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Top 10 Law Schools for Business Law
In 2014, Law Street Media released its first set of law school rankings, in response to the changing legal education industry. Law Street Specialty Rankings are a detailed resource for prospective law students as they consider the many law schools across the country. You'll notice some differences this year, as we return to the categories we first ranked in 2014. This year, we've changed the way we do our methodology slightly, to reflect feedback from our readers and the law school community. We've also redesigned our look, to make it easier to navigate and compare various schools. But as always, Law Street Specialty Rankings are built to blend the quantitative and qualitative in a way that accurately highlights the top law schools based on specialty programs.
This year's law school specialty rankings were compiled by Anneliese Mahoney, Alexis Evans, Celia Heudebourg, Gabe Fernandez, James Levinson, Josh Schmidt, and Marcus Dieterle.
Jobs: 18/20
Duke offers great job prospects for its students. The school also offers different practical experiences, including a clinic focused on start ups.
Classes: 21/25
Duke offers dozens of business law related classes. Some of the distinct offerings include “Mergers and Acquisitions: A Practitioner’s Perspective” and “Hedge Fund Activism.”
Networking: 14/15
Students can mingle with Duke Law alumni and other business law practitioners during the school’s annual business law symposium. Duke also offers panels and other events on topics like corporate securities law and business litigation.
Extracurriculars: 14/15
Duke Law offers a handful of business law organizations. In addition to the Business Law Society, the Law and Entrepreneurship Society offers students the ability to work on their own businesses or to provide legal advice to others growing their companies.
Location: 10/15
Duke University Law School’s location in the Durham-Chapel Hill metropolitan area helped the school do well in this category.
Other Rankings: 8/10
Duke University’s law school received a near-perfect score in this category because of its solid performance on other organizations’ rankings.
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