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Cornell Law SchoolSituated in the city of Ithaca in New York, Cornell Law School is the law studies subsidiary of the prestigious Cornell University. (1) Along with the four other Ivy League law schools namely Harvard University, Yale University, Columbia University, and University of Pennsylvania, Cornell Law School is considered to be one of the best law schools in the United States. The annual America's Best Graduate Schools ranking of US News and World Report recognized the academic excellence of Cornell Law School by acknowledging it as the 13th best law school in the country. (2) Cornell Law School takes pride in its outstanding law degree programs which include the Juris Doctor (JD) program, the Master of Laws program (LLM), the Doctor of Juridical Science (JSD) program, the International Dual Degree programs, and the Joint Degree programs. (3) The JD degree program requires courses in Advocacy, Business Law and Regulation, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts Lawyering, Criminal Law, General Practice, Property and Torts, and Public Law. The JD degree program is particularly designed for a three-year duration of American legal education. Cornell Law School allows the combination of a Juris Doctor degree with International Law Programs such as International Legal Studies Specialization and International and Comparative Law. The LLM and JSD degree programs in Cornell Law School lasts only for a duration of one year and is especially conceptualized for freshly graduated law students and newly practicing legal attorneys. The mentioned degree programs are highly advanced in their studies and very selective in their students. For the Dual Degree programs, Cornell Law School offers the JD - Master En Droit Degree program, the JD/MLLP in German and European Law and Legal Practice, and the JD/Masters in Global Business Law. The promising degree programs of Cornell Law School are made even better by the competent and intelligent men and women who make up the faculty of law. The law professors in Cornell, who are some of the most well-known people in the world of legal practice and law studies, help their students by providing them with thorough knowledge and enough training not only to pass the State Bar Examination but also to become great lawyers someday. Prioritizing in international law and multidisciplinary studies, Cornell Law School is also an advocate of law research and legal education. (4) In order to continue the promotion of law studies, the school permitted the release of a series of journals and publications. Cornell takes pride in its three exceptional student publications namely the Cornell Law Review, the Cornell International, and the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy as well as the faculty journal the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. (5)
(1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_Law_School#Law_Degrees
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