
Cornell ranked 2nd nationally on the American Bar Association's list of law schools with the highest bar-passage-required job placement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/Cornell-Law-School-Ranks-Second-in-2014-Graduate-Job-Placement.cfm |title=Cornell Law 2014 Job Placement}}</ref> According to Cornell Law School's official ABA-required disclosures, 95.8% of the Class of 2014 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation.<ref name="Statistics"/> Cornell Law School's [[Law School Transparency]] under-employment score is 2.1%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2014 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lstscorereports.com/schools/cornell/2014/ |title=Cornell University Profile}}</ref>


==Costs==
=== Admissions ===
[[File:Cornell Law banner.JPG|thumb|Banner outside the law school's Jane M.G. Foster wing]]
The total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) at Cornell Law School for the 2014-2015 academic year is $79,429.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/admissions/tuition/tuition_expenses.cfm |title=Tuition and Expenses}}</ref> The Law School Transparency estimated debt-financed cost of attendance for three years is $297,190.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lstscorereports.com/schools/cornell/costs/2013/ |title=Cornell University Profile}}</ref>
Cornell Law School is extremely selective: the median [[LSAT]] for the 2023 entering class was 172 (98th percentile of all test takers), with 25th and 75th percentiles of 169 and 175, respectively. The median undergraduate [[GPA]] was 3.90, with 25th and 75th percentiles of 3.77 and 3.97, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |title=Class Profile |url=https://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/admissions/jd-admissions/class-profile/ |access-date=13 September 2023}}</ref>


For the 2021 LL.M. program, which is designed for non-U.S.-trained lawyers, 900 applications were received for the 50 to 60 openings. LL.M. students come from over 30 different countries.<ref name="Cornell Law School">{{cite web |title=Cornell Law School |url=http://www.law-school-admission.com/cornell/#students |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204213918/http://www.law-school-admission.com/cornell/#students |archive-date=February 4, 2012 |access-date=June 23, 2006 |publisher=JDAadmission.com}}</ref>
==Initiatives==
[[File:Cornell seal at Law.JPG|thumb|right|Cornell seal beneath the tower of Myron Taylor Hall]]


Along with consideration of the quality of an applicant's academic record and LSAT scores, the full-file-review admissions process places a heavy emphasis on an applicant's statement, letters of recommendation, community and extracurricular involvement, and work experience. The application also invites a statement on diversity and a short note on why an applicant particularly wants to attend Cornell. The law school values applicants who have done their research and have particular interests or goals that would be served by attending the school versus one of its peer institutions.<ref name="Cornell Law School" />
===Legal Information Institute===
Cornell Law also is home to the [[Legal Information Institute]] (LII), an online provider of public legal information.<ref name=LII>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.cornell.edu/ |title=Legal Information Institute |publisher=Law.cornell.edu |accessdate=2011-08-18}}</ref> Started in 1992, it was the first law site developed for the internet.<ref name='Laurence'>{{cite book | last = Laurence | first = Helen | authorlink = |author2=William Miller | title = Academic research on the Internet: options for scholars and libraries | publisher = Routledge | year = 2000 | location = | page = 160 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=U3DTGfZkHywC&lpg=PA160&dq=%22legal%20information%20institute%22%20%22cornell%22&lr=&pg=PA160#v=onepage&q=%22legal%20information%20institute%22%20%22cornell%22&f=false | doi = | id = | isbn = 0-7890-1177-8}}</ref> The LII offers all [[Legal opinion|opinions]] of the [[United States Supreme Court]] handed down since 1990, together with over 600 earlier decisions selected for their historic importance.<ref name='Hall'>{{cite book | last = Hall | first = Kermit | authorlink = |author2=John J. Patrick | title = The pursuit of justice: Supreme Court decisions that shaped America | publisher = Oxford University Press US | year = 2006 | location = | page = 244 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=4upmi30oV8cC&lpg=PA247&dq=%22legal%20information%20institute%22%20and%20%22cornell%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=2005&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=2010&num=100&as_brr=0&pg=PA247#v=onepage&q=%22legal%20information%20institute%22%20and%20%22cornell%22&f=false | doi = | id = | isbn = 0-19-532568-0}}</ref> The LII also publishes over a decade of opinions of the [[New York Court of Appeals]], the full [[United States Code]], the [[Uniform Commercial Code|UCC]], and the [[Code of Federal Regulations]] among other resources.<ref name =LII/>


=== Campus ===
It recently created Wex, a free wiki legal dictionary and encyclopedia, collaboratively created by legal experts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/ |title=Wex Legal Dictionary and Encyclopedia |publisher=Topics.law.cornell.edu |accessdate=2011-08-18}}</ref> And the LII Supreme Court Bulletin is a free email- and web-based publication that intends to serve subscribers with thorough, yet understandable, legal analysis of upcoming Court cases as well as timely email notification of Court decisions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://topics.law.cornell.edu/supct/cert/ |title=LII Supreme Court Bulletin |publisher=Topics.law.cornell.edu |accessdate=2011-08-18}}</ref>
Cornell Law is housed within Myron Taylor Hall (erected 1932), which contains the Law Library, classrooms, offices, a moot courtroom, and the Cornell Legal Aid Clinic.

