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The '''Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law''' (previously the "Earle Mack School of Law") is the law school of [[Drexel University]] located in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[United States|USA]].<ref name="School2014">{{Cite web | title = School of Law Receives Unprecedented $50 Million Gift from Thomas R. Kline - Kline School of Law | author = | work = Kline School of Law | date = September 17, 2014 | accessdate = 2015-01-10 | url = http://drexel.edu/law/news/articles/overview/2014/September/school-of-law-receives-unprecedented-50-million-dollar-gift-from-thomas-r-kline/#.VLGwWCujO-0 | quote = }}</ref><ref name="Mathis2014">{{Cite web | title = Drexel Renames Law School After Thomas R. Kline | author = Joel Mathis | work = Philadelphia Magazine | date = September 18, 2014 | accessdate = 2015-01-10 | url = http://www.phillymag.com/news/2014/09/18/drexel-renames-law-school-thomas-r-kline/ | language = | quote = }}</ref> The School of Law opened in the fall of 2006 and was the first new law school in Philadelphia in over thirty years,<ref name="BW">{{cite news|date=2005-09-28 |title=Drexel University Board of Trustees Authorizes University to Open College of Law |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_Sept_28/ai_n15636669 |publisher=BusinessWire |accessdate=2010-06-13}}</ref> and is the newest school within Drexel University. It offers Juris Doctor, LLM and Master of Legal Studies degrees and provides the opportunity for all students to take part in a [[cooperative education]] program.<ref name="DrexelLawJD">{{cite web | title = Courses and JD Requirements | publisher = Thomas R. Kline School of Law | url = http://drexel.edu/law/academics/offerings/| accessdate = 2015-01-10 }}</ref><ref name="DrexelLawLLM">{{cite web | title = LLM in American Legal Practice | publisher = Thomas R. Kline School of Law | url = http://drexel.edu/law/academics/non-JD-programs/LLM/ | accessdate = 2015-01-10 }}</ref><ref name="DrexelLawMLS">{{cite web | title = Master of Legal Studies Program | publisher = Thomas R. Kline School of Law | url = http://drexel.edu/law/academics/non-JD-programs/mls/ | accessdate = 2015-01-10 }}</ref><ref name="outlines">{{cite news|date=2005-04-21 |title=Drexel outlines law school plan |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2005/04/18/daily35.html |first=Peter |last=Key |work=Philadelphia Business Journal |accessdate=2010-06-13}}</ref><ref name="DAnnuzio2014">{{Citation | last = D'Annunzio | first = P.J. | title = Drexel Renames Law School After Kline Donates $50 Mil. | pages = | newspaper = The Legal Intelligencer | date = 18 September 2014 | url = http://www.thelegalintelligencer.com/id=1202670409662/Drexel-Renames-Law-School-After-Kline-Donates-50-Mil | accessdate = 2015-01-10 }}</ref> ==History== In 2005, [[Drexel University]] announced its plans to create a new law school adjacent to the [[Campus of Drexel University|Drexel University Main Campus]] W. W. Hagerty library in [[West Philadelphia]]. That same year Drexel received approval from the [[Pennsylvania Department of Education]] to start the school.<ref name="BW" /> The decision to launch a law school with cooperative education in a city with five other law schools was based on a demand for graduates with immediate experience, with the president of Drexel University, [[Constantine Papadakis]], saying that employers "like to hire a graduate and have them immediately be useful."<ref name="CoOp" /> The School of Law joins [[Temple University Beasley School of Law|Temple University]], [[University of Pennsylvania Law School|University of Pennsylvania]], [[Villanova University School of Law|Villanova University]], [[Rutgers School of Law–Camden|Rutgers University]], and [[Widener University School of Law|Widener University]] to become the sixth law school in the [[Delaware Valley]]. The School of Law is the first new law school to be opened by a doctoral university in a 25-year period nationwide.<ref name="opening" /> [[Image:DUCOLconstruction.jpg|thumb|The School of Law building during construction in 2006]] The School of Law's inaugural class began classes on August 16, 2006. Due to a shortage of construction materials in 2006, caused in part by the need in the gulf coast due to [[Hurricane Katrina]], construction on the building was delayed, resulting in classes being held on Drexel University's Main Campus and within the Jenkins Law Library and the auditorium of the [[National Constitution Center]].