| Capital University Law School | |
| Established | 1903 |
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| School type | Private |
| Dean | Richard C. Simpson |
| Location | Columbus, Ohio, USA |
| Enrollment | 656 486 Full-Time 170 Part-Time |
| Faculty | 67 |
| Bar pass rate | 92.5% in July 2010 |
| Annual tuition | Full-Time: $33,810 Part-Time: $22,540 |
| Website | www.law.capital.edu |
Capital University Law School is an ABA-accredited private law school located in downtown Columbus, Ohio.[1] The law school is affiliated with Capital University, the oldest and largest independent college in Central Ohio. The school is perhaps best known for public law, as many recent alumni have gone on to prominent political positions. 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.[2] Capital was also voted a "Best Value Law School" on the basis of tuition by the National Jurist magazine.[3]
Located in the heart of the Discovery District of Columbus, Capital University Law School is situated near the Ohio Statehouse, the Supreme Court of Ohio, the Ohio Court of Appeals for the Tenth District, the Ohio Attorney General's Office, as well as numerous government, legal, cultural, and educational institutions. This provides the law school's students with direct access to a variety of diverse internships, externships, and other real-world legal educational opportunities.
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Capital University Law School grew from the Columbus Law School, which was founded in 1903 as part of a national program sponsored by the YMCA to make legal education practical, accessible, and affordable.[1] Since its affiliation with Capital University in 1966, the law school has grown considerably. Its full-time faculty now stands at 42 and its Law Library holdings have increased to more than 260,000 volumes, periodicals, and microfilms.
Capital University Law School has been accredited by the American Bar Association since 1950 and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools.
The law school maintains a Juris Doctorate, an LL.M. in Business, an LL.M. in Taxation, and an LL.M. in Business and Taxation.[4] 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.[4] Students in the J.D. program may also avail themselves to joint degree programs in: Master of Business Administration, Master of Sports Administration, Master of Science in Nursing, and Master of Theology.
Capital Law is also home to The National Center for Adoption Law & Policy 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.[5] Capital also offers a general litigation clinic, a mediation clinic, a family advocacy clinic, and a small business clinic.
Capital had the highest bar passage rate among private law schools in Ohio among first-time test takers from 2007 to 2011.[6] Moreover, Capital’s five-year average bar passage rate for first time takers of the 10 exams administered from February 2007 through July 2011 was the third highest of Ohio's nine law schools.[6] In 2008, the school's graduates boasted the highest pass rate of Ohio's nine law schools for first time takers.
Capital admitted 817 graduates to the Ohio bar from February 2007 to July 2011. This was more than any other Ohio law school.[6]
A 2008 survey of faculty scholarship conducted by Roger Williams University School of Law found Capital's faculty to be one of the most productive scholarly faculties in the nation.[7]