Capital University Law School

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Capital University Law School
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Parent school Capital University
Religious affiliation Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Established1903
School type Private
Dean Reynaldo Anaya Valencia
LocationColumbus, Ohio, United States
39°57′47″N82°59′31″W / 39.963°N 82.992°W / 39.963; -82.992
Enrollment480 [1]
Faculty79 [1]
USNWR ranking178-196 (2024) [1]
Bar pass rate77.6% [1]
Website law.capital.edu

Capital University Law School is an ABA-accredited private law school located in downtown Columbus, Ohio, United States. [2] The law school is affiliated with Capital University, the oldest university in Central Ohio and one of the oldest and largest Lutheran-affiliated universities in North America. [3]

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History

The Columbus Law School was founded in 1903, as part of a national program sponsored by YMCA to make legal education practical, accessible, and affordable. [2] The school affiliated with Capital University in 1966 and became the Capital University Law School. Its faculty now stands at 79, and its law library holdings include 265,000 volumes, periodicals, and microfilms. [1]

Campus

Capital University Law School is located in the heart of the Discovery District of Columbus, Ohio. The site held the city's Central High School from 1862 to 1928. The school's building was constructed in 1941 for the Columbus Life Insurance Company, previously housed in the Clinton DeWeese Firestone mansion. In 1996, after 55 years of serving the insurance company, Capital University Law School began using the building. [4] The building's front entrance is framed by polished brass relief artwork commissioned by artist Ralph J. Menconi, depicting a ship and surrounded by vintage Art-Deco era accents. [5]

Academics

Capital University Law School has been accredited by the American Bar Association since 1950 and has been a member of the Association of American Law Schools since 1983. [6] [7] The student-faculty ratio is 10.6:1. [1] The law school has been a charter member of the League of Ohio Law Schools since 1934. [2]

Capital's 2022 entering class was composed of 162 students. [8] Capital Law School maintains a Juris Doctor, an LL.M. in Business, an LL.M. in Taxation, and an LL.M. in Business and Taxation. [9] The school's J.D. program has a full-time day division, as well as a part-time day and a part-time evening division. The J.D. program has concentrations in children and family law, civil litigation, criminal litigation, dispute resolution, environmental law, governmental affairs, labor and employment law, small business entities, and publicly-held companies. Students in the J.D. program may also avail themselves of joint degree programs in Master of Business Administration, Master of Science in Nursing, and Master of Theology.

Capital Law is home to The Family and Youth Law Center and the Center for Dispute Resolution. Capital University Law School also serves the legal profession and business professionals through certificate programs (paralegal, legal nurse consultant, life care planner, as well as mediation and dispute resolution) and a variety of scholarly symposia and conferences that offer continuing legal education credit. Capital also offers a general litigation clinic, a mediation clinic, a family advocacy clinic, and a small business clinic.

Rankings

In 2023, U.S. News & World Report ranked Capital's full-time Juris Doctor program 175th for full-time programs in the United States. That same year, U.S. News ranked Capital's part-time Juris Doctor program between 64th and 70th for part-time programs in the country. [10]

The school was voted a "Best Value Law School" on the basis of tuition by the National Jurist magazine in 2009. [11] In 2011, the National Jurist magazine, as well as PreLaw magazine named Capital as one of the nation’s top law schools in preparing students for legal careers in public service. [12] In 2012, the magazines listed Capital as one of the nation’s top law schools in terms of preparing its students for the bar exam. [13] In 2014, Capital was named to the National Jurist Magazine's "Honor Roll" of law schools that provide practical legal education. [14] In 2015, Capital was once again listed in the National Jurist Magazine's "Honor Roll" of law schools that deliver a practical, experiential legal education. [15] In 2019, PreLaw magazine listed Capital Law as one of the top law schools in the country for practical training and alternate dispute resolution. [16] PreLaw magazine further listed Capital as one of the top law schools for criminal law in 2019. [17]

Bar passage

Capital's average Ohio bar passage rate for first-time takers of exams administered in 2022 was 72.99 percent. [18]

Post-graduation employment

Capital University's Law School Transparency employment score is 51.6%. [19] The University's Law School Transparency under-employment score is 21.4%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2021 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation. [20] The median salary for Capital University Law School graduates is $56,836. [21]

Costs

The total attendance cost (tuition, fees, and living expenses) at Capital University Law School for the 2024 academic year is approximately $63,950 for a full-time student. [22] The Law School Transparency estimated debt-financed cost of attendance for three years is $236,228. [23]

People

Various notable faculty and alums have contributed at the local, state, and national levels.

Notable faculty

A survey completed in 2008 of faculty scholarship conducted by the Roger Williams University School of Law found Capital's faculty to be one of the most productive scholarly faculties in its tier for 1993-2008, Capital being the #2 law school as listed in U.S. News & World Report's fourth-tier law schools, and #36 of law schools that were outside of the top 50 law schools in U.S. News. [24]

Notable alumni

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