Georgetown University

Law School Overview

U.S. News Rankings

Ranking score and category

Rank Category Name #14 Best Law Schools

Specialties #1 in Clinical Training #9 in Environmental Law #9 in Healthcare Law Locked in Intellectual Property Law #3 in International Law #1 in Part-time Law #2 in Tax Law #8 in Trial Advocacy

Law School Overview

The Law Center at Georgetown University has an application deadline of March 1. The full-time program application fee at the Law Center at Georgetown University is $85. The part-time program application fee at the Law Center at Georgetown University is $85. Its tuition is full-time: $48,835 per year and part-time: $34,600 per year. The student-faculty ratio is 11.0:1. The Law Center at Georgetown University has 269 full- and part-time faculty on staff.

The Georgetown Law Center is located near the heart of the American federal government in Washington, D.C. In addition to the traditional J.D., the Law Center offers joint degree programs such as the J.D./Ph.D. in Government program, which examines the effect of law on American government and political processes. There are additional joint degree programs offered with other highly ranked departments at Georgetown University, including a J.D./M.B.A. in conjunction with the McDonough School of Business, as well as a J.D./M.P.H. program offered in conjunction with the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. In the summer, the Georgetown Law Center also offers a Foundations of American Law and Legal Education program for foreign-trained lawyers looking to practice in the U.S.

Students can get hands-on legal practice in nearly 15 clinics, including the D.C. Street Law Clinic, in which Georgetown students teach high schoolers and community members about the law. There are about 20 research centers, institutes, and initiatives, including the Sandra Day O’Connor Project on the State of the Judiciary and the Georgetown State-Federal Climate Resource Center. About 10 legal journals, including the Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law & Policy and the Georgetown Journal of Law and Modern Critical Race Perspectives, examine a wide variety of issues. About 300 students may live in the university-owned Gewirz Student Center, which also includes a moot courtroom, student lounges, and a child care facility.

Notable Georgetown Law alumni include Greta Van Susteren, a FOX News Channel anchor, and Thomas Leavey, cofounder of Farmers Insurance Group.

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Year founded	1870
Public/private	Private
Law school designation	National

Admissions

Application deadline	March 1
Full-time program application fee	$85
Part-time program application fee	$85
Admissions Phone	(202) 662-9015
Admissions E-mail	admis@law.georgetown.edu
Web site	http://www.law.georgetown.edu

Academics

Full- and part-time faculty	269
Student-faculty ratio	11.0:1
Total faculty	277

Student Body

Enrollment (full-time)	1,683
Gender distribution (full-time)
J.D. candidates graduating in 2011-2012	616

Cost

Tuition and fees
Full-time: $48,835 per year Part-time: $34,600 per year
Room and board	$18,135

Careers

Employed at graduation 2	63.7%
Median private sector starting salary	$160,000
Median public service starting salary	$61,245

Library

Total volumes and volume equivalents

1,165,022

* Law School Overview details based on 2012 data