==== Library ====
[[File:Cornell Law School Library.JPG|thumb|The Cornell Law Library is one of twelve national depositories for print records of briefs filed with the [[United States Supreme Court|U.S. Supreme Court]]]]
The [[law library]] contains 700,000 books and microforms and includes rare historical texts relevant to the legal history of the United States.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tax Proof Blog: Rankings of Law Libraries |url=http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2005/12/arl_law_library.html |access-date=June 23, 2006 |publisher=Tax Proof Blog}}</ref> The library is one of the 12 national depositories for print records of briefs filed with the [[United States Supreme Court]]. Also, there is a large collection of print copies of the records and briefs of the [[New York Court of Appeals]]. The large microfilm collection has sets of [[United States Congress|Congressional]], Supreme Court, and United Nations documents, as well as a large collection of World Law Reform Commission materials. [[Microfiche]] records and briefs for the United States Supreme Court, the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit]] and [[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit|D.C. Circuit]], and the New York State Court of Appeals are also collected.<ref name="overview">{{cite web |title=Cornell Law School Library |url=http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/library/INFORMATION/About_the_Library/collections.htm |access-date=June 23, 2006 |publisher=Cornell University}}</ref> The library also has a large collection of [[international law|international]], foreign, and [[comparative law]], with the main focus being on the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] and Europe. Along with this, there are also collections of [[public international law]] and [[international trade law]]. A new initiative by the library is to collect Chinese, Japanese, and Korean resources to support the law school's Clarke Program in East Asian Law and Culture.<ref name="overview" />

Rare books in the library include the Samuel Thorne collection, which has 175 of some of the earliest and most rare books on law. Other significant collections include the Nathaniel C. Moak Library and the Edwin J. Marshall Collection of early works on equity and the Earl J. Bennett Collection of Statutory Material, a print collection of original colonial, territorial, and state session laws and statutory codes.<ref name="overview" /> Among the library's special collections are the 19th Century Trials Collection, Donovan [[Nuremberg Trials]] Collection, [[Scottsboro Boys|Scottsboro]] Collection, [[William P. Rogers|William P.]] and Adele Langston Rogers Collection and the Chile Declassification Project.<ref name="overview" />

==Student life==

=== Costs ===
The 2022-2023, non-discounted tuition for the JD program was $74,098 per year.<ref name="aba2022" /> The total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) at Cornell Law School for the 2022-2023 academic year was $97,618, bringing the total non-discounted cost of attendance for the J.D. class of 2025 to approximately $313,831 (assuming a total cost increase of 7% per year).<ref name="aba2022" /> According to Cornell Law's 2022 509 ABA disclosures, 86% of its students received grants or scholarships, though only 17% received grants or scholarships covering half or more of their tuition.<ref name="aba2022" />

=== Employment ===
Cornell Law is known for its large firm prowess, placing a greater portion of its J.D. graduates at big law firms than any other law school in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sloan |first1=Karen |date=April 20, 2022 |title=The biggest law firms turned to these schools for U.S. recruits |url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/biggest-law-firms-turned-these-schools-us-recruits-2022-04-20/ |access-date=20 October 2022 |website=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> On the public service front, Cornell Law is known for the Cornell Law Death Penalty Project;<ref>{{cite web |title=Death Penalty Project |url=https://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/academics/experiential-learning/clinical-program/death-penalty-project/ |access-date=20 October 2022}}</ref> its Tenants Advocacy Practicum;<ref>{{cite web |title=Tenants Advocacy Practicum |url=https://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/academics/experiential-learning/clinical-program/tenants-advocacy-practicum/ |access-date=20 October 2022}}</ref> and for housing the [[Legal Information Institute]], a non-profit, public service of Cornell Law School that provides no-cost access to legal research sources online at law.cornell.edu, serving over 47 million unique visitors per year.<ref>{{cite web |title=LII's 2022 in Review |url=https://blog.law.cornell.edu/blog/2023/01/31/liis-2022-in-review/ |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref>

Approximately 92% of the Class of 2022 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment within ten months of graduation.<ref name="lawschool.cornell.edu">{{cite web |title=Employment summary for 2022 graduates |url=https://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/EQSummary-43-04-07-2023-12-29-08.pdf |access-date=13 May 2023 |website=lawschool.cornell.edu}}</ref> According to [[Reuters]], Cornell Law placed a greater portion of its 2022 graduates in associate positions at big law firms than any other law school in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sloan |first1=Karen |date=April 28, 2023 |title=Large U.S. law firms love hiring from these schools |url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/large-us-law-firms-love-hiring-these-schools-2023-04-28/ |newspaper=Reuters}}</ref> Of the graduating class of 2022, approximately 80% were employed at large firms with more than 250 attorneys.<ref name="lawschool.cornell.edu" /> And in total, approximately 83% of that class obtained elite employment outcomes in the form of federal clerkships or employment at firms with more than 250 attorneys.<ref name="lawschool.cornell.edu" /> In a comparative survey of all law schools, Cornell graduates earned the highest average salaries in the United States from 2014 through 2019, with a mean salary of over $183,000.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 23, 2017 |title=SoFi's 2017 Law School Rankings: What You'll Earn (and What You'll Owe) |url=https://www.sofi.com/blog/sofi-2017-law-school-rankings/ |access-date=February 25, 2019 |website=SoFi}}</ref> The median private-sector salary for Cornell Law graduates is $215,000.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Right Choice! |url=https://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/ |access-date=2023-09-13 |website=Cornell Law School |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2023, Law.com ranked Cornell Law #2 on its ranking of the 50 best law schools for getting an associate position at the largest 100 law firms in the country.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 27, 2023 |title=This Year Sees a Shuffle Among the Top 10 Schools for Landing Big Law Jobs |url=https://www.law.com/2023/03/27/this-year-sees-a-shuffle-among-the-top-10-schools-for-landing-big-law-jobs/?slreturn=20240201171610 |access-date=March 1, 2024 |website=Law.com |language=en-US}}</ref>


