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As a Cornell Law student, you‘ll stand out in the employment marketplace and benefit from one of the best career placement rates in the country.

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Cornell Law School Breaks Through Barriers to Public Service Law Careers
Beginning in June 2024, Cornell Law will increase the salary cap eligible for full reimbursement for federal loans from $80,000 to $120,000 for graduates in public service jobs.
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George Hay Comments on the Latest Google Antitrust Suit
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Mitchel Lasser Comments on Mexico’s Judicial Overhaul
“Being a lawyer in the best sense means when something good happens to you or when something benefits you, you want to pass that good onto others and you want to share with others.”
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FORUM Spring 2024

Check out the latest edition of Cornell Law Forum magazine! We explore the evolution of trial advocacy at Cornell Law, where a legacy of excellence and innovative teaching methods prepare students for real-world legal challenges. Explore the program that's shaping tomorrow's legal champions.
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Experiential Learning

Experiential learning at Cornell Law School is a central part of our educational model. A robust set of clinical courses helps students move beyond the classroom into the world of practice; the Lawyering Program focuses on teaching the real-life skills employed by practicing attorneys, and externships around the country and across the globe put classroom learning into practice.
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Global Reach

Cornell Law School offers one of the country’s oldest and most distinguished programs in international and comparative legal education. It features an outstanding faculty; a strong and diverse curriculum; internationally focused law clinics; visiting professors, scholars, and graduate law students from around the world; a leading journal of international and comparative law; active internationally focused student organizations; international speakers and conferences; international internships and externships; international dual degree and study abroad opportunities, and an acclaimed international and comparative law library collection.  It is an exceptional place to study and engage with international and comparative law.

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Faculty & Research

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The Delaware Death Penalty: An Empirical Study
This article is part of a symposium that honors David Baldus, a great scholar and great man, a quiet man with a strong passion for justice. We study the operation of Delaware’s death penalty in the modern era of capital punishment.
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Stings and Scams: ‘Fake News,’ the First Amendment, and the New Activist Journalism
Constitutional law, technological innovations, and the rise of a cultural “right to know” have recently combined to yield “fake news,” as illustrated by an anti-abortion citizen-journalist sting operation that scammed Planned Parenthood.
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Dangerous Citations
This Article considers when optional case citations may do more harm than good. There are valid reasons for citing to non-binding precedent — to promote consistency in the law.
The Nonprime Mortgage Crisis and Positive Feedback Lending
We collect evidence that the risk of a nonprime housing bubble should have been obvious to the main participants in the markets for nonprime lending and related mortgage-backed securities.

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📚 Welcome Cornell Law students to the start of the fall semester! Here’s to a productive and inspiring semester ahead! #CornellLaw

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📚 Welcome Cornell Law students to the start of the fall semester! Here’s to a productive and inspiring semester ahead! #CornellLaw

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The Immigration Law & Advocacy Clinic recently supported a Cornell PhD student in her application for Advance Parole, a travel permission needed for DACA recipients to go abroad. Thanks to this success, the student presented her research at a neuroscience conference in Japan this summer! #CornellLaw #CornellLawClinics

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The Immigration Law & Advocacy Clinic recently supported a Cornell PhD student in her application for Advance Parole, a travel permission needed for DACA recipients to go abroad. Thanks to this success, the student presented her research at a neuroscience conference in Japan this summer! #CornellLaw #CornellLawClinics

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Only one more day until we welcome this year`s incoming LL.M. class to our beautiful campus! #CornellLaw #Orientation2024 #LLMstudents

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Only one more day until we welcome this year's incoming LL.M. class to our beautiful campus! #CornellLaw #Orientation2024 #LLMstudents

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We can`t wait to welcome you all back to campus in a few weeks! The weather has been beautiful here in Ithaca, NY, lots of exploring to do when you return!

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We can't wait to welcome you all back to campus in a few weeks! The weather has been beautiful here in Ithaca, NY, lots of exploring to do when you return!

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Cornell Law School`s FORUM, spring 2024 issue, is available online now! In this issue, we explore Cornell Law`s trial advocacy program— a program that excels in readying aspiring attorneys for the courtroom. Read more at the link in our bio!

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Cornell Law School's FORUM, spring 2024 issue, is available online now! In this issue, we explore Cornell Law's trial advocacy program— a program that excels in readying aspiring attorneys for the courtroom. Read more at the link in our bio!

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What’s one of the best things about attending Cornell Law School?! LOCATION!☀️#cornelllawschool #upstateny

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