<ref name="inaugural" /> The first class was expected to be composed of 120 students; ultimately, the inaugural class consisted of 183 students with an incoming median [[Grade (education)|GPA]] of 3.4 and a median [[Law School Admission Test|LSAT]] score of 156.<ref name="pbj2">{{cite news|date=2007-11-02 |title=Drexel's law school hopes to be accredited by summer |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/othercities/philadelphia/stories/2007/11/05/story10.html?b=1194238800%5E1544181 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130118040822/http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/othercities/philadelphia/stories/2007/11/05/story10.html?b=1194238800%5E1544181 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-18 |first=Jeff |last=Blumenthal |work=Philadelphia Business Journal |accessdate=2010-06-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=2006-08-11 |title=College of Law to open next week |url=http://www.thetriangle.org/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&ustory_id=b4e9f3d2-80c1-4ae1-88cd-1faab95c5222 |first=Aditi |last=Dubey |work=The Triangle |accessdate=2010-06-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100807000342/http://www.thetriangle.org/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&ustory_id=b4e9f3d2-80c1-4ae1-88cd-1faab95c5222 |archivedate=2010-08-07 }}</ref> The newest admitted class, the class of 2014, consists of 147 students with an incoming GPA of 3.38 and a median LSAT score of 159.<ref>{{cite web|year=2011 |title=Drexel University School of Law Facts and Figures |url=http://drexel.edu/law/about/facts/ |publisher=Drexel University School of Law |accessdate=2011-09-21}}</ref> On May 1, 2008, the Drexel University College of Law was renamed the Earle Mack School of Law in honor of [[Earle I. Mack]], a Drexel University alumnus, after a donation of [[United States dollar|$]]15 [[million]] dollars.<ref>{{cite news|date=2008-04-30 |title=Drexel U. names law school |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2008/04/28/daily26.html |work=Philadelphia Business Journal |accessdate=2010-06-13}}</ref> In 2013, the school's name was changed from Earle Mack School of Law to Drexel University School of Law to create new fund-raising opportunities by opening the naming rights.<ref>{{cite news|date=2013-12-18 |title=At Drexel law school, a donor's name comes down |url=http://articles.philly.com/2013-12-18/news/45298769_1_law-school-name-change-earle-mack-school |first=Robert |last=Moran |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |accessdate=2014-11-18}}</ref> In 2014, it received a $50 million gift from Thomas R. Kline, a trial lawyer in Philadelphia, and was renamed after him.<ref>{{Citation | last = Mondics | first = Chris | title = Trial lawyer Kline gives $50M to Drexel law school | newspaper = The Philadelphia Inquirer | date = 19 September 2014 | url = http://articles.philly.com/2014-09-19/news/54073725_1_law-school-kline-school-law-firms | accessdate = 2015-01-10 }}</ref> The gift, which was the single largest in Drexel University's history and the fifth largest received by a law school, was designated for the support of scholarship and to enhance the school's Trial Advocacy Program.<ref name="DAnnuzio2014"/> The gift includes the conveyance of an historic building designed by Horace Trumbauer. Thomas R. Kline Institute of Trial Advocacy will move into the building and be used for courtroom simulations, Continuing Legal Education (CLE) programs, and development of the Master of Laws (LLM) program.<ref name="DAnnuzio2014"/> ==Academics== The school offers [[Juris Doctor]], LLM and Master of Legal Studies degrees, as well as joint-degree programs for those pursuing a degree through Drexel University's LeBow College of Business, School of Public Health, Department of Psychology and Center for Public Policy.