Cornell Law School
Cornell Law School
Established:
1887
Type:
Private
Dean:
Stewart J. Schwab
Students:
660
Location:
Ithaca, New York, USA
Website:
lawschool.cornell.edu
Cornell Law School, located in Ithaca, New
York,
is a graduate school of Cornell
University. It is one of the five Ivy League
law schools. The school confers three law de-
grees, hosts an array of programs and insti-
tutes, and offers more than 120 courses for
its students. Students may supplement their
legal studies by availing themselves of the
rich academic resources available in other
colleges of the university. The law school’s
faculty is among the most prolific in the na-
tion in terms of scholarly output and is well
regarded for its excellence in classroom
teaching. The school has a student to faculty
ratio of 10.4 to 1, the third lowest of the 184
American Bar Association-accredited
law
schools in the United States [1] Cornell enjoys
an excellent reputation in the legal profes-
sion, and its graduates have the sixth highest
percentage placement at the top 50 law
firms. Additionally, Cornell’s first-time pass
rate for the New York Bar Examination is
consistently among the highest of any law
school in the state. It has a residence hall,
Hughes Hall, attached to the law school to
the east.
History
The Deans of Cornell Law School
Douglas Boardman
1887-1891
Francis Miles Finch
1891-1903
Ernest Wilson Huffcut
1903-1907
Frank Irvine
1907-1916
Edwin Hamlin
Woodruff
1916-1921
George Gleason Bogert 1921-1926
Charles Kellog Burdick 1926-1937
Robert Sproule
Stevens
1937-1954
Gray Thoron
1956-1963
William Ray Forrester
1963-1973
Roger Conant Cramton 1973-1980
Peter William Martin
1980-1988
Russell King Osgood
1988-1998
Charles W. Wolfram
1998-1999
(Interim)
Lee E. Teitelbaum
1999-2003
John A. Siliciano
2003 (Interim)
Stewart J. Schwab
2004-present
The "law department" opened in 1887 in
Morrill Hall with Judge Douglas Boardman as
its first Dean. At that time, admission did not
require even a high school diploma. In 1917,
two years of undergraduate edu