List of professorial positions at Harvard Law School

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The following is a list of named professorial positions at Harvard Law School .

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Harvard Law School (HLS) is the law school of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest continuously operating law school in the United States and among the most prestigious in the country.

The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School is the law school of the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League university located in Philadelphia. It is among the most selective and oldest law schools in the United States, and is currently ranked sixth overall by U.S. News & World Report. It offers the degrees of Juris Doctor (J.D.), Master of Laws (LL.M.), Master of Comparative Laws (LL.C.M.), Master in Law (M.L.), and Doctor of the Science of Law (S.J.D.).

Cornell Law School Law school of Cornell University

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University of Chicago Law School Law school in Chicago, USA

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Yale Law School

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<i>Harvard Law Review</i> Academic journal

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Doctor of Juridical Science, Doctor of the Science of Law, Scientiae Juridicae Doctor (S.J.D.) or Juridicae Scientiae Doctor (J.S.D.), is a research doctorate in law equivalent to the more commonly awarded research doctorate, the Ph.D.

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Vanderbilt University Law School

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Notre Dame Law School Law school of the University of Notre Dame

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Charles Ogletree American attorney and law professor (born 1952)

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Martha Minow American legal scholar

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George Bemis (lawyer) American lawyer and legal scholar

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