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Indiana University - Bloomington About Indiana Law For more than 150 years, the Indiana University School of Law has provided top-flight, transformative legal education. With just over 750 JD and graduate-degree students, drawn from more than 100 undergraduate schools and from three continents, Indiana Law retains a distinctive sense of collegiality and community in the stimulating, cosmopolitan college town of Bloomington, Ind. Degrees Offered JD JD/MBA (three- and four-year programs with the Kelley School of Business) JD/MBAA (with the Kelley School of Business) JD/MPA (Accountancy with the Kelley School of Business) JD/MSES (Environmental Science with SPEA) JD/MPA (Public Affairs with SPEA) JD/MA (Journalism); JD/MA or MS (Telecommunications) JD/MS (Library and Information Science) LLM (thesis or practicum), SJD, and MCL Any personalized concurrent degree Read more about our joint-degree and graduate programs. Clinical Opportunities Community Legal Clinic Conservation Law Clinic Criminal Law Externship (new) Disability Law Clinic Elder Law Clinic Elmore Entrepreneurship Law Clinic Family and Children Mediation Clinic Federal Courts Clinic Immigration Law Practicum Indiana Legal Services Externship Inmate Legal Assistance Project Intellectual Property Practicum Protective Order Project Public Interest Internship Program Tenant Assistance Project Washington Public Interest Program Read more about Indiana Law's clinical program. Interdisciplinary Research Centers Center on American and Global Security Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research Center for Constitutional Democracy in Plural Societies Center on Law, Society and Culture (Law & Society Association) Read more about our centers. Law Library 20th largest academic law library in United States Nearly 750,000 volumes 10 librarians, 10 library professional and support staff Federal Document Depository since 1978 290 study carrels, 681 total seats Open 115 hours per week Named "Best Law Library in the Country" by National Jurist (Fall 2004) Faculty The Law School's comprehensive curriculum is taught by internationally-recognized faculty, who make Indiana Law's programs in tax, intellectual property, environmental, information and communications, and international law equally as prestigious. 12:1 student to faculty ratio 54 full-time law faculty, 6 clinical law faculty, and 27 adjunct faculty 12% minority 38% female Career Placement 98.6 % placement Rate within 9 months of graduation 62.6 % employed outside of Indiana 8 % judicial clerkships Off-campus recruiting events in: Washington, D.C.; Chicago, Ill.; and Louisville, Ky. The Law School Career Services Office works with 102 firms/agencies to conduct on-campus recruiting. Participating agencies include: Baker & Daniels Barnes & Thornburg Bose McKinney Jenner & Block Kirkland & Ellis Lord Bissell & Brook Sidley Austin Akin-Gump Arnold & Porter Baker & McKenzie Hogan & Hartson Brinks Hofer Finnegan Henderson Foley & Lardner Jones Day Latham & Watkins Porter Wright Shook Hardy & Bacon Study Abroad Over the last five years, approximately 30 percent of each graduating class has studied abroad during their law school program. Indiana Law offers more than 15 options from Egypt and China to Germany, Korea, Poland, and New Zealand. Read more about summer and semester-long study abroad programs. Journals Indiana Law Journal Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies Federal Communications Law Journal More Information Admissions Office Scholarships & Financial Aid Visit Indiana Law Frequently Asked Questions Our Community Contact Us Accreditation The Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington is accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA). Copies of the most recent accreditation report are on file and available for review, upon request, in the Office of the Dean of the Law School.
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