Chapman University School of Law
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| Established | 1995 |
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| School type | Private |
| Parent Endowment | $176 million |
| Dean | John C. Eastman |
| Location | Orange, California, USA |
| Enrollment | 474 |
| Faculty | 98 |
| USNWR ranking | Tier 3 |
| Bar pass rate | 77% (July 2008)[1] |
| Annual tuition | $34,250 (FT), $29,468 (PT) |
| Website: | http://www.chapman.edu/law/ |
| ABA Profile | Profile |
Chapman University School of Law, commonly referred to as Chapman Law, is a private, non-profit law school located in Orange, California. The school offers the Juris Doctor degree (JD), combined programs offering a JD/MBA and JD/MFA in Film & Television Producing, and five LL.M. degrees in Business Law and Economics, Entertainment Law & Media, International & Comparative Law, Prosecutorial Science, and Taxation. Currently, the school has a full-time faculty of thirty-nine and a law library with holdings in excess of 290,000 volumes and volume equivalents.[2]
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[edit] Accreditation History
Established in 1995 as part of the much older Chapman University, Chapman Law gained provisional accreditation from the American Bar Association (ABA) in 1998.[3] And in 2002, the ABA awarded the school full accreditation.[4][5] In addition to its ABA membership, the Association of American Law Schools has also formally admitted Chapman Law as one of its members in 2006, noting that "the school has an outstanding physical facility and has developed a faculty with a strong commitment to teaching and scholarship."[5]
[edit] Rankings
Chapman Law is currently listed in the 3rd Tier (out of four) of the US News and World Report's annual law school rankings, and as the 17th best tax law program .[6]
The 2008 edition of The Princeton Review's Best 170 Law Schools lists Chapman Law as #3 in the "Best Quality of Life" category, #3 in the "Best Classroom Experience" category, #7 in the "Professors Rock (Legally Speaking)" category, and #9 in the "Most Diverse Faculty" category.[7]
[edit] Faculty
In 2007, Chapman Law added Dr. Vernon L. Smith, who won the Nobel Prize for his work in experimental economics, to the list of its faculty.[8][9] To date, Dr. Smith "may be the only Nobel Laureate on a law faculty in California."[9]. Other recent additions to the Chapman Law faculty include Constitutional law and legal ethics scholar Ronald D. Rotunda [1], former Dean of the UC-Berkeley Haas School of Business, former Congressman Tom Campbell [2], and progressive international law scholar Richard A. Falk[3]. Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, the author of "Painting the Map Red, The Fight To Create A Permanent Republican Majority" and "A Mormon In The White House, 10 Things Every American Should Know About Mitt Romney", is also a professor of Constitutional Law at Chapman.
Additionally, Chapman Law's faculty includes four former U.S. Supreme Court law clerks,[10] including Dean John Eastman and Associate Dean Celestine McConville.
[edit] Law Journals
Chapman Law has three law journals: the Chapman Law Review, the Journal of Criminal Justice, and the Nexus Journal of Opinion. According to the Washington and Lee University School of Law's submissions and ranking system, Chapman's law review ranks 59 (out of 262) in the general law journals category and 93 (out of 1424) in the total law journals category.[11]
[edit] References
- ^ The State Bar of California
- ^ Chapman University - Law - Rinker Law Library
- ^ ABA Approved Law Schools
- ^ ContractsProf Blog: March 19, 2006 - March 25, 2006
- ^ a b february2006.indd
- ^ USNews.com: America's Best Graduate Schools 2008: Tier 3 Law Schools
- ^ Best 170 Law Schools | Ranking | Top Law Programs on The Princeton Review
- ^ Economics Blog : Little Chapman University Lures Big Name in Economics
- ^ a b DeBenedictis, Don J. "Nobel-winning economist to joint Chapman School of Law," Los Angeles Daily Journal, 27 July 2007.
- ^ LLM GUIDE - Chapman University School of Law
- ^ Law Journals: Submissions and Ranking
[edit] External links
- Chapman Law official site
- Harry and Diane Rinker Law Library official site
- Chapman Law Review official site
- Nexus Journal of Opinion official site
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