Duke University School of Law Stats
One of the graduate schools of Duke University, the Law School is a private institution located in the town of Durham, North Carolina.
By the Numbers
Established: 1868Number of Students: 640
Student Body Demographics:
Minority: 23.6%
African-American: 8.9%
American Indian: 0.5%
Asian-American: 9.1%
Mexican-American: 0.3%
Puerto-Rican: 0.3%
Hispanic: 4.5%
Men: 57.7%
Women: 42.3%
Number of Professors: 51
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 10.2 to 1
Tuition: $42,938
Number of Applicants: 6,069
Number of Acceptances: 1,529
Yield: 13%
% graduates entering different occupations 2007:
Government: 2.7%
Public Interest: 1.3%
Academia: 1.3%
Judicial Clerks: 13.5%
Law Firms: 77.1%
Business/Industry: 4.0%
Bar Passage Rate: 90%
Contact
Duke University School of Law
PO Box 90393
Durham, NC, 27708-0393
Admissions phone: (919) 613-7020
Admissions fax: (919) 613-7257
Admissions e-mail: admissions@law.duke.edu
Academics
Specialized programs: Program in Intellectual Property; Program in Public Law
Special institutes or centers: Center on Law, Ethics, and National Security; Center for the Study of the Public Domain; Center for International & Comparative Law; Center for Genome Ethics, Law and Policy; Global Capital Markets Center
