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Dedman School of Law
SMU Dedman School of Law (commonly referred to as SMU Law School or Dedman School of Law), is a law school located in Dallas, Texas. Jason P. Nance serves as its current dean.
Founded in February 1925 as part of the Southern Methodist University, it was renamed in February 2001 to honour benefactors Nancy Dedman and Robert H. Dedman Sr. One of ten law schools in Texas, it was the only one in the city of Dallas until the University of North Texas at Dallas (UNT) opened its law school in 2014.
SMU has a 1L class size of 226. Out of the 2,334 people who applied, 780 were offered admission. 224 out of 780 applicants offered admission were accepted, meaning that 28.72% of those offered admission ended up attending the school.[citation needed] The median LSAT at SMU is 163, and the 25th percentile LSAT is 158.[citation needed] The median GPA is 3.76, and the 25th percentile GPA is 3.43.[citation needed]
SMU Dedman School of Law offers Juris Doctor, Master of Laws, and Doctor of Juridical Science degrees. The school offers two joint degree programs, a J.D./M.A. in Economics and a J.D./M.B.A. The J.D./M.A. in Economics is offered in connection with the SMU Department of Economics in Dedman College, and the J.D./M.B.A. is offered in connection with the Cox School of Business at SMU.
The class that enrolled in the fall of 2019 has a median LSAT score of 161 and a median undergraduate GPA of 3.7. LSAT/UGPA medians were calculated by the Law School Admission Council based on matriculant lists provided by the law school to the American Bar Association.
Each JD student must complete 87 credit hours. Thirty-one of these hours comprise the mandatory first-year curriculum. After the first year, students must complete a course in professional responsibility, two upper-level writing courses (including an edited writing seminar in which an extensive scholarly, expository writing project is reviewed and critiqued by the professor), Constitutional Law II, and a practical skills course. All students are required to perform 30 hours of public service before graduating.
Dedman Law is home to four independent law journals: The SMU Law Review, Journal of Air Law and Commerce, The International Lawyer, and the SMU Science & Technology Law Review.
Dedman Law offers several law clinics for upper-division students. The law clinics include: the W.W. Caruth, Jr. Child Advocacy Clinic, Civil Clinic, Criminal Justice Clinic, Family Immigration Detention Clinic, Federal Taxpayers Clinic, First Amendment Clinic, Consumer Advocacy Project, Small Business Clinic & Trademark Clinic, Judge Elmo B. Hunter Legal Center for Victims of Crimes Against Women, Innocence Clinic, Patent Law Clinic, and Vansickle Family Law Clinic.
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Dedman School of Law
SMU Dedman School of Law (commonly referred to as SMU Law School or Dedman School of Law), is a law school located in Dallas, Texas. Jason P. Nance serves as its current dean.
Founded in February 1925 as part of the Southern Methodist University, it was renamed in February 2001 to honour benefactors Nancy Dedman and Robert H. Dedman Sr. One of ten law schools in Texas, it was the only one in the city of Dallas until the University of North Texas at Dallas (UNT) opened its law school in 2014.
SMU has a 1L class size of 226. Out of the 2,334 people who applied, 780 were offered admission. 224 out of 780 applicants offered admission were accepted, meaning that 28.72% of those offered admission ended up attending the school.[citation needed] The median LSAT at SMU is 163, and the 25th percentile LSAT is 158.[citation needed] The median GPA is 3.76, and the 25th percentile GPA is 3.43.[citation needed]
SMU Dedman School of Law offers Juris Doctor, Master of Laws, and Doctor of Juridical Science degrees. The school offers two joint degree programs, a J.D./M.A. in Economics and a J.D./M.B.A. The J.D./M.A. in Economics is offered in connection with the SMU Department of Economics in Dedman College, and the J.D./M.B.A. is offered in connection with the Cox School of Business at SMU.
The class that enrolled in the fall of 2019 has a median LSAT score of 161 and a median undergraduate GPA of 3.7. LSAT/UGPA medians were calculated by the Law School Admission Council based on matriculant lists provided by the law school to the American Bar Association.
Each JD student must complete 87 credit hours. Thirty-one of these hours comprise the mandatory first-year curriculum. After the first year, students must complete a course in professional responsibility, two upper-level writing courses (including an edited writing seminar in which an extensive scholarly, expository writing project is reviewed and critiqued by the professor), Constitutional Law II, and a practical skills course. All students are required to perform 30 hours of public service before graduating.
Dedman Law is home to four independent law journals: The SMU Law Review, Journal of Air Law and Commerce, The International Lawyer, and the SMU Science & Technology Law Review.
Dedman Law offers several law clinics for upper-division students. The law clinics include: the W.W. Caruth, Jr. Child Advocacy Clinic, Civil Clinic, Criminal Justice Clinic, Family Immigration Detention Clinic, Federal Taxpayers Clinic, First Amendment Clinic, Consumer Advocacy Project, Small Business Clinic & Trademark Clinic, Judge Elmo B. Hunter Legal Center for Victims of Crimes Against Women, Innocence Clinic, Patent Law Clinic, and Vansickle Family Law Clinic.