Cornell University Law School Brochure - (Page 8b) A Tradition of Teaching & Scholarship For all its technicality, the law is approached as a humanistic science at Cornell Law School. Students learn the principles, skills, and ethics of being a lawyer and study the context in which laws are made. In examining the current legal system, they are encouraged to evaluate its virtues and defects. They graduate prepared to provide clients with professional service of the highest quality, to help further legal progress and reform, and to become community leaders. A warm welcome With about 570 J.D. students in the entire student body, Cornell Law School offers an intimacy and camaraderie that is rare at top law schools. From your first days on campus, you’ll quickly notice that the school is small, the bureaucracy is minimal, and senior administrators maintain an open-door policy. What to expect Our law students have analytical minds, excellent judgment, and—most importantly —the ability to think in new and interesting ways. Cornell Law School’s course of study reflects a broad range of ideas—multidisciplinary research, law and economics, feminist theory, for example—and you’re sure to find electives to match your interests. First-year courses emphasize clear thinking, proficient writing, and forceful argumentation. Your studies will also give you an in-depth look at legal research resources like the Lexis-Nexis and Westlaw databases, journal collections, indexes, and extensive Internet resources. The Moot Court Program offers another opportunity to research and write briefs, defend cases orally, and prepare for extracurricular competitions. After the first year, other than a course in legal ethics and advanced writing, no specific courses are required and students have a vast range of interesting electives from which to choose. The Chicago-Kent Law Review recently ranked Cornell Law School’s community of legal scholars as the second most prolific in the country (based on publications in the leading law reviews) 2
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