Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
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| Motto |
Quaecumque sunt vera (Latin) |
| Established | 1859 |
| School type | Private |
| Parent endowment | US $10.19 billion |
| Dean | Daniel B. Rodriguez, Harold Washington Professor |
| Location |
Chicago, Illinois, U.S. 41°53′47″N 87°37′03″W / 41.8963°N 87.6174°WCoordinates: 41°53′47″N 87°37′03″W / 41.8963°N 87.6174°W |
| Enrollment | 658 |
| Faculty | 190 |
| USNWR ranking | 12 |
| Bar pass rate | 92% (2017) |
| Website | law |
| ABA profile | Northwestern Law Profile |
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Quaecumque sunt vera (Latin)
Ὁ Λόγος πλήρης χάριτος καὶ ἀληθείας - Ho logos pleres charitos kai aletheias (Greek)
Whatsoever things are true (Philippians 4:8 AV)
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law is a private, elite American law school in Chicago, Illinois. Located in the North Side's Streeterville, it is one of the twelve constituent schools of Northwestern University. The law school was founded in 1859 as the Union College of Law of the Old University of Chicago. The first law school established in Chicago, it became jointly controlled by Northwestern University in 1873 and fully incorporated into Northwestern in 1891. Northwestern Law is a member of the "T-14" law schools, a prestigious group of 14 schools that enjoy national recognition. The law school was ranked 12th by the 2017 Edition of US News & World Report guide to the nation's top law schools.
According to Northwestern's 2016 ABA-required disclosures, 91% of the Class of 2015 obtained full-time, long-term employment nine months after graduation.
Northwestern Law is located on Northwestern University's downtown campus in Chicago's Streeterville/Gold Coast neighborhood. The law school is on Lake Shore Drive and Chicago Avenue, adjacent to Lake Shore Park and Lake Michigan. It is a few blocks from the John Hancock Center, Magnificent Mile, Water Tower, Oak Street Beach, and Navy Pier.
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