ABOUT
Motto: Practice Greatness
Parent school :Dickinson College
(1834–1917)
Independent
(1917–2000)
Pennsylvania State University
(2000–present)
Established: 1834; 188 years ago (as the Dickinson School of Law)
School type :Public law school
Dean :Danielle M. Conway
Location :Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States.
Penn State Dickinson Law, formerly Dickinson School of Law, is a public law school in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. It is one of two separately accredited law schools of The Pennsylvania State University.
According to Penn State Dickinson Law’s 2019 ABA-required disclosures, 95% of the Class of 2019 are employed nine months after graduation in positions that either require them to pass the bar or for which a J.D. degree is an advantage.
History
The Law School offers J.D. and LL.M. degrees in law and hosts visiting scholars. The Law School was opened by Judge John Reed in 1834 as the law department of Dickinson College, named for Founding Father John Dickinson. It received an independent charter in 1890 and ended all affiliation with the college in 1917.
In 2000, Penn State and The Dickinson School of Law completed a merger that began in 1997. From 2006 until 2014, Penn State’s Dickinson School of Law operated as a single law school with two campuses – one in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and one in University Park, Pennsylvania.
In the summer of 2014, Penn State received approval from the ABA to operate the two campuses as two distinct law schools (now known as Penn State Law and Dickinson Law), both of which share the history and achievement of The Dickinson School of Law.
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Is Penn State Dickinson law a good law school?
December 16, 2021 — Penn State Dickinson Law is one of the nation’s most outstanding law schools, according to The Princeton Review®.
How hard is it to get into Penn State Law?
Penn State Law ranks #49 in terms of student selectivity with an acceptance rate of 35.1% among those who applied for admission. Penn State Law ranks #55 in terms of highest tuition among full-time law students ($50,984).