Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University continues to rise, earning high ratings in recent reviews. Duquesne Kline School of Law now ranks in the top 10 for “Professor Accessibility,” and additionally ranks in the top 50 for “Career” outcomes. These high ranks from the TaxProf Blog are based on the recently released 2024 Princeton Review Law School ratings. The ratings are out of 168 law schools in the United States.
The “Professor Accessibility” category is based on how law students rate the accessibility of law faculty members at their school. Duquesne Kline School of Law’s tied #10 position places it alongside other prestigious law schools, including Boston College, University of Chicago Law School, and UCLA. Duquesne Kline School of Law is the only Pennsylvania law school ranked in the top 10 for “Professor Accessibility.”
The “Career” category rating measures, “the confidence students have in their school's ability to lead them to fruitful employment opportunities, as well as the school's own record of having done so.” Duquesne Kline School of Law’s #44 rank makes it one of only three Pennsylvania law schools to be ranked in the top 50 in the “Career” category.
The “Career” rating is based on student responses and school-supported statistical data. That data includes the most recent data of 96.4% of the class of 2023 of Duquesne Kline School of Law is employed full-time or pursuing a graduate degree. Duquesne Kline School of Law Bar passage outcomes are used and are equally impressive, including the School of Law’s high 90.63% Ultimate Bar Passage* rate and excellent 93.8% career placement rate**.
These ratings accompany Duquesne Kline School of Law’s solid top 100 rank of law schools in the nation, placed #94 out of 196 ranked law schools in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2024-2025 Best Law School overall ranking.
The student-centric focus and preparedness of students for their careers have fundamentally contributed to these continued high marks for Duquesne Kline School of Law.
“Our students are the focus of everything we do. These ratings and rankings are directly related to the value we place in preparing our students for success. We empower them in the classroom and prepare them for their careers,” said Duquesne Kline School of Law Dean April Barton.
*Class of 2020 ultimate bar passage rate.
**Class of 2022 Statistics as reported to the ABA 10 months after graduation. This includes three graduates whose start date was deferred beyond March 15, 2023, and one graduate who is enrolled in full-time graduate studies.
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