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Encyclopedia > Seton Hall Law School
Seton Hall Law School
Established 1951
Type Private
Dean Patrick E. Hobbs
Faculty 82
Students 1,142
Location Newark, New Jersey, USA
Campus Urban
Website law.shu.edu

The Seton Hall University School of Law is part of Seton Hall University, the Catholic University of New Jersey, and is located in downtown Newark. Seton Hall Law School is one of only three Law schools in New Jersey (the others being the two locations of Rutgers University's law schools) and is the only private law school in the state. Image File history File links Crest_shu. ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Private schools, or independent schools, are schools not administered by local, state, or national government, which retain the right to select their student body and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students tuition rather than with public (state) funds. ... In an educational setting, a dean is a person with significant authority . ... A faculty is a division within a university. ... Nickname: The Brick City Map of Newark in Essex County Coordinates: County Essex Founded/Incorporated 1666/1836 Mayor Cory Booker, term of office 2006–2010 Area    - City 67. ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  Ranked 47th  - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 km²)  - Width 70 miles (110 km)  - Length 150 miles (240 km)  - % water 14. ... An urban area is a term used to define an area where there is an increased density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ... Seton Hall redirects here. ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  Ranked 47th  - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 km²)  - Width 70 miles (110 km)  - Length 150 miles (240 km)  - % water 14. ... Nickname: The Brick City Map of Newark in Essex County Coordinates: County Essex Founded/Incorporated 1666/1836 Mayor Cory Booker, term of office 2006–2010 Area    - City 67. ... // This is a list of law schools in the United States. ... Rutgers redirects here. ...


Its location is very convenient to commuters, as it is 1.5 blocks from Penn Station Newark and a 20 minute ride to Manhattan. Pennsylvania Station (Newark) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Borough of Manhattan, highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ...


In 2006, Seton Hall Law School had the highest bar passage rates of the law schools in New Jersey. In its 2007 publication, U.S. News & World Report ranked Seton Hall 70th among the nation's "Top 100" law schools. [1]. 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD (or CE) era. ... U.S. News & World Report is a weekly newsmagazine. ...

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History

Seton Hall University School of Law was founded in 1951 and was fully accredited by the American Bar Association in that same year. The school is part of Seton Hall University. American Bar Associations Washington, DC office The American Bar Association (ABA) is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students, which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. ... Seton Hall redirects here. ...


Program

The J.D. degree program of 85 credits can be pursued as a day student in 3 years or as a part-time evening student in 4 years. Juris Doctor (Latin for Teacher of Law) or J.D. is a degree in law offered by universities in a number of countries. ...


Students

Many students commute from around the New York metropolitan area; however, the Union Building, Renaissance Towers, and 1180 all house Seton Hall Law students. The New York metropolitan area is the most populous in the United States and the fourth most populous in the world (after Tokyo, Seoul, and Mexico City). ...


The current 1L class, the class of 2009, has 365 students. They come from all over the world and are of many races, religions, faiths, and backgrounds.


References

  1. ^ America's Best Graduate Schools 2007: Top Law Schools, U.S. News & World Report, accessed July 12, 2006

U.S. News & World Report is a weekly newsmagazine. ... July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Seton Hall University School of Law is the focus of an investigation by the U.S. Department of Education for allegedly discriminating against white law students, according to officials at the school and the department.
The annual job fair is held alternately at Seton Hall and Rutgers School of Law, raising the prospect that the probe could expand to both the state's law schools.
Seton Hall Law School Dean Patrick Hobbs says his faculty reacted with surprise and disappointment at the Department of Education's action, which started shortly after the job fair was first advertised.
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This private Catholic Haitian law school was founded in 1995 to combat government-sponsored lawlessness and violence by fostering respect for the rule of law and justice in Haiti.
The relationship between Seton Hall Law School and L'Ecole Superieure was connected through a Seton Hall Law alumnus, the Rev. Eugene Squeo, J.D. '81, who is a member of the Haiti Solidarity Network of the Northeast, a voluntary membership organization that assists the country through peasant leadership.
Seton Hall Law School students are establishing fundraising efforts to go toward improving Internet access and research facilities, and to develop Fellowships so that Haitian law students' educations can be partially or fully funded.
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