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"I wanted to go to a law school that would challenge my existing
ideas about law and society. I loved my Criminal Law class with
Professor Sara Sun
Beale. The intimate environment of the small section was very
conducive to the exchange of ideas and discussion. Professor Beale
really challenged me to think about things from a new perspective
and challenged us to immerse ourselves in the details of what it
takes to be good lawyers. What I wanted was diversity and to be
challenged, and I found both in abundance at Duke Law School."
-- Mark Kinghorn
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The educational approach at Duke Law
encourages the development of new ideas and the exploration of
differing points of view. You'll see this manifested not only
in the leadership roles our faculty assume in emerging areas of
legal scholarship, but also in the dedication and the creative
approaches they bring to their teaching.
Certain foundational skills are critical for the study and practice
of law and at Duke Law, teaching those skills is our first priority.
Our required first-year
curriculum provides a firm grounding in the core subjects, as
well as training in legal analysis and reasoning. From this foundation,
Duke Law has built an innovative and intellectually rigorous upperclass
curriculum that focuses not simply on mastery of traditional
rules and principles, but also on the skills necessary to prepare
for the changes that lie ahead. Our strengths are in fields that
will be in especially great demand over the coming decades, including
corporate and business law, international and comparative law, and
the law relating to technological innovations in communications,
information, science and medicine. Our clinical
course offerings have expanded exponentially this year, with
the addition of three new clinics in business law, international
law and children's education law, respectively. Students have the
flexibility to structure a course of study tailored to their interests
and career goals.
For additional information, please visit http://curriculum.law.duke.edu/.
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