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#Northwestern University

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The School of Law at Northwestern University has an application deadline of February 15. The full-time program application fee at the School of Law at Northwestern University is $75. Its tuition is full-time: $56,434 per year. The student-faculty ratio is 7.2:1. The School of Law at Northwestern University has 150 full- and part-time faculty on staff.

Students interested in the Northwestern Law School should keep in mind that it s the only school in the country that strongly encourages applicants to interview with the Admissions Committee on campus, according to the school s website. Applicants to the accelerated J.D. program, a program pioneered at Northwestern Law that takes two years to complete, are encouraged to interview. In addition to the traditional and accelerated J.D. programs, students can complete joint degrees including a J.D./MBA in conjunction with the highly ranked Kellogg School of Management or a J.D./Ph.D. with the Northwestern Graduate School. There are no part-time or evening classes for J.D. candidates.

The school offers several Moot Court and Trial Team groups, and all students are required to take part in the Arlyn Miner First-Year Moot Court Program. There are about five legal journals for second and third year students to join, as well as more than 30 student organizations. The school s Bluhm Legal Clinic helps students gain skills including interviewing, counseling and negotiating, and the Fred Bartlit Center for Trial Strategy uses simulation-based teaching to train students in trial advocacy and more. For students looking for housing, there is limited space in family housing on campus, and the school helps students locate private, off-campus housing throughout Chicago.

Among the scores of notable alumni of Northwestern Law School are Robert McCormick, cofounder of law firm Kirkland Ellis LLP. and Jerry Springer, former mayor of Cincinnati and host of the Jerry Springer Show.

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