Wake Forest University School of Law
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| Motto | Pro Humanitate (Latin) |
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Motto in English
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For Humanity |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1894 |
| Dean | Suzanne Reynolds |
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Academic staff
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92 |
| Students | 525 |
| Location | Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States |
| Colors | Black & Old gold |
| Website | www.law.wfu.edu |
The Wake Forest University School of Law is one of the professional graduate schools of Wake Forest University. Located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Wake Forest University School of Law is a private American Bar Association (ABA) accredited law school and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). The school was established in 1894. U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks the school among the Top Tier Law Schools in the nation. The current dean is Suzanne Reynolds.
Wake Forest University School of Law has a faculty of 52 Resident Faculty Members and 40 Extended Faculty Members.
The school is known for emphasizing small classes, and the entering class in 2014 had 179 students. The Class entering in 2014 had a 25/75% GPA range of 3.37-3.77 and LSAT range of 157 to 163. According to Wake Forest's official 2013 ABA-required disclosures, 56.6% of the Class of 2013 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation. The bar passage rate in North Carolina for the Class of 2014 was 79%.
The school has three student-run law journals. The school's flagship journal is the Wake Forest Law Review. The school also publishes two specialized journals, the Wake Forest Journal of Law & Policy and the Wake Forest Journal of Business and Intellectual Property Law.
The Wake Forest University School of Law was ranked 40th in the 2017 U.S. News & World Report Best Law Schools rankings.
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The Law School offers six legal clinics, or programs that allow students to attain practical legal experience through providing legal services to real clients.
According to Wake Forest's official 2013 ABA-required disclosures, 58.5% of the Class of 2013 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation. Wake Forest's Law School Transparency under-employment score is 33.3%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2013 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation.
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