Georgia_State_University_Law_School
Georgia State University College of Law
Law school in Atlanta, Georgia
The Georgia State University College of Law is a law school located in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1982, it is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools.
Georgia State University College of Law | |
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Parent school | Georgia State University |
Established | 1982[1] |
School type | Public |
Dean | LaVonda N. Reed[2] |
Location | Atlanta, Georgia, US |
Enrollment | 461 (Full Time)[1] |
Faculty | 52 (Full- and part-time)[1] |
USNWR ranking | 75th (tie) (2024)[1] |
Bar pass rate | 86% (Georgia bar exam, July 2021 first-time takers) [3] |
Website | GSU College of Law |
ABA profile | GSU College of Law |
In addition to the Juris Doctor degree, the college offers joint degree programs with other colleges at Georgia State University.
The college offers a full-time and a part-time program. The cost of tuition at GSU Law for the 2018–2019 academic year is $17,050 for residents and $36,659 for non-residents.[4]
As far back as the early 1970s, Georgia legislators and academic leaders debated establishing a new law school. The Georgia State University College of Law finally was sanctioned by the state’s Board of Regents in 1981 and Ben F. Johnson became its first dean.[5]
The college enrolled 200 students in its inaugural year, taught by six professors. Most students were part-time, and many took classes at night, because they had full-time jobs during the day. The college’s first seven graduates were hooded in December 1984.
By the end of its first decade, full-time faculty had grown to 31, nearly half of whom were women.
Georgia State University College of Law is currently ranked as the 69th best law school by U.S. News & World Report (2023-2024).[4] The College of Law also boasts a strong Health Law program (currently ranked 1st nationally by U.S. News & World Report) and a successful part-time program (currently ranked 12th nationally).[4] The law school was ranked 42nd by Above The Law in 2019 using metrics that focus more on student outcomes rather than inputs.[6] Additionally, GSU was named by Princeton Review in its 2013 edition of The Best 168 Law Schools.[7]
The cost of tuition at GSU Law for the 2018-2019 academic year is $17,050 for residents and $36,659 for non-residents.[4]
In 2021, incoming Georgia State law students had a median GPA of 3.55 and a median LSAT score of 160.[8]
The school has a number of legal clinics, such as the Phillip C. Cook Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic, which serves low-income taxpayers.[9]
The school operates the Summer Academy in International Commercial Arbitration, a five-week, six-credit hour study abroad program based in Linz, Austria.[10] the Buenos Aires Summer Program in Argentina (jointly sponsored with the Florida International University College of Law); and the Summer Legal and Policy Study in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[11]
According to Georgia State's official 2018 ABA-required disclosures, 71.5% of the Class of 2018 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation.[12] Georgia State's Law School Transparency under-employment score is 13.4%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2018 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation.[13]
- Judiciary
- Shawn LaGrua, J.D. 1987 - Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia[14]
- John "Trea" Pipkin III, J.D. 2005 - Judge, Georgia Court of Appeals
- Barbara Swinton, J.D. 1991 - Judge, Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals[15]
- Cynthia J. Becker, J.D. 1987 - Judge, DeKalb County Superior Court
- Bill Hamrick, J.D. 1991 - Superior Court Judge, Coweta Judicial Circuit; former member of the Georgia State Senate (D-30); incoming Georgia State-wide Business Court judge[16]
- Charles M. Eaton Jr, J.D. 2012 - Superior Court Judge, Atlanta Judicial Circuit; former member of the Georgia Public Service Commission
- Government
- Glenn Richardson, J.D. 1984 - Former Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives (2005-2010)
- Cynthia Coffman, J.D. 1991 - 38th Attorney General of Colorado
- Keisha Lance Bottoms, J.D. 1996 - former Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement and Senior Advisor to the President;[17] former Mayor of Atlanta; former member of the Atlanta City Council[18][19]
- Steve Tumlin, J.D. 1988 - Mayor of Marietta, Georgia
- Curt Thompson, J.D. 1993 - Former member of the Georgia State Senate (D-5); former member of the Georgia House of Representatives (69th District)
- Rich Golick, J.D. 1997 - Former member of the Georgia House of Representatives (40th District)
- Trey Kelley, J.D. 2014 - Current member of the Georgia House of Representatives (16th District)
- Beth Moore, J.D. 2011 - Former member of the Georgia House of Representatives (95th District)
- Sam Park, J.D. 2013 - Current member of the Georgia House of Representatives (101st District)
- Matt Ramsey, J.D. 2005 - Former member of the Georgia House of Representatives (72nd District); House Majority Whip (2013-2016)
- Bonnie Rich, J.D. 1994 - Former member of the Georgia House of Representatives (97th District)
- Stephen Dickson, J.D. 1999 - 18th Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration
- Nika Rurua, J.D. 2001 - Former member of the Cabinet of Georgia (country)
- Other notable alumni
- Claudia Brind-Woody, J.D. 1999 - IBM executive
- Stan Case, J.D. 1996 - News anchor of CNN Radio (1985-2011)
- Linda Dunikoski, J.D. 1993 - Prosecutor in the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal (2014-2015) and murder of Ahmaud Arbery (2021) trials
- Emily Jacobson, J.D./MBA 2014 - Olympic saber fencer
- Notable faculty
- Paul A. Lombardo, Professor of Law - Senior Advisor to the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues
- Thomas W. Thrash, Professor of Law (1986-1997) - Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
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