<ref name="DrexelLawJD"/><ref name="DrexelLawLLM"/><ref name="DrexelLawMLS"/><ref>{{cite web | title = Joint Degree Programs | publisher = Thomas R. Kline School of Law | url = http://drexel.edu/law/academics/jointDegrees/ | accessdate = 2015-01-10 }}</ref> It received provisional accreditation from the [[American Bar Association#Accreditation of law schools|American Bar Association]] in February 2008 enabling the first graduating class, 2009, to take the [[bar examination|bar exam]] upon graduation.<ref>{{cite news|date=2008-05-07 |title=Drexel Gets Higher Profile Due to ABA Provisional Accreditation |url=http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/drexel_gets_higher_profile_due_to_aba_provisional_accreditation/ |first=Martha |last=Neil |work=ABA Journal |accessdate=2010-06-13}}</ref> The school offers optional concentrations in business and entrepreneurship law, criminal law, health law, and intellectual property law and as of 2009 has 49 full and part-time faculty members.<ref name="opening">{{cite web|year=2006 |title=Drexel U. Marks Opening of Its Brand-New Law School |url=http://www.kyw1060.com/pages/70937.php?contentType=4&contentId=190691 |first=Suzanne |last=Monaghan |publisher=kyw1060.com |accessdate=2010-06-13 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928081112/http://www.kyw1060.com/pages/70937.php?contentType=4&contentId=190691 |archivedate = September 28, 2007}}</ref><ref name="usnwr">{{cite web|year=2009 |title= Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law |url=http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/items/03199 |work=U.S. News & World Report |accessdate=2010-08-18}}</ref> The School of Law is the first to have enrolled all of its students in the Philadelphia Bar Association's Young Lawyers Section.<ref name="PBA">{{cite news|date=2007-03-09 |title=Philadelphia Bar Association recognizes Drexel CoL |url=http://media.www.thetriangle.org/media/storage/paper689/news/2007/03/09/News/Philadelphia.Bar.Association.Recognizes.Drexel.Col-2770856.shtml |first=Aditi |last=Dubey |work=The Triangle |accessdate=2010-06-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100806140509/http://media.www.thetriangle.org/media/storage/paper689/news/2007/03/09/News/Philadelphia.Bar.Association.Recognizes.Drexel.Col-2770856.shtml |archivedate=2010-08-06 }}</ref><ref name="Digest">{{cite web|date=2007-03-08 |title=Philadelphia Bar Association Recognizes College of Law |url=http://www.drexel.edu/univrel/digest/archive/030807/index.html#08 |publisher=Drexel Daily Digest |accessdate=2010-06-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110103213332/http://www.drexel.edu/univrel/digest/archive/030807/index.html |archivedate=2011-01-03 }}</ref> The students also have automatic membership to the [[Jenkins Law Library]].<ref name="Jenkins">{{cite web|title=The Earle Mack School of Law at Drexel University: Jenkins Law Library |url=http://www.drexel.edu/law/library/jenkins.htm |publisher=Earle Mack School of Law |accessdate=2010-06-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117213314/http://www.drexel.edu/law/library/jenkins.htm |archivedate=January 17, 2010 }}</ref> In addition to admittance to the Law Library students also publish a [[Law Review]], ''Drexel Law Review'', which is published semiannually.<ref>{{cite web|title=Drexel Law Review |url=http://drexel.edu/law/lawreview/ |publisher=Earle Mack School of Law |accessdate=2011-09-21}}</ref> In August 2011, after three years of being provisionally accredited, the American Bar Association granted the School of Law full accreditation.<ref>{{cite news|date=2011-08-05 |title=Drexel’s law school gets full ABA accreditation |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2011/08/05/drexels-law-school-gets-full-aba.html |first=Jeff |last=Blumenthal |accessdate=2011-08-05}}</ref> As of 2013, the school has 75 full and part-time faculty members.<ref name="DrexelLawStandard509">{{cite web | title = Drexel University - 2013 Standard 509 Information Report | publisher = Thomas R. Kline School of Law | url = http://drexel.edu/~/media/Files/law/Consumer%20Information/Std509InfoReport.ashx | type=PDF | accessdate = 2015-01-10 }}</ref> ===Cooperative education=== [[Image:facade.DUCoL.jpg|225px|right|thumb|The front glass panels of the School of Law building]] Like Drexel University's [[Drexel University#Co-op program|cooperative education program]], the School of Law offers cooperative education for its students. The School of Law is the second law school in the country to have a co-op program for law students, the first being [[Northeastern University]].