Loyola University New Orleans College of Law is a private law school in

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affiliated with Loyola University New Orleans. Loyola's law school opened in 1914 and is now located on the Broadway Campus of the university in the historic Audubon Park District of the city. The College of Law is one of fourteen Jesuit law schools in the United States. It is also one of the few law schools in the nation to offer curricula in both Civil Law and

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. The school releases several

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, most notable of which is the ''Loyola Law Review''. According to the College of Law's 2013 ABA-required disclosures, 48.8% of the Class of 2013 obtained full-time, long-term, bar passage-required employment nine months after graduation, excluding solo practitioners.

History

The College of Law was founded as the School of Law as one of the earliest academic departments of Loyola University New Orleans, chartered in 1912. Judge John St. Paul was the founding dean, "choosing the faculty and preparing the curriculum"."Rites Held at N.O. for Judge John St. Paul", ''The Shreveport Times'' (November 7, 1939), p. 3. The first session of the School of Law occurred on October 5, 1914; it originally held classes only in the evening and was located downtown at the College of the Immaculate Conception, now known as Jesuit High School. The School of Law was then moved uptown to the St. Charles Avenue campus of Loyola in 1915. In 1925, the law school opened a day division to better serve the needs of its students, as the coursework was expanded to a four-year program. In 1931, the law school became a member of the

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and became a member of the

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in 1934. In 1986, the law school moved from the main campus to its current location on the Broadway Campus, only a few blocks away (located on the west side of the Audubon Park). The School of Law was renamed the College of Law with the passage of the PATHWAYS Plan on May 19, 2006. In 2007, the law school completed a new four-story addition to its current building, which increased the number of classrooms, office space and library space.

Ranking

According to the law professor blog, ''The Faculty Lounge'', based on 2012 ABA data, only 48.6% of graduates obtained full-time, long term, bar admission required positions (i.e., jobs as lawyers), 9 months after graduation, ranking 135th out of 197 law schools.

Academics

The school is known for its success in national and international

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competitions. The College houses the Gillis Long Poverty Law Center, a legal research and education center; William P. Quigley is the current Director. The school's Sports and Entertainment Law Society provides students interested in legal careers in music, film, and sports with unique opportunities to meet and learn from experts in these respective areas. The school also runs the Stuart H. Smith Law Clinic and Center For Social Justice, where students are admitted to the limited practice of law under a supervising attorney's license for their 3L year. Through the Clinic, students are able to work in a variety of practice areas including criminal defense, prosecution, family law, employment law, immigration, and mediation and arbitration.

Study abroad programs

Loyola Law has had a long history of contacts with civil law schools in other parts of the world. As a result, Loyola has one of the most extensiv
catalog of study abroad programs
in the country. These programs draw students from many other law schools in the country. With the school's special focus on the study of international law, over the course of the years, programs have established in the following countries: *Budapest, Hungary *Moscow, Russia *Panama City, Panama *Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - inactive until summer 2017 *Spetses, Greece *Vienna, Austria

Employment prospects

According to Loyola University New Orleans College of Law's official 2013 ABA-required disclosures, 48.8% of the Class of 2013 obtained full-time, long-term, bar passage-required employment nine months after graduation, excluding solo-practitioners. The College of Law's

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under-employment score is 33.2%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2013 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation.

Costs

The total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) at the College of Law for full-time students not living at home for the 2013-2014 academic year is $64,132. The Law School Transparency estimated debt-financed cost of attendance for three years is $253,149.

Notable alumni

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(L '32), former Louisiana state senator 1952-1961, serving as President pro tem from 1952–56 and from 1960–61, former federal judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana from 1961-1966, and former federal judge for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals from 1966-1981 * Carl Barbier (L '70), federal judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana * Edward S. Bopp (L '63 and '67), state representative for Orleans and St. Bernard parishes from 1977 to 1984 * Henry Braden (L '75), state senator from Orleans Parish and African Americans' rights activist * Phillip D. Brady (L '76), former Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Cabinet Affairs at the White House * Armand Brinkhaus (L '60), former member of both houses of the

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* Anh "Joseph" Cao (L '00), first

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elected to the

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. * Pascal F. Calogero Jr. (L '54), former Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court * Dan Claitor (L '87), member of the Louisiana State Senate from Baton Rouge *

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(L '93), state representative from

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(L '72), Former

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of the Louisiana House of Representatives; assistant

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* James U. Downs (L '66), senior resident superior court judge in western

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, 1983-2013 *John B. Dunlap III (L '89), Brigadier General of the Louisiana National Guard * Adrian G. Duplantier (L '49), former State Senator and Federal Judge of the

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. * Duane A. Evans (L '95), Interim United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana. * Robert Faucheux, attorney in LaPlace; former member of the Louisiana House for St. John the Baptist and St. James parishes, 1996 to 2004 *

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(L '65), former Attorney General of Louisiana * Edwin Foulke (L '78), United States Assistant Secretary of Labor *

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(L '55), current President of

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and

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recipient; first

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to enroll at Loyola Law * Kim Gandy (L '78), current President of the

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(NOW) *

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, current member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from St. Bernard Parish * Robert T. Garrity Jr., state representative for Jefferson Parish District 79, 1988 to 1992 * James Garvey Jr. (L '91), Metairie lawyer and accountant; member of the

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* James T. Genovese (L '74), Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court * E. W. Gravolet, member of both houses of the

from

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* Charles Grisbaum Jr. (L, '61), state representative for Jefferson Parish, 1972-1982; state appeals court judge, 1982-2001 * William J. Guste (L, '44), state senator from 1968 to 1972 and

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from 1972 to 1992 * Richard T. Haik (L), U. S. District Judge in

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(L), former state representative from

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, current city attorney in

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* Calvin Johnson (L '78), former chief judge of the Criminal District Court of New Orleans *

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(L '69), associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court * Malcolm Lafargue (L '32), U. S. attorney in Shreveport during the 1940s; defeated U.S. Senate candidate in 1950 * Madeleine Landrieu (L '87), dean of Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, former judge on the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal *

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(L), former

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(L '54), former New Orleans mayor and

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* Harry Lee (L '67), former Sheriff of

* Harry T. Lemmon (L), former Judge of the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal, and former Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court * Arthur A. Morrell (L), clerk of the Orleans Parish Criminal Court since 2006 and state representative for District 96, 1984-2006 *

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(L '79), former Louisiana state superintendent of education *

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(L '92), former state senator and former Jefferson Parish School Board member * Carl E. Stewart (L '74), Chief Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; former judge of the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit *

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(L '67), Republican member of the Louisiana House from Orleans Parish, 1970-1972; practicing attorney in New Orleans *

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(L '84), former Louisiana Commissioner of Elections; former member of the

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, former candidate for the U.S. Senate, sister of Richard and Ted Haik *

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(L '74), Louisiana Supreme Court Associate Justice, 1997-2009 * Mary Ann Vial Lemmon (L' 64), federal judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana * Dennis Waldron (L'73), former judge of the Criminal District Court of New Orleans * Louis Westerfield (L' 74), served as the first

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Dean of the

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(L '88), former United States

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* Edwin E. Willis, Member of the

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from 1949 to 1969 * J. Skelly Wright ('32, L '34), former federal district judge of the Eastern District of Louisiana from 1950-1962, and former judge of the

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from 1962-1988, serving as Chief Circuit Judge from 1986-1988

References

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History

Ranking

Academics

Study abroad programs

Employment prospects

Costs

Notable alumni

See also

References

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