===Publications===
===Publications===
The school has three law journals that are student-edited: the ''[[Cornell Law Review]]'', the ''[[Cornell International Law Journal]]'', and the ''[[Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy]]''. Additionally, the ''Journal of Empirical Legal Studies'' is a peer-reviewed journal that is published by Cornell Law faculty.
The school has three law journals that are student-edited: the ''[[Cornell Law Review]]'', the ''[[Cornell International Law Journal]]'', and the ''[[Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy]]''. Additionally, the ''[[Journal of Empirical Legal Studies]]'' is a peer-reviewed journal that is published by Cornell Law faculty.


===Moot Court===
===Moot court===
Cornell Law students actively participate in myriad [[moot court]] competitions annually, both in the law school itself and in external and international competitions. The Langfan First-Year Moot Court Competition, which takes place every spring, traditionally draws a large majority of the first-year class. Other internal competitions include the Cuccia Cup and the Rossi Cup.
Cornell Law students actively participate in myriad [[moot court]] competitions annually, both in the law school itself and in external and international competitions. The Langfan First-Year Moot Court Competition, which takes place every spring, traditionally draws a large majority of the first-year class. Other internal competitions include the Cuccia Cup and the Rossi Cup.


==People==
==Initiatives==
[[File:Cornell seal at Law.JPG|thumb|Cornell seal beneath the tower of Myron Taylor Hall]]


===Legal Information Institute===
===Faculty===
Cornell Law also is home to the [[Legal Information Institute]] (LII), an online provider of public legal information.<ref name="LII">{{cite web|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/ |title=Legal Information Institute |publisher=Law.cornell.edu |access-date=August 18, 2011}}</ref> Started in 1992, it was the first law site developed for the internet.<ref name="Laurence">{{cite book | last = Laurence | first = Helen |author2=William Miller | title = Academic research on the Internet: options for scholars and libraries | publisher = Routledge | year = 2000 | page = 160 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=U3DTGfZkHywC&pg=PA160 | isbn = 0-7890-1177-8}}</ref> The LII offers all [[Legal opinion|opinions]] of the [[United States Supreme Court]] handed down since 1990, together with over 600 earlier decisions selected for their historic importance.<ref name="Hall">{{cite book | last = Hall | first = Kermit |author2=John J. Patrick | title = The pursuit of justice: Supreme Court decisions that shaped America | publisher = Oxford University Press US | year = 2006 | page = [https://archive.org/details/pursuitofjustice0000hall/page/244 244] | url = https://archive.org/details/pursuitofjustice0000hall | url-access = registration | isbn = 0-19-532568-0}}</ref> The LII also publishes over a decade of opinions of the [[New York Court of Appeals]], the full [[United States Code]], the [[Uniform Commercial Code|UCC]], and the [[Code of Federal Regulations]] among other resources.<ref name="LII" />
{{see also|List of Cornell University faculty}}
* [[Cynthia Grant Bowman]], Gender Equality, Women's Rights, Feminist Jurisprudence
* [[Michael C. Dorf]], Constitutional Law (and noted legal blogger)
* [[Annelise Riles]], Comparative Law, International Law, Legal Anthropology
* [[Lynn Stout]], Corporate Law, Securities Regulation, Law and Economics
* [[Robert S. Summers]], Contract and Commercial Law


The LII is a public service of Cornell Law School that provides no-cost access to legal research sources online at law.cornell.edu, serving over 47 million unique visitors per year.
===Alumni===
{{see also|List of Cornell University alumni}}


