Loyola University of Los Angeles School of Law
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| Motto |
Ad maiorem Dei gloriam – Tua Luce Dirige (For the greater glory of God – direct us by thy light) |
| Parent school | Loyola Marymount University |
| Established | 1920 (1865) |
| School type | Private, Roman Catholic |
| Parent endowment | $432.6 million (as of 2015) |
| Dean | Michael Waterstone |
| Location | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Enrollment | 940 |
| Faculty | 135 |
| USNWR ranking | 65 |
| Bar pass rate | 83% (ABA profile) |
| Website | www.lls.edu |
| ABA profile | Loyola Marymount University |
Loyola Law School is the law school of Loyola Marymount University, a private Catholic university in the Jesuit and Marymount traditions, in Los Angeles, California. Loyola was established in 1920. It is named in honor of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the Spanish intellectual and founder of the Jesuits. The Frank Gehry-designed campus is located near downtown Los Angeles.
U.S. News & World Report ranked Loyola Law School 65th in its "America's Best Graduate Schools 2018" feature, which ranked the school 6th for tax law, 6th for Trial Advocacy and 27th for legal writing – making it the top-ranked California school in all three specialty categories.
Loyola ranks higher on alternative guides such as The Princeton Review in addition to the Cooley rankings (also known as the Brennan rankings). The Cooley Rankings ranked Loyola Law School 26th in the nation in 2010. The American Lawyer ranked Loyola #3 for its preparation of attorneys for big firm practice. In 2017, the National Law Journal ranked Loyola #34 on its list of "The Go-To Law Schools' Associates to Partner”.
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Distinct from most law schools, which typically reside in one or two centralized buildings, Loyola has a separate law school campus. The campus, sitting on a full city block just west of downtown Los Angeles, is made up of an open central plaza surrounded by several contemporary buildings designed by Frank Gehry. Its recently renovated library is one of the largest private law libraries in the western U.S., with a collection of nearly 560,000 volumes.
Including its day and evening J.D. programs, Loyola has the largest and most diverse student enrollment of any California law school. It was the first California law school with a pro bono graduation requirement, under which students perform 40 hours of pro bono work. After Hurricane Katrina, Loyola was also one of a handful of schools to open its doors to students of law schools in New Orleans who were forced to relocate for a period of time after the hurricane.
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