Georgetown University Law Center

Georgetown University Law Center
MottoLaw is but the means — Justice is the end[1]
Parent schoolGeorgetown University
Religious affiliationRoman Catholic (Jesuit)
Established1870 (1870)
School typePrivate law school
Parent endowment$3.3 billion[2]
DeanWilliam Treanor
LocationWashington, D.C., United States
38°53′54″N 77°0′45″W / 38.89833°N 77.01250°W / 38.89833; -77.01250
Enrollment2,440: 1,982 JD, 441 LLM, 17 SJD
Faculty285: 126 full-time, 159 part-time
USNWR ranking14th (tie) (2024)[3]
Bar pass rate90.51% (2023 first-time takers)[4]
Websitewww.law.georgetown.edu

The Georgetown University Law Center is the law school of Georgetown University, a private research university in Washington, D.C., United States. It was established in 1870 and is the largest law school in the United States by enrollment, with over 2,000 students.[5] It frequently receives the most full-time applications of any law school in the United States.[6][7] Georgetown is considered part of the T14, an unofficial designation in the legal community of the best 14 law schools in the United States.

The school's campus is less than a mile from the U.S. Capitol Building.[8] Prominent alumni include 11 members of the United States Congress,[9] federal and state judges, billionaires, and diplomats.

  1. ^ Expressed by Joseph A. Cantrel (Class of 1922), at the 50th Anniversary Celebration in December 1920. See official site Archived July 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ As of June 30, 2023. Georgetown University Consolidated Financial Statements (Report). Georgetown University. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
  3. ^ "US News Law School Rankings".
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference barpass was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Georgetown University, U.S. News & World Report, Retrieved: January, 2024
  6. ^ 10 Law Schools With the Most Full-Time Applications, U.S. News & World Report, Published: March 31, 2016. Retrieved: January 30, 2017
  7. ^ Strauss, Valerie (November 13, 2021). "The country's most popular law school got an unexpected jolt". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  8. ^ "Visit Our Campus". www.law.georgetown.edu. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  9. ^ "Eleven Georgetown Law Alumni Will Serve in the 117th Congress". Retrieved January 5, 2021.

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