The LII also maintains Wex, a free legal dictionary and encyclopedia. Created in collaboration with legal experts, Wex has since 2020 been continuously edited and supplemented by the Wex Definitions Team, a group of supervised Cornell Law student editors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/ |title=Wex Legal Dictionary and Encyclopedia |publisher=Topics.law.cornell.edu |access-date=August 18, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2020-05-18 |title=Wex Definitions Team |url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/lii/about/lii_staff/wdt |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=LII / Legal Information Institute |language=en}}</ref> And the LII Supreme Court Bulletin is a free email- and web-based publication that intends to serve subscribers with thorough, yet understandable, legal analysis of upcoming Court cases as well as timely email notification of Court decisions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://topics.law.cornell.edu/supct/cert/ |title=LII Supreme Court Bulletin |date=December 18, 2007 |publisher=Topics.law.cornell.edu |access-date=August 18, 2011}}</ref>
'''Political'''
* [[John G. Alexander]] (1916), [[United States Representative]] for [[Minnesota's 3rd congressional district]] (1939-1941).
* [[Rob Andrews]] (1982), [[United States Representative]] for [[New Jersey's 1st congressional district]] (1990-2014).
* [[Mark J. Bennett]] (1979), served as [[Attorney General of Hawaii]].
* [[Arnold Burns]] (1953), served as [[United States Deputy Attorney General]].
* [[Katherine Clark]] (1989), [[United States Representative]] for [[Massachusetts's 5th congressional district]] (2013–Present).
* [[Barber Conable]] (1948), [[United States Representative]] for [[New York's 30th congressional district]] (1983-1985), President of the [[World Bank]] (1986-1991).
* [[Arthur Dean (lawyer)|Arthur Hobson Dean]] (1923), diplomat, chief U.S. negotiator of the [[Korean Armistice Agreement]], which ended the [[Korean War]], drafter of the [[Partial Test Ban Treaty|Nuclear Test Ban Treaty]], and delegate to the [[United Nations]].
* [[William vanden Heuvel]] (1952), diplomat, businessman, and author.
* [[Philip H. Hoff]] (1951), served as [[Governor of Vermont]].
* [[Frank Horton (New York politician)|Frank Horton]] (1947), [[United States Representative]] for [[New York's 36th congressional district]] (1963-1973), 34th district (1973–1983), and 29th district (1983–1993).
* [[Tsai Ing-wen]] (LLM 1980), Taiwanese politician, chair of the [[Democratic Progressive Party]] (2014–Present).
* [[Charles Samuel Joelson]] (1939), [[United States Representative]] for [[New Jersey's 8th congressional district]] (1961-1969).
* [[Norman F. Lent]] (1957), [[United States Representative]] for [[New York's 4th congressional district]] (1973-1993).
* [[John T. Morrison]] (1890), served as [[Governor of Idaho]].
* [[Edmund Muskie]] (1939), served as [[Governor of Maine]], as a [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]], and as [[United States Secretary of State|U.S. Secretary of State]].
* [[Edward R. O'Malley]] (1891), served as [[Attorney General of New York]].
* [[Edward Worthington Pattison]] (1957), [[United States Representative]] for [[New York's 29th congressional district]] (1975-1979).
* [[Peter N. Perretti, Jr.]] (1956), served as [[Attorney General of New Jersey]].
* [[Samuel Pierce]] (1949), served as [[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development|U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]].
* [[John Raymond Pillion]] (1927), [[United States Representative]] for [[New York's 42nd congressional district]] (1953-1965).
* [[Alexander Pirnie]] (1926), [[United States Representative]] for [[New York's 34th congressional district]] (1959-1963) and 32nd district (1963–1973). Pirnie was awarded the [[Legion of Merit]] and [[Bronze Star Medal]] for service in Europe during [[World War II]].
* [[Howard W. Robison]] (1939), [[United States Representative]] for [[New York's 39th congressional district]] (1958-1975).
* [[William P. Rogers]] (1937), [[U.S. Attorney General]], [[U.S. Secretary of State]]. Rogers received the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] in 1973.
* [[William Sorrell]] (1974), [[Vermont Attorney General]] (1997-Present).
* [[Henry P. Smith]] (1936), [[United States Representative]] for [[New York's 40th congressional district]] (1965-1973).


===Programs===
'''Judiciary'''
{{div col|colwidth=24em}}
* [[Mary Donlon Alger]] (1920), first woman editor-in-chief of a US law review and Judge of the [[United States Customs Court]] (now the [[United States Court of International Trade]]).
* Berger International Legal Studies Program
* [[Frederic Block]] (1959), [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York]] (1994-2005).
* Clarke Business Law Institute
* [[Robert Boochever]] (1941), [[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit]] (1980-1986).
* Clarke Center for International and Comparative Legal Studies
* [[Leonie Brinkema]] (1976), [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia]] (1993-Present).
* Clarke Initiative for Law and Development in the Middle East and North Africa
* [[Brian Cogan]] (1979), [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York]] (2006-Present).
* Clarke Program on Corporations and Society
* [[Paul A. Crotty]] (1967), [[United States District Court for the Southern District of New York]] (2005-Present).
* Clarke Program in East Asian Law and Culture
* [[Phillip S. Figa]] (1976), [[United States District Court for the District of Colorado]] (2003-2008).
* Death Penalty Project
* [[Peter W. Hall]] (1977), [[United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit]] (2004-Present).
* Empirical Legal Studies: Judicial Statistics Project
* [[Frederick Bernard Lacey]] (1948), [[United States District Court for the District of New Jersey]] (1971-1986).
* Global Center for Women and Justice
* [[Alison J. Nathan]] (2000), [[United States District Court for the Southern District of New York]] (2011-Present).
* Graduate Legal Studies Program
* [[Pamela Pepper]] (1989), [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin]] (2014-Present).
* ILR-Law School Program on Conflict Resolution
* [[Stephen C. Robinson]] (1984), [[United States District Court for the Southern District of New York]] (2003-2010).
* International Comparative Programs
* [[Shira Scheindlin]] (1975), [[United States District Court for the Southern District of New York]] (1994-2012).
* Law and Economics Program
* [[Gary L. Sharpe]] (1974), [[United States District Court for the Northern District of New York]] (2004-Present).
* Lay Participation in Law International Research Collaborative
* [[Sang-Hyun Song]] (JSD 1970), President of the [[International Criminal Court]] (2009–Present).
* Migration and Human Rights Program
* [[Amy J. St. Eve]] (1990), [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois]] (2002-Present).
{{div col end}}
* [[Joseph L. Tauro]] (1956), [[United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts]] (1972-2013), Chief Judge of the District of Massachusetts from 1992-1999.
* [[Elbert Parr Tuttle]] (1923), one of the "[[Fifth Circuit Four]]," [[United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit]] (1954–1981), [[United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit]] (1981–1996), and as Chief Judge of the Fifth Circuit from 1960–1967. Tuttle received the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] in 1981.
* [[Richard C. Wesley]] (1974), [[United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit]] (2003-Present).
* [[Thomas Samuel Zilly]] (1962), [[United States District Court for the Western District of Washington]] (1988-2004).


