Liberty University School of Law
| Liberty University School of Law | |
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Coat of arms of the school
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| Motto | Ad Fontes |
| Parent school | Liberty University |
| Established | 2004 |
| School type | Private |
| Dean | Keith Faulkner |
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Lynchburg, Virginia, USA 37°21′20″N 79°10′24″W / 37.35556°N 79.17333°WCoordinates: 37°21′20″N 79°10′24″W / 37.35556°N 79.17333°W |
| Enrollment | 173 |
| Bar pass rate | 89.66 |
| Website | http://www.liberty.edu/law/ |
| ABA profile | ABA Profile |
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The Liberty University School of Law is the law school of Liberty University, a private Evangelical Christian university in Lynchburg, Virginia. According to its website, "Liberty University School of Law is a law school committed to academic and professional excellence in the context of the Christian intellectual tradition. We are a law school where what is taught comports with history, objective reality, morality, and common sense. We seek to produce highly skilled practitioners of law who are capable of making positive contributions to their respective legal bars and communities." The School of Law offers the following degrees in law: J.D., L.L.M., and J.M.
The Liberty University School of Law was founded in 2004 as a division of Liberty University, an Evangelical school. Liberty University School of Law received provision accreditation in 2006 and became fully accredited by the American Bar Association in 2010.
The original dean was Bruce W. Green, who was responsible for guiding the school in obtaining Liberty's provisional accreditation by the American Bar Association in February 2006. Green resigned in May 2006 at which time Mathew D. Staver assumed the position. In 2015, Keith Faulkner assumed the deanship at Liberty University School of Law. Faulkner had previously served as the dean of the Campbell University Lundy-Fetterman School of Business.
The School of Law is located in the Green Hall facility on Liberty's campus, and consists of 116,000 square feet (10,800 m2), all of which is located on one level. 34,000 square feet (3,200 m2) of that space is dedicated to Ehrhorn Law Library. The School of Law's Supreme Courtroom contains an exact replica of the Supreme Court of the United States's judge bench.
Tuition for the 2016-2017 academic year is $29,994, with estimated costs and fees totaling an additional $19,108. The Law School Transparency estimated the debt-financed cost of attendance for three years, based on data from the 2015-2016 academic year, is $182,400. In 2016 the U.S. News & World Report ranked Liberty as one of the private law schools that award the most financial aid, providing a median grant of $19,500.
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