Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson Law
Logo of Penn State's Dickinson Law
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| Motto | Practice Greatness |
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| Type | Public law school |
| Established | 1834 |
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Parent institution
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Pennsylvania State University |
| President | Eric J. Barron |
| Dean | Gary S. Gildin |
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Academic staff
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22 resident, 43 adjunct and visiting (both campuses) |
| Students | 573 (unified enrollment with Penn State Law) |
| Location |
Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States 40°11′58″N 77°11′50″W / 40.1994°N 77.1973°WCoordinates: 40°11′58″N 77°11′50″W / 40.1994°N 77.1973°W |
| Language | English |
| Website | dickinsonlaw.psu.edu |
| Official name | Dickinson Law |
| Designated | October 20, 1949 |
Penn State University–Dickinson Law, located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, is one of two independent and fully accredited law schools of Pennsylvania State University.
U.S. News & World Report, in its 2014 edition of America's Best Graduate Schools, ranked Penn State Dickinson (both campuses combined) 71st among the nation's top 218 law schools.
In the July 2013 Pennsylvania Bar Examination, 93.83% of first time test takers passed (both Penn State campuses combined); graduates of both campuses took the bar in 25 states and achieved an average first time pass rate of 91%; 16.67% of second time test takes passed and the overall passage rate for the school of law was 83.87%. According to Penn State's 2013 ABA-required disclosures, 44.5% of the (combined) Class of 2013 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation, excluding solo practitioners.
The Law School offers J.D. and LL.M. degrees in law and hosts visiting scholars. The law school was opened by Judge John Reed in 1834 as the law department of Dickinson College, named for Founding Father John Dickinson. It received an independent charter in 1890 and ended all affiliation with the college in 1917.
In 2000, Penn State and The Dickinson School of Law merged. Until 2014, Penn State’s Dickinson School of Law operated as a single law school with two campuses – one in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and one in University Park, Pennsylvania. In the summer of 2014, Penn State received approval from the ABA to operate the two campuses as two distinct law schools (now known as Penn State Law and Dickinson Law), both of which share the history and achievement of The Dickinson School of Law.
Lewis Katz Hall, named in honor of the principal donor to the project, philanthropist and businessman, Lewis Katz, for his $15 million gift to the Law School. Completed in January 2010, the transition marks the end of a two-year, $52 million construction project which included the addition of the elegant, new Lewis Katz Hall which is completely interconnected with the University Park campus via the most advanced high-definition, digital audiovisual telecommunications system available.
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