==People==
'''Law and Business'''
* [[Milton S. Gould]] (1933), founding partner of [[Shea & Gould]]. The Milton Gould Award for Outstanding Advocacy is named in his honor.
* [[Ron Kuby]] (1983), criminal and civil rights lawyer, counsel on cases such as [[Texas v. Johnson]].
* [[Sol Linowitz]] (1938), Chairman of [[Xerox]]. Linowitz received the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] in 1998.
* [[Myron Charles Taylor]] (1894), CEO of [[U.S. Steel]].
* [[Shannon Minter]] (1993), civil rights attorney.
* [[Thomas A. Russo]], general counsel at [[American International Group]].
* [[Jan Schlichtmann]] (1977), toxic tort plaintiffs' attorney and subject of the book and film, ''[[A Civil Action]]''.


=== Deans ===
'''Miscellaneous'''
Following is a list of the deans of Cornell Law School:<ref name="timeline" />
* [[George Bell, Jr.]] (1894), [[United States Army]] [[Major General (United States)|Major General]] who commanded the [[33rd Infantry Division (United States)|33rd Infantry Division]] in [[World War I]] and later the [[VI Corps (United States)|United States VI Corps]]. Bell was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)|Distinguished Service Medal]], the French [[Croix de guerre|Croix de Guerre]] with Palm and the [[Legion of Honor]], as well as appointment as a Knight Commander of Britain's [[Order of St. Michael & St. George|Order of St. Michael and St. George]].
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* [[Edward J. Bloustein]] (1959), President of [[Rutgers University]].
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* [[Bob DuPuy]] (1973), President of [[Major League Baseball]].
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* [[Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol]] (LLM 2002, JSD 2005), Princess of [[Thailand]]
!Name
* [[Ari Melber]] (2009), Journalist and host of the [[MSNBC]] show [[The Cycle (TV program)|The Cycle]].
!Tenure
* [[Glenn Scobey Warner]] (1894), legendary football coach and innovator.
|-
|1
|[[Douglass Boardman]]
|1887–1891
|-
|2
|[[Francis Miles Finch]]
|1891–1903
|-
|3
|[[Ernest Wilson Huffcut]]
|1903–1907
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|4
|[[Frank Irvine]]
|1907–1916
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|5
|Edwin Hamlin Woodruff
|1916–1921
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|6
|George Gleason Bogert
|1921–1926
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|7
|Charles Kellog Burdick
|1926–1937
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|8
|Robert Sproule Stevens
|1937–1954
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|9
|Gray Thoron
|1956–1963
|-
|10
|[[William Ray Forrester]]
|1963–1973
|-
|11
|[[Roger C. Cramton]]
|1973–1980
|-
|12
|Peter William Martin
|1980–1988
|-
|13
|[[Russell K. Osgood]]
|1988–1998
|-
|''interim''
|Charles W. Wolfram
|1998–1999
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|14
|Lee E. Teitelbaum
|1999–2003
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|''interim''
|John A. Siliciano
|2003
|-
|15
|[[Stewart J. Schwab]]
|2004–2014
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|16
|[[Eduardo Peñalver]]
|2014–2021
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|17
|[[Jens David Ohlin]]
|2021–present
|}

=== Alumni ===
{{Main|List of Cornell Law School alumni}}Cornell Law alumni include business executive and philanthropist [[Myron Charles Taylor]], namesake of the law school building, along with [[United States Secretary of State|U.S. Secretaries of State]] [[Edmund Muskie]] and [[William P. Rogers]], [[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development|U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]] [[Samuel Pierce]], the first female President of Taiwan, [[Tsai Ing-wen]], federal judge and first female editor-in-chief of a [[law review]] [[Mary H. Donlon]], former President of the [[International Criminal Court]] [[Song Sang-Hyun]], as well as many members of the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]], governors, state [[Attorney general|attorneys general]], U.S. federal and state judges, diplomats and businesspeople.

