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  • Litchfield Law School

    The Litchfield Law School of Litchfield, Connecticut, was the first independent law school established in America for reading law. Founded and led by lawyer Tapping Reeve, the proprietary school was unaffiliated with any college or university. (While Litchfield was independent, a long-term debate resulted in the 1966 recognition of William & Mary Law School, opened five years after Litchfield, ...

  • Faculdade de Direito do Largo de São Francisco - Docentes e Discentes

    The Law School, University of São Paulo (in Portuguese: Faculdade de Direito da Universidade São Paulo, also known as Faculdade de Direito do Largo de São Francisco) is an institution of higher education and research in the field of Law located in São Paulo, Brazil. It joined the University of São Paulo (USP) in 1934, when the latter was established.One of the oldest establishments of higher ed...

  • Robson Hall Law School

    The University of Manitoba's faculty of law, also known as Robson Hall , is located on the Fort Garry campus of the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

  • Brooklyn Law School

    Wikipedia Brooklyn Law School (BLS) is a law school founded in 1901. It is located in Brooklyn Heights, New York City, in the United States, and has approximately 1,100 students. The Dean of the law school is Nicholas W. Allard, who assumed the role in 2012, as well as the role of president in 2014. Brooklyn Law School’s faculty includes 64 full-time professors, 6 emeriti faculty, and a numb...

  • Schulich School of Law

    The Schulich School of Law is a faculty of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Formerly called Dalhousie Law School , it was established in 1883, making it the oldest university common law school in the British Commonwealth. It is the largest law school in Atlantic Canada and attracts students from all parts of Canada and abroad. The law school is a member of the North America...

  • Queen's University Faculty of Law

    The Queen's University Faculty of Law is a professional faculty of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada and is regarded as one of the most prestigious institutions of legal education in Canada. According to the 2013 Maclean's Magazine Law School Rankings, Queen’s is tied for third among law schools in Canada.While the tradition of legal education at Queen's University heralds back ne...

  • Université Laval Faculté de droit

    The Faculty of Law at Laval University (French: Université Laval Faculté de droit ), founded in 1852, is one of the oldest institutions of its kind in North America. It hosts more than 1,000 students in its curriculum of first, second and third years, with more than 45 lecturers teaching and supervising research projects in most areas of law. The research activity is particularly intense in the...

  • Birmingham School of Law

    The Birmingham School of Law is a state-accredited law school located in Birmingham, Alabama. It is the largest law school in the State of Alabama. Founded in 1915 by Judge Hugh A. Locke, a judge of the Chancery Court and president of the Birmingham Bar Association, the Birmingham School of Law offers a part-time program of study in which graduates receive the Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree.

  • University of Toronto Faculty of Law

    The University of Toronto Faculty of Law ( U of T Law , UToronto Law ) is the law school of the University of Toronto. Originally founded in 1887, the Faculty is one of the oldest law faculties in Canada, although it was not until 1958 that the Faculty was officially recognized as an accredited institution by the Law Society of Upper Canada when the Society relinquished its monopoly on legal ed...

  • Université de Moncton École de droit

    Université de Moncton Faculty of Law (French: Université de Moncton École de droit ) is one of only two law schools in the world offering a common law legal education taught entirely in French, the other being the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law.==History==The Faculty was established in 1978 in order to respond to the needs of francophone communities in New Brunswick, and more broadly those...

  • University of Saskatchewan College of Law

    The College of Law at the University of Saskatchewan is the university's law school. Located in Saskatoon in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, the College of Law was established in 1912 and is the oldest law school in Western Canada, a distinction it shares with the University of Alberta.Approximately 126 students are admitted to the College of Law each year. In the fall term of 2011/2012,...

  • John Marshall Law School (Chicago)

    Wikipedia =The John Marshall Law School is a law school in Chicago, Illinois, that was founded in 1899 and accredited by the American Bar Association in 1951. The school was named for the influential nineteenth-century U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall.The John Marshall Law School offers programs for both part-time and full-time students, with both day and night classes available, ...

