Rutgers School of Law - Camden
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| Motto | Sol iustitiae et occidentem illustra (Sun of righteousness, shine upon the West also) |
| Parent school | Rutgers University |
| Established | 1926 |
| School type | Public |
| Dean | Michael T. Cahill (co-dean) |
| Location | Camden, New Jersey, United States |
| Enrollment | 873 (full-time), 237 (part-time) (unified Rutgers Law School |
| Faculty | 179 (unified Rutgers Law School) |
| USNWR ranking | 62 |
| Website | law |
| ABA profile | Rutgers Law School Profile |
Formerly the Rutgers School of Law—Camden, the Camden campus of Rutgers Law School is located in in Camden, New Jersey. It and the Newark campus are the two campuses of the unified Rutgers Law School. In 2015, former Rutgers Law School–Camden officially merged with the former Rutgers School of Law–Newark, thereby creating the unified Rutgers Law School with two campuses.
U.S. News & World Report, in its 2018 rankings of Best Graduate Schools, ranked Rutgers Law School 62nd among 197 law schools fully accredited by the American Bar Association.
Founded in 1926 as "South Jersey Law School" by Collingswood mayor and businessperson Arthur E. Armitage, Sr. and an interested group of citizens, the law school merged with Rutgers University in 1950. The school is approved by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. Students are graduates of 140 different colleges and universities. The school consistently ranks in the second tier of law schools in the nation and is currently ranked 91st among the Top 100 law schools in the 2013 edition of U.S. News & World Report's "Best Graduate Schools", but has ranked higher in previous years (i.e. 65th in 2006, 2007, 2009). The school's legal writing program is ranked 11th in the nation by U.S. News and has been consistently ranked among the top legal writing programs in the past decade. Its part-time program was ranked 9th in the nation for 2013.
In January 2009, then-Rutgers Law School–Camden completed construction of a new facility, designed by Ayers Saint Gross. The cost of the 53,000 square feet (4,900 m2) addition to the existing law school was approximately $24 million and added classrooms, office space, and the "Archer & Greiner Moot Courtroom." The project included renovations in the existing facility, expanded social areas, and clinical space. A two-story, glass bridge spans Fifth Street in Camden and is visible to travelers on the Benjamin Franklin Bridge.
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