=== Faculty ===
{{See also|List of Cornell University faculty}}
* [[Gregory S. Alexander]], Property Law and Theory
* [[Cynthia Grant Bowman]], Gender Equality, Women's Rights, Feminist Jurisprudence
* [[Sherry Colb]], Gender Equality, Animal Rights (2008-2022)
* [[Roger C. Cramton]], Administrative Law and Legal Ethics (1973-2017)
* [[Michael C. Dorf]], Constitutional Law (and noted legal blogger)
* [[Valerie Hans]], Law and Social Science
* [[Robert C. Hockett]], Corporate Law and Financial Regulation
* [[William A. Jacobson]], Securities Law
* [[Alexandra Lahav]], Civil Procedure
* [[Mitchel Lasser]], International and Comparative Law
* [[David Lyons (philosopher)|David Lyons]], Philosophy of Law (1979-1995)
* [[Andrei Marmor]], Philosophy of Law
* [[Peter W. Martin]], Law and Technology, Co-founder of the [[Legal Information Institute]]
* [[Saule Omarova]], Corporate Governance
* [[Eduardo Peñalver]], Property and Land Use
* [[K. Sabeel Rahman]], Law and Political Economy
* [[Annelise Riles]], Comparative Law, International Law, Legal Anthropology
* [[Stewart J. Schwab]], Employment Law
* [[Emily Sherwin]], Jurisprudence, Property, and Remedies
* Steven Shiffrin, First Amendment (1987-2016)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/in-memory-of-steve-shiffrin/|title=Steven Shiffrin|newspaper=lawschool.cornell.edu|access-date=29 June 2024}}</ref>
* [[Lynn Stout]], Corporate Law, Securities Regulation, Law and Economics (2012–2018)
* [[Robert S. Summers]], Contract and Commercial Law (1969–2011)
* [[Chantal J.M. Thomas]], Law and Development, International Economic Law
* [[Stephen Yale-Loehr]], Immigration Law
* [[Irving Younger]], Evidence and Trial Advocacy (1974-1981)


==See also==
==See also==
{{Portal|University|New York|Law}}
{{Portal|New York (state)|Law}}
* [[Law of New York]]
* [[Law of New York (state)]]


==References==
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==External links==
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Cornell Law School
Parent schoolCornell University
Established1887; 137 years ago (1887)
School typePrivate
Parent endowment$10 billion
DeanJens David Ohlin[1]
LocationIthaca, New York, United States
Enrollment585[2]
Faculty201[2]
USNWR ranking14th (tie) (2024)[3]
Bar pass rate94.3% for first-time takers in all jurisdictions (NY 96.1%)[4]
Websitelawschool.cornell.edu
ABA profileStandard 509 Report

Cornell Law School is the law school of Cornell University, a private, Ivy League university in Ithaca, New York.

One of the five Ivy League law schools, Cornell Law School offers four degree programs (JD, LLM, MSLS and JSD) along with several dual-degree programs in conjunction with other professional schools at the university. It was established in 1887 as Cornell University's Department of Law. Currently, the school graduates around 200 students each year.

Cornell Law School is home to the Legal Information Institute (LII), the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, the Cornell Law Review, the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, and the Cornell International Law Journal.

Boardman Hall, the old Cornell Law College building, c. 1910

History

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Entrance to Myron Taylor Hall, Cornell Law's principal building for instruction

19th century

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The Law Department at Cornell opened in 1887 in Morrill Hall with Judge Douglass Boardman as its first dean. At that time, admission did not require even a high school diploma. In 1917, two years of undergraduate education were required for admission, and in 1924, it became a graduate degree program.[5] The department was renamed the Cornell Law School in 1925. In 1890, George Washington Fields graduated, one of the first law school graduates of color in the United States.[6] In 1893, Cornell had its first female graduate, Mary Kennedy Brown. Future Governor, Secretary of State, and Chief Justice of the United States, Charles Evans Hughes, was a professor of law at Cornell from 1891 to 1893, and after returning to legal practice he continued to teach at the law school as a special lecturer from 1893 to 1895. Hughes Hall, one of the law school's central buildings, is named in his honor.

In 1892, the school moved into Boardman Hall, which was constructed specifically for legal instruction. The school moved from Boardman Hall (now the site of Olin Library) to its present-day location at Myron Taylor Hall in 1932. The law school building, an ornate, Gothic structure, was the result of a donation by Myron Charles Taylor, a former CEO of US Steel, and a member of the Cornell Law class of 1894.

20th century

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Hughes Hall was built as an addition to Myron Taylor Hall and completed in 1963. It was also funded by a gift from Taylor. Another addition to Myron Taylor Hall, the Jane M.G. Foster wing, was completed in 1988 and added more space to the library. Foster was a member of the class of 1918, an editor of the Cornell Law Review (then Cornell Law Quarterly), and an Order of the Coif graduate.

In 1948, Cornell Law School established a program of specialization in international affairs and also started awarding LL.B. degrees. In 1968, the school began to publish the Cornell International Law Journal. In 1991, the school established the Berger International Legal Studies Program. In 1994, the school established a partnership with the University of Paris I law faculty to establish a Paris-based Summer Institute of International and Comparative Law.

21st century

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From 1999 to 2004 the school hosted the Feminism and Legal Theory Project. In 2006, the school established its second summer law institute in Suzhou, China. The Clarke Program in East Asian Law and Culture was established in 2002.

