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John Marshall Law School
Location
The law school's campus is located in the heart of downtown Chicago. The law school is across the street (.1 mi) from the Dirksen Federal Building which houses the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (federal trial court), and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. The local civil county courthouse (Richard J. Daley Center) is only about 5 blocks from the law school campus and 6 miles from the Criminal Courts Building. Being so close to the local courts will allow students to observe court hearings and oral arguments at the U.S. Court of Appeals. The law school is in an excellent downtown location.
Chicago is the third most populous city in the United States with a very large legal community. The city has about 52 large law firms (250+ attorneys) and about 48 medium sized firms (50 - 249 attorneys). There are over 2400 alumni from John Marshall practicing in the area; many of whom are partners and associates at some of the largest law firms as well as acting corporate counsel for large publicly traded corporations. The law school has some great connections in Chicago from the successful alumni that recent graduates may find very helpful.
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John Marshall Law School |
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Public or
Private
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Private |
| Tuition |
$35,214 |
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Acceptance
Rate
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49.3% |
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State
Bar
Pass Rate
|
Texas, July 2008
90%
(Overall pass
rate
for Texas 80.27%)
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Employment
Rate after
9 mos. from
Graduation
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87.5%
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Employment
Rate
at
Graduation
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Not Made Available
By the School
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Average
Salary
for Graduates in
the Private Sector
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$60,500
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Student
Body
Population
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1067 |
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LSAT
score
bottom
25th percentile of
incoming class
|
151 |
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LSAT
score
top
25th percentile of
incoming class
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156 |
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Median
LSAT
of incoming class
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154 |
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Bottom
25th
percentile of
incoming class
undergraduate
GPA (UGPA)
|
2.85 |
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Top
25th
percentile of
incoming class
UGPA
|
3.42 |
| Median
UGPA |
3.14 |
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The John Marshall Law School is a fourth tier law school located in downtown Chicago. The school is named after former Chief Justice of the United States John Marshall and was founded in 1899 and granted accreditation by the ABA in 1951. The school offers a unique JD/LLM (Master of Laws) program that allows students to earn an LLM after their 3 year JD degree and apply 10 credits earned in the LLM program towards completing their JD degree allowing students to complete the JD/LLM program in 104 credits or about 3 and a half years. The law school also offers a JD/MBA program in conjunction with nearby(13.5 mi) Dominican University as well as a JD/MPA and JD/MA in conjunction with the neighboring (.6 mi) Roosevelt University.
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Grading System
The grading system uses a normal 4.0 scale with a corresponding letter grade i.e. A+=4.01, A=4.0, A-3.67, B+=3.3, B=3.0, B-=2.67, C+=2.33, C=2.0, C-=1.67, D=1.0.
The law school has two mandatory grading curves one for most first year courses and one for most second and third year courses.
For first year courses the mandatory curve allows for the following grades to be issued for each course:
A+, A, and A- must be awarded to at least 20% of the students, but no more than 30% of the class.
B+, B, and B- must be awarded to at least 35% of the students, but no more than 45% of the class.
C+, C, and C- must be awarded to at least 15% of the students, but no more than 25% of the class.
D and F must be awarded to at least 10% of the students, but no more than 20% of the class.
Each class must have a cumulative grade point average between 2.70 (a little over a B-) and 3.10 (a little more than a B)
Overall, for first year students, the curve is almost between a B- and a B. This gives the professors a good amount of leeway and although some courses may have a little more difficult curve (B-) a good amount will probably have a B curve. Comparied to similarly ranked law schools this curve seems fair and is certainly seems much better than most fourth tier law school curves.
For second year courses, with more than 25 students, the mandatory curve allows for the following grades to be issued for each course:
A+, A, and A- must be awarded to at least 25% of the students, but no more than 40% of the class.
B+, B, and B- must be awarded to at least 35% of the students, but no more than 50% of the class.
C+, C, and C- must be awarded to at least 10% of the students, but no more than 25% of the class.
D and F must be awarded to at least 0% of the students, but no more than 10% of the class.
Each class must have a cumulative grade point average between 2.70 (a little over a B-) and 3.10 (a little more than a B)
For second and third year courses the curve is a little easier, although interestingly the cumulative grade point average requirement is the same. Overall, the curve seems fair and not overly difficult. There is no requirement that any of the students must fail the course and thus there is probably little, if any, attrition in the second and third year for low grades (unlike some of the other fourth tier law schools).
The overall curve is very fair for a fourth tier law school and will probably help graduates earn associate positions over their peers at similarly situated law schools.