Barco Law Building, University of Pittsburgh

The University of Pittsburgh School of Law was founded in 1895, and became a charter member of the Association of American Law Schools in 1900. In 1923, Pitt Law received full approval from the ABA. The School of Law is one of 17 schools comprising the University of Pittsburgh, and is located in the Oakland neighborhood of the city on the main University of Pittsburgh campus. Image File history File links Barco. ... Image File history File links Barco. ... Barco Law Building at the University of Pittsburgh. ... The University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a state-related, doctoral/research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. ... Year 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) is a non-profit organization of 166 law schools in the United States. ... 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. ... The University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a state-related, doctoral/research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. ... The Cathedral of Learning dominates the Oakland skyline Oakland is the academic center of Pittsburgh and the third largest downtown area in the state of Pennsylvania, behind only Center City Philadelphia and the Central Business District (Downtown Pittsburgh). ...

Academics

The University of Pittsburgh School of Law offers four degrees. The J.D. (Juris Doctor) is the required degree to practice law in most of the United States, and thus, J.D. students comprise of most of the schools student body. The following degrees are offered by Pitt Law:

• MSL - Master of Studies in Law (Designed for individuals wanting to expand their knowledge of the law, but do not intend to practice law)
• J.D. - Juris Doctor (Primary Law Degree)
• LLM - Master of Laws (International Students)
• J.S.D - Doctor of Judicial Science (A doctoral degree designed for lawyers seeking academic appointments)

In addition, the School of Law offers joint degrees with several other programs within the university, and the Pittsburgh Council on Higher Education. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Pittsburgh Council on Higher Education is a consortium of colleges and universities in the Pittsburgh metro area. ...

• JD/MPA, Law and Urban and Public Administration (GSPIA)
• JD/MPIA, Law and International Affairs (GSPIA)
• JD/MID, Law and International Development (GSPIA)
• JD/MBA, Law and Business Administration (Katz)
• JD/MPH, Law and Public Health (GSPH)
• JD/MA, Law and Bioethics (GSPH)
• JD/MBA, Law and Business Administration (Carnegie Mellon)
• JD/MS, Law and Public Management, Law and Arts Management (Carnegie Mellon)

Students in the JD program are able to enroll in a certificate program to signify a concentration in a particular field of legal studies. Pitt Law offers the following certificate programs: Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ... Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ...

• The John P. Gismondi Civil Litigation Certificate Program
• Environmental Law, Science and Policy
• Health Law
• Intellectual Property and Technology Law
• International and Comparative Law

Clinical Programs

The University of Pittsburgh School of Law has several clinical programs, which allow law students to gain practical experience as lawyers before graduating from law school. The following clinics are currently offered by the School of Law:

• Tax Clinic
• Family Law Clinic
• Environmental Law Clinic
• Community and Economic Development Clinic
• Civil Practice Clinic

Within the Civil Practice Clinic, students can focus on Health Law or Elder Law.

Journals

Pitt Law is home to several student edited legal journals, including the Pittsburgh Law Review, which is one of the 40 most-cited law reviews in the country, according to Chicago-Kent Law Review's 1996 Faculty Scholarship Survey[1]. The following journals are all publications of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

• University of Pittsburgh Law Review
• Journal of Law and Commerce
• Pittsburgh Tax Review
• Journal of Technology, Law and Policy
• Pittsburgh Journal of Environmental and Public Health Law

Facilities

Cathedral of Learning

• Barco Law Building - Pitt Law School is housed in the six-story Barco Law Building on Forbes Avenue, located on the main campus of the University of Pittsburgh.

• Barco Law Library - The Law Library is housed on the third, fourth, and fifth floors of the Barco Law Building. The library has been recently renovated, and the current collection numbers some 325,000 volumes and volume equivalents and has a seating capacity, in both the individual carrels and in private reading areas, of over 400. In addition, located within several blocks of the Law Building are Hillman Library, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, and several special libraries of the University, including the business, medical, and public and international affairs libraries.

• Teplitz Memorial Moot Courtroom - Located on the ground floor, the moot courtroom, named for the late Benjamin H. Teplitz, includes a seven-seat judges' bench, jury and press boxes, counselors' tables, judges' chambers, and a jury room. It is used primarily by trial tactics classes and by the growing number of moot court programs. It is equipped to handle special sessions of the Commonwealth and Federal Appellate Courts and hearings before various administrative tribunals.

• Cathedral of Learning - The tallest academic building in the United States, and the second tallest in the world, the Cathedral of Learning is the center piece of the University of Pittsburgh. Inside the neo-gothic structure is a large foyer condusive to study, and several stories of office buildings and classrooms. It is also home to the Nationality Rooms which celebrates the world's cultures by designing classrooms based on architecture of various regions and cultures around the globe.
• Other design features of the Law Building include a pedestrian bridge connecting the School of Law with Litchfield Towers dormitories, Lawrence Hall, and Wesley W. Posvar Hall.

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Notable alumni

• David A. Reed - (1903) - U.S. Senator (1922-1935)
• James H. Duff - (1907) - Pennsylvania Governor (1947-1951), U.S. Senator (1951-1957)
• Harmar D. Denny, Jr. - (1911) - U.S. Representative (1951-1953)
• Harry Allison Estep - (1913) - U.S. Representative (1927-1933)
• James A. Wright - (1927) - U.S. Representative (1941-1945)
• Earl Chudoff - (1932) - U.S. Representative (1949-1958)
• Derrick Bell - (1957) - first tenured black professor at Harvard Law School
• Dick Thornburgh - (1957) - Pennsylvania Governor (1979-1987), U.S. Attorney General (1988-1991)
• Orrin Hatch - (1962) - U.S. Senator (1976-present)
• Joseph "Chip" Yablonski - (1965) - Attorney, NFL Players Association; son of murdered labor leader Joseph Yablonski
• Edgar Snyder - (1966) - Pennsylvania Super Lawyer
• Tom Feeney - (1983) - U.S. Representative (2003-present)
• Melissa Hart - (1987) - U.S. Representative (2001-2007)

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Deans of the Law School

• John Douglass Shafer, 1895-1920
• Alexander Marshall Thompson, 1920-1940
• Eugene Allen Gilmore, 1940-1942
• Judson Adams Crane, 1942-1949
• Charles Bernard Nutting, 1949-1951
• Judson Adams Crane (Acting Dean), 1951-1952
• Brainerd Currie, 1952-1953
• Arthur Larson (on leave of absence 1954-56), 1953-1956
• Charles Wilson Taintor II (Acting Dean), 1954-1957
• Thomas McIntyre Cooley II, 1957-1965
• William Edward Sell, Chairman, Administrative Committee, 1965-1966; Dean, 1966-1977
• John E. Murray, Jr., 1977-1984
• Richard J. Pierce, Jr., 1984-1985
• Mark A. Nordenberg, 1985-1993 (Currently University Chancellor)
• Richard H. Seeburger (Interim Dean), 1993-1994
• Peter M. Shane, 1994-1998
• David J. Herring, 1998-2005
• Mary A. Crossley, 2005-

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External links

• University of Pittsburgh School of Law official website