Hughes Hall after 2017 renovations

In June 2012, the school embarked on a multi-year, multi-phase expansion and renovation. The first phase created additional classroom space underground, adjacent to Myron Taylor Hall along College Avenue. The second phase included the removal and digitization of printed materials from the library stacks so that the space could be converted into additional classroom and student space. The third phase involved converting Hughes Hall into office space.[7] As a result, Myron Taylor Hall saw the addition of 40,000 square feet of underground classroom space. The renovation of Hughes Hall was completed in 2017.[8]

Academics

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Interior of Cornell Law School quad

Degree programs

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Cornell has offered LL.M and J.S.D degrees since 1928.[9] The joint JD/MBA (with Cornell's Johnson School of Management) has three- and four-year tracks,[10] The JD/MILR program is four years, the JD/MPA is four years, and the JD/MRP is four years.

In addition, Cornell has joint program arrangements with universities abroad to prepare students for international licensure:

The JD/Master en Droit lasts four years and prepares graduates for admission to the bar in the United States and France. The JD/M.LL.P is three years old and conveys a mastery of German and European law and practices. The JD/Master in Global Business Law lasts three years. [citation needed]

Cornell Law School runs two summer institutes overseas, providing Cornell Law students with unique opportunities to engage in rigorous international legal studies.[11] The Cornell-Université de Paris I Summer Institute of International and Comparative Law at the Sorbonne in Paris, France offers a diverse curriculum in the historic Sorbonne and Centre Panthéon (Faculté de Droit) buildings at the heart of the University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne. Coursework includes international human rights, comparative legal systems, and international commercial arbitration. French language classes are also offered.[citation needed]

In 2006, Cornell Law School announced that it would launch a second summer law institute, the new Workshop in International Business Transactions with Chinese Characteristics in Suzhou, China. In partnership with Bucerius Law School (Germany) and Kenneth Wang School of Law at Soochow University (China), Cornell Law provides students from the United States, Europe, and China with an academic forum in which they can collaborate on an international business problem.[citation needed]

Rankings

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Cornell Law School was ranked 2nd in the 2023 Above the Law rankings, which prioritizes career outcomes above all other factors.[12] In 2023, Cornell Law was ranked 1st (in a tie) with an "A+" rating by The National Jurist in the "Best Schools for Law Firm Employment" listing.[13] The school ranked 13th in the 2023-2024 U.S. News & World Report Law School rankings.[14]

Admissions

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Banner outside the law school's Jane M.G. Foster wing

Cornell Law School is extremely selective: the median LSAT for the 2023 entering class was 172 (98th percentile of all test takers), with 25th and 75th percentiles of 169 and 175, respectively. The median undergraduate GPA was 3.90, with 25th and 75th percentiles of 3.77 and 3.97, respectively.[15]

For the 2021 LL.M. program, which is designed for non-U.S.-trained lawyers, 900 applications were received for the 50 to 60 openings. LL.M. students come from over 30 different countries.[16]

Along with consideration of the quality of an applicant's academic record and LSAT scores, the full-file-review admissions process places a heavy emphasis on an applicant's statement, letters of recommendation, community and extracurricular involvement, and work experience. The application also invites a statement on diversity and a short note on why an applicant particularly wants to attend Cornell. The law school values applicants who have done their research and have particular interests or goals that would be served by attending the school versus one of its peer institutions.[16]

Campus

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Cornell Law is housed within Myron Taylor Hall (erected 1932), which contains the Law Library, classrooms, offices, a moot courtroom, and the Cornell Legal Aid Clinic.

Library

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The Cornell Law Library is one of twelve national depositories for print records of briefs filed with the U.S. Supreme Court

The law library contains 700,000 books and microforms and includes rare historical texts relevant to the legal history of the United States.[17] The library is one of the 12 national depositories for print records of briefs filed with the United States Supreme Court. Also, there is a large collection of print copies of the records and briefs of the New York Court of Appeals. The large microfilm collection has sets of Congressional, Supreme Court, and United Nations documents, as well as a large collection of World Law Reform Commission materials. Microfiche records and briefs for the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and D.C. Circuit, and the New York State Court of Appeals are also collected.[18] The library also has a large collection of international, foreign, and comparative law, with the main focus being on the Commonwealth of Nations and Europe. Along with this, there are also collections of public international law and international trade law. A new initiative by the library is to collect Chinese, Japanese, and Korean resources to support the law school's Clarke Program in East Asian Law and Culture.[18]

Rare books in the library include the Samuel Thorne collection, which has 175 of some of the earliest and most rare books on law. Other significant collections include the Nathaniel C. Moak Library and the Edwin J. Marshall Collection of early works on equity and the Earl J. Bennett Collection of Statutory Material, a print collection of original colonial, territorial, and state session laws and statutory codes.[18] Among the library's special collections are the 19th Century Trials Collection, Donovan Nuremberg Trials Collection, Scottsboro Collection, William P. and Adele Langston Rogers Collection and the Chile Declassification Project.[18]

Student life

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Costs

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The 2022-2023, non-discounted tuition for the JD program was $74,098 per year.[2] The total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) at Cornell Law School for the 2022-2023 academic year was $97,618, bringing the total non-discounted cost of attendance for the J.D. class of 2025 to approximately $313,831 (assuming a total cost increase of 7% per year).[2] According to Cornell Law's 2022 509 ABA disclosures, 86% of its students received grants or scholarships, though only 17% received grants or scholarships covering half or more of their tuition.[2]

