Advantage: Our Extraordinary Community

Our community offers everything legal scholars need to develop their skills. That development starts in the classroom with our excellent faculty, then continues out to a range of extracurricular and experiential learning options. As you’ll see, our programs and extracurricular opportunities cover the spectrum. So, whether you want to perfect your persuasive talents for a litigation career or hone your writing or negotiation skills for an appellate practice, you’ll find what you’re looking for here.

Diverse Learning Opportunities

• A diverse range of student activities offers something for everyone, from the Air & Space Law Society to the Animal Law Society.
• The school boasts a practical experience for everyone with 11 clinics. From Poverty Law to Arts & Entertainment Law, students help real people solve their problems.
• 18 focus areas for students who wish to really focus in a specific area of law, including the hottest practice areas like Immigration & Human Rights Law, Cyber Law, or National Security Law and Policy.

Excellent Extracurriculars

• Students can demonstrate academic prowess in one of five student-edited journals, moot court, or trial advocacy.
• Unrivaled academic centers give students the chance to network through academic conferences and roundtables and research opportunities:
  • C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State
  • Center for the Middle East & International Law
  • Global Antitrust Institute
  • Law & Economics Center
  • Liberty & Law Center

Outstanding Instruction

• A small size, leads to a close-knit community and small classes—an invaluable advantage for learning complex legal doctrines.
• Access to some of the greatest legal minds: a full-time faculty that is ranked 30^th in scholarly impact that is enhanced by adjunct law professors drawn from the best firms, highest levels of government, and significant corporations and nonprofits.