John Marshall Law School(Chicago)
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| Established | 1899 |
| School type | Private |
| Dean | Dean Darby Dickerson |
| Location | Chicago, Illinois, US |
| Enrollment | 1,907 (1,546 full-Time, 361 part-Time) numbers are approximate |
| Faculty | 48 |
| USNWR ranking | Ranked #5 in Legal Writing, #13 in Trial Advocacy, and #19 in Intellectual Property Law in 2018 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools |
| Website | www.jmls.edu |
The John Marshall Law School is a law school in Chicago, Illinois, that was founded in 1899 and accredited by the American Bar Association in 1951. The school was named for the influential nineteenth-century U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall.
The John Marshall Law School offers programs for both part-time and full-time students, with both day and night classes available, and offers January enrollment—choices most law schools no longer offer.
John Marshall is located in Chicago's central financial and legal district, most commonly known as The Loop. It is across the street from the Dirksen Federal Building, which houses the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and about four blocks from the Daley Center, which houses the Cook County Courts. It is also next door to the Chicago Bar Association.
The fall 2016 entering class had a median GPA of 3.06 and a median LSAT of 148.
According to John Marshall's official 2016 ABA-required disclosures, 51% of the Class of 2015 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation.
According to the law professor blog, The Faculty Lounge, based on 2014 data submitted by law schools to the American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, 48.9% of graduates obtained full-time, long term positions requiring bar admission (i.e., jobs as lawyers), ten months after graduation, ranking 149 out of 197 law schools.
The bar passage rate for the July 2015 bar exam was 73%. .
The total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) at John Marshall for the 2016-2017 academic year is $72,594.
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