<ref name="CoOp">{{cite news|date=2005-10-20 |title=New co-op law school will compete with Northeastern |url=http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2005/10/20/new_co_op_law_school_will_compete_with_northeastern/ |first=Sacha |last=Pfeiffer |work=The Boston Globe |accessdate=2010-06-13}}</ref> The first co-op cycle for the school started in September 2007 and over ninety area corporations, law offices, judiciary positions, non-profit organizations, and government offices offered internship positions.<ref name="coop2">{{cite web|date=2007-04-11 |title=Law Co-op Education: Overview |url=http://www.drexel.edu/law/coop-overview.asp |publisher=Earle Mack School of Law |accessdate=2007-04-27 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070403152153/http://www.drexel.edu/law/coop-overview.asp |archivedate=2007-04-03 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=December 15, 2006 |title=Founding Father: Carl Oxholm III, GC of Drexel University |url=http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=900005552605&slreturn=20130515185015 |first=Brian |last=Baxter |publisher=Law.com |accessdate=2008-06-10}}</ref><ref name="DUCoL">{{cite web|date=2010-03-16 |title=The Earle Mack School of Law Co-op Program: Co-op Partners |url=http://www.earlemacklaw.drexel.edu/co-op/coop-partners.asp |publisher=Earle Mack School of Law |accessdate=2010-06-13 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611111939/http://www.earlemacklaw.drexel.edu/co-op/coop-partners.asp |archivedate=2010-06-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref> During their first year at school students concentrate on basics such as legal writing and contracts before starting their first six-month co-op cycle.<ref name="coop1">{{cite news|date=2006-04-28 |title=Drexel law school surpasses goal for 1st class admissions |url=http://philadelphia.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2006/05/01/story7.html |first=Jeff |last=Blumenthal |work=Philadelphia Business Journal |accessdate=2010-06-13}}</ref> In order to be eligible to participate in the program students must complete their first year with a minimum GPA and satisfy any job orientation that is required. While on co-op students are required to work at least 20 hours a week at their position and take an additional 3 credit hours in either a class or an approved academic program.<ref>{{cite web|title=Law School: Co-op Highlights |url=http://www.drexel.edu/law/coop-highlights.asp |publisher=Earle Mack School of Law |accessdate=2008-02-15 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503002407/http://www.drexel.edu/law/coop-highlights.asp |archivedate=2008-05-03 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Beginning with the class that enrolled in 2014, all students are required to complete at least one co-op placement or a clinical placement in addition to providing a minimum of 50 hours of pro bono service.<ref>{{cite web | title = JD Degree and Graduation Requirements for the Class of 2017 | publisher = Thomas R. Kline School of Law | url = http://drexel.edu/law/studentLife/studentAffairs/graduation_requirements/ | accessdate = 2015-01-10 }}</ref> ===Rankings=== From 2006–2011 the School of Law was "unranked" on the ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' as provisionally accredited law schools cannot be ranked.<ref>{{cite news|date=2011-03-24 |title=After scandal, Villanova Law falls in U.S. News rankings |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/blog/jeff-blumenthal/2011/03/after-scandal-villanova-law-falls-in.html |first=Jeff |last=Blumenthal |work=Philadelphia Business Journal |accessdate=2011-08-05}}</ref> On the 2020 list of "Best Law Schools" by the ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' the School of Law was ranked 100 out of 201 schools. The law school's Trial Advocacy program was ranked 11th; the Health Law program was ranked 23rd, the Clinical Training program was ranked 40th and the Legal Writing program was ranked 14th.