  • McGill University Faculty of Law

    The Faculty of Law is a constituent faculty of McGill University, in Montreal, Quebec. Its graduates obtain both a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) and Bachelor of Civil Law (B.C.L.), concurrently, in three to four years, allowing them to practise in both the Canadian, U.S. and UK common law system as well as Quebec's civil law system.=History=The Faculty of Law was officially created in 1848.With the ...

  • Peter A. Allard School of Law

    The University of British Columbia Faculty of Law , operating as The Peter A. Allard School of Law , is a faculty at the University of British Columbia and one of the largest English language legal programs in Canada. The school offers a three-year Juris Doctor (JD) program and the graduate degrees of Master of Laws (LLM), Master of Laws Common Law (LLMCL) and doctorate (PhD) degrees. Among oth...

  • University of Alberta Faculty of Law

    The University of Alberta Faculty of Law is the graduate school of law of the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. Established as an undergraduate faculty in 1912 it is the third oldest law school in Canada, and often considered the oldest law school in Western Canada.The school offers a three-year Juris Doctor (J.D.) program, as well as the graduate degrees of Master of Laws (LL.M.) and ...

  • University of Calgary Faculty of Law

    The Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary is a law school in the common law jurisdiction of Calgary, Alberta. Currently, there are 31 full-time faculty and just over 300 students in the JD program, giving the school one of the smallest class sizes of the Canadian law schools.The University of Calgary is consistently ranked among the top 200 law schools in the world (QS World University Ra...

  • Thompson Rivers University Faculty of Law

    Thompson Rivers University Faculty of Law is the graduate school of law of Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.==History==TRU Faculty of Law officially opened to students on September 6, 2011 with a first year class of 75 students and 10 faculty members. The ceremonial opening was attended by several dignitaries, including the Honourable Chief Justice Lance Finch, f...

  • University of Ottawa Faculty of Law

    The University of Ottawa Faculty of Law ( U of O Law , uOttawa Law , or Ottawa Law ) is the law school at the University of Ottawa, located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the nation's capital. Established in 1953, the faculty is today divided into civil law and common law sections, the two formally recognized legal traditions in Canada. The faculty is very highly rated and maintains close links wi...

  • University of New Brunswick Faculty of Law

    The University of New Brunswick Faculty of Law is the second oldest university-based common law Faculty in the Commonwealth. It is located in New Brunswick's capital city, Fredericton, and is one of two law schools located in the province, the other being the French language Faculty at l'Université de Moncton.The current Dean of the Faculty is Prof. John R. Williamson. Former Justice of the Cou...

  • University of Victoria Faculty of Law

    The University of Victoria Faculty of Law is a law school at the University of Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The school grants JD, LLM, and PhD degrees in law.

  • University of Windsor Faculty of Law

    The Faculty of Law is a faculty of the University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It was opened in 1969, and places particular focus on trans-border legal issues and access to justice.The Faculty of Law is one of seven in Ontario, and has a major teaching and research focus on Social Justice and Transnational Legal issues. It publishes the law journal Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justi...

  • Western Law School

    Western Law School is a public law school located at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1959, its first Dean was former Supreme Court of Canada justice, the Honourable Ivan Cleveland Rand, who saw the school as developing "in the minds of its students the habit of thinking in terms of the dynamic tradition, in the broadest sense, of our law." The Dean of La...

  • Université de Montréal Faculty of Law

    The Faculty of Law at Université de Montréal was officially founded in 1892. It has consistently been in first position in the Canadian civil law schools rankings in Maclean's until 2010. In addition to its civil law degree (LL.B.), the Law School offers a one-year J.D. in common law for Quebec civil law graduates that enables them to take the bar exam in other Canadian provinces and in New Yor...

  • Bora Laskin Faculty of Law

    The Bora Laskin Faculty of Law is the professional school of law of Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.=History=Lakehead University's Bora Laskin Faculty of Law officially opened in September 2013. Its founding dean was Lee Stuesser. It is Canada's newest law school and is the first Canadian law program to integrate licensing into its curriculum; its graduates will be qualified...