Florida State University College of Law
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The Florida State University College of Law is a law school and one of the professional graduate schools of Florida State University, located in Tallahassee, Florida. The law school is located in the South-East quadrant of the University's campus, near the Donald L. Tucker Center (also known as the Tallahassee Civic Center.) It is easily recognizable by the distinctive and historic white wood trellis structures outside the law school's eastern buildings.
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[edit] Programs
The three-year curriculum for the Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree provides students a foundational first-year program and a rich and varied offering of upper-level courses, seminars, clinics, and co-curricular opportunities. The Master of Laws (LL.M.) program for foreign lawyers and its two certificate programs in Environmental, Natural Resources and Land Use Law, and International Law make legal education a healthy experience. The College of Law offers joint degree programs that enable students to earn a master's degree in conjunction with their Juris Doctor.
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The school is ranked 53rd among The 100 Top Law Schools in the nation (rising 3 slots from the 2006 rankings) and is ranked second in Florida by U.S. News and World Report for 2007. The College's Environmental Law program is ranked 14th in the nation (also by U.S. News), and the September 2004 Hispanic Business magazine listed the College as one of the nation's Top Ten Law Schools for Hispanics. U.S. News & World Report has ranked Florida State University College of Law's Environmental Law Program 14th strongest in the nation. This is the fourth of the past six years that the school has been ranked in the top 20 for environmental law.
The Environmental and Land Use Law Program has been recognized by multiple sources as one of the nation's best. U.S. News & World Report has ranked the law school's program as one of the top five in the Southeast. The most recent Educational Quality Rankings lists the Administrative & Environmental Law program among the Top 18 in category of Top Choices by Specialty. In the EQR category of Most Cited Law Faculty, J.B. Ruhl, the Matthews & Hawkins Professor of Property, ranked 9th in Environmental Law.
[edit] Journals
The College of Law publishes four law journals: The Florida State University Law Review is the flagship scholarly journal at the College. It publishes four issues a year. The Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law is the state's first and remains its only student publication in the field. It is ranked fourteenth out of all the environmental and land use law journals nationally. The Journal of Transnational Law and Policy publishes articles in the field of international law, including human rights, comparative law, and U.S. foreign policy. The Florida State University Business Law Review is a bi-annual journal which examines the interrelated disciplines of business and law.
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- FSU College of Law website
- FSU College of Law Environmental, Natural Resources and Land Use Law Program
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