Employment

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Cornell Law is known for its large firm prowess, placing a greater portion of its J.D. graduates at big law firms than any other law school in the United States.[19] On the public service front, Cornell Law is known for the Cornell Law Death Penalty Project;[20] its Tenants Advocacy Practicum;[21] and for housing the Legal Information Institute, a non-profit, public service of Cornell Law School that provides no-cost access to legal research sources online at law.cornell.edu, serving over 47 million unique visitors per year.[22]

Approximately 92% of the Class of 2022 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment within ten months of graduation.[23] According to Reuters, Cornell Law placed a greater portion of its 2022 graduates in associate positions at big law firms than any other law school in the United States.[24] Of the graduating class of 2022, approximately 80% were employed at large firms with more than 250 attorneys.[23] And in total, approximately 83% of that class obtained elite employment outcomes in the form of federal clerkships or employment at firms with more than 250 attorneys.[23] In a comparative survey of all law schools, Cornell graduates earned the highest average salaries in the United States from 2014 through 2019, with a mean salary of over $183,000.[25] The median private-sector salary for Cornell Law graduates is $215,000.[26] In 2023, Law.com ranked Cornell Law #2 on its ranking of the 50 best law schools for getting an associate position at the largest 100 law firms in the country.[27]

Publications

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The school has three law journals that are student-edited: the Cornell Law Review, the Cornell International Law Journal, and the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy. Additionally, the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies is a peer-reviewed journal that is published by Cornell Law faculty.

Moot court

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Cornell Law students actively participate in myriad moot court competitions annually, both in the law school itself and in external and international competitions. The Langfan First-Year Moot Court Competition, which takes place every spring, traditionally draws a large majority of the first-year class. Other internal competitions include the Cuccia Cup and the Rossi Cup.

Initiatives

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Cornell seal beneath the tower of Myron Taylor Hall
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Cornell Law also is home to the Legal Information Institute (LII), an online provider of public legal information.[28] Started in 1992, it was the first law site developed for the internet.[29] The LII offers all opinions of the United States Supreme Court handed down since 1990, together with over 600 earlier decisions selected for their historic importance.[30] The LII also publishes over a decade of opinions of the New York Court of Appeals, the full United States Code, the UCC, and the Code of Federal Regulations among other resources.[28]

The LII is a public service of Cornell Law School that provides no-cost access to legal research sources online at law.cornell.edu, serving over 47 million unique visitors per year.

The LII also maintains Wex, a free legal dictionary and encyclopedia. Created in collaboration with legal experts, Wex has since 2020 been continuously edited and supplemented by the Wex Definitions Team, a group of supervised Cornell Law student editors.[31][32] And the LII Supreme Court Bulletin is a free email- and web-based publication that intends to serve subscribers with thorough, yet understandable, legal analysis of upcoming Court cases as well as timely email notification of Court decisions.[33]

Programs

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  • Berger International Legal Studies Program
  • Clarke Business Law Institute
  • Clarke Center for International and Comparative Legal Studies
  • Clarke Initiative for Law and Development in the Middle East and North Africa
  • Clarke Program on Corporations and Society
  • Clarke Program in East Asian Law and Culture
  • Death Penalty Project
  • Empirical Legal Studies: Judicial Statistics Project
  • Global Center for Women and Justice
  • Graduate Legal Studies Program
  • ILR-Law School Program on Conflict Resolution
  • International Comparative Programs
  • Law and Economics Program
  • Lay Participation in Law International Research Collaborative
  • Migration and Human Rights Program

People

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Deans

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Following is a list of the deans of Cornell Law School:[6]

List of Cornell Law School deans
No. Name Tenure
1 Douglass Boardman 1887–1891
2 Francis Miles Finch 1891–1903
3 Ernest Wilson Huffcut 1903–1907
4 Frank Irvine 1907–1916
5 Edwin Hamlin Woodruff 1916–1921
6 George Gleason Bogert 1921–1926
7 Charles Kellog Burdick 1926–1937
8 Robert Sproule Stevens 1937–1954
9 Gray Thoron 1956–1963
10 William Ray Forrester 1963–1973
11 Roger C. Cramton 1973–1980
12 Peter William Martin 1980–1988
13 Russell K. Osgood 1988–1998
interim Charles W. Wolfram 1998–1999
14 Lee E. Teitelbaum 1999–2003
interim John A. Siliciano 2003
15 Stewart J. Schwab 2004–2014
16 Eduardo Peñalver 2014–2021
17 Jens David Ohlin 2021–present

Alumni

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Main article: List of Cornell Law School alumni

Cornell Law alumni include business executive and philanthropist Myron Charles Taylor, namesake of the law school building, along with U.S. Secretaries of State Edmund Muskie and William P. Rogers, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Samuel Pierce, the first female President of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, federal judge and first female editor-in-chief of a law review Mary H. Donlon, former President of the International Criminal Court Song Sang-Hyun, as well as many members of the U.S. Congress, governors, state attorneys general, U.S. federal and state judges, diplomats and businesspeople.

Faculty

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See also: List of Cornell University faculty

See also

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References

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