<ref>{{cite web|title=Best Law Schools |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/drexel-university-03199 |work=U.S. News & World Report |accessdate=2017-11-22}}</ref> In July 2013, the School of Law had an 81.9% [[Pennsylvania Bar Association|Pennsylvania Bar]] Examination passage rate for 1st time test takers.<ref>{{cite web|year=2013 |title=PA Bar Exam Statistics |url=http://www.pabarexam.org/pdf/statistics/july/j2013.pdf |publisher=Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners |type=PDF |accessdate=2013-11-04}}</ref> In July 2014, the School of Law had an 87.5% [[Pennsylvania Bar Association|Pennsylvania Bar]] Examination passage rate for 1st time test takers.<ref>{{cite web|year=2014 |title=PA Bar Exam Statistics |url=http://www.pabarexam.org/pdf/statistics/july/j2014.pdf |publisher=Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners |type=PDF |accessdate=2015-05-28}}</ref> ==Career Planning== ===Placement=== According to Drexel's official 2018 ABA-required disclosures, 73.6% of the Class of 2018 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://drexel.edu/law/studentLife/careers/employment-outcomes/Class%20of%202018%20Employment%20Outcomes/ |title=Class of 2018 Employment Outcomes }}</ref> The school was scored among the top 25 law schools in the U.S. for job outcomes, based on employment outcomes for the Class of 2016 by Law School Transparency.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lstreports.com/national/ |title=LawS School Transparency}}</ref> The National Law Journal ranked the school 30th in the U.S. for its employment outcomes, based on its placements for graduates in the Class of 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/almID/1202786505762/these-law-schools-aced-the-2016-job-market/?back=law/ |title=National Law Journal ranking}}</ref> ===Costs=== The total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) at Drexel for the 2014–2015 academic year is $62,842.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://drexel.edu/law/admissions/financing/Costs%20of%20Attendance/ |title=Costs of Attendance for First Year Students |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140618094317/http://drexel.edu/law/admissions/financing/Costs%20of%20Attendance/ |archivedate=2014-06-18 }}</ref> The website ''Law School Transparency'' estimated debt-financed cost of attendance for three years is $234,910.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lstscorereports.com/schools/drexel/costs/2013/ |title=Drexel University Profile}}</ref> Based on cost of attendance and financial aid data (that the law school is required by the American Bar Association to disclose to prospective students), the average accumulated debt for students who graduated in 2013 was $98,820.<ref name="DrexelLawStandard509"/> ==Facilities== In 2005, the Philadelphia Planning Commission approved Drexel's then estimated $13 million temporary law school.<ref>{{cite news|date=September 29, 2005 |title=Drexel Trustees Approve New Law School |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2005/09/26/daily19.html |first=Jeff |last=Blumenthal |work=Philadelphia Business Journal |accessdate=2010-06-13}}</ref> Construction on the temporary law school building began in the fall of 2006 and was completed during the winter term. The $14 million building opened for classes on January 8, 2007.<ref name="inaugural">{{cite news|date=2006-09-15 |title=First response to Drexel law school exceeds expectations |url=http://philadelphia.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2006/09/18/story10.html |first=Jeff |last=Blumenthal |work=Philadelphia Business Journal |accessdate=2010-06-13}}</ref> The 65000 square foot complex features a [[moot court]]room, a two-floor library, a two-story [[Atrium (architecture)|atrium]] for meetings and casual conversation, faculty/staff offices, and several rooms available for students to meet and work. The building also shares Drexel's campus-wide [[Wi-Fi|wireless Internet]] access.<ref name="building">{{cite web|date=2010-03-11 |title=The Earle Mack School of Law at Drexel University: Law Building |url=http://www.drexel.edu/law/law-building.asp |publisher=Earle Mack School of Law |accessdate=2008-06-17 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080503095414/http://www.drexel.edu/law/law-building.asp |archivedate = May 3, 2008}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist|2}}