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The Emory University School of Law is the law school of Emory University, founded in 1916 and located in Gambrell Hall on the university's 630-acre Druid Hills campus, six miles northeast of downtown Atlanta, Georgia. It was the first law school in Georgia admitted to the American Association of Law Schools. The school offers a Juris Doctor (JD), Master of Laws (LLM), Master of Legal Studies (MLS), joint degrees such as JD/MBA and JD/MPH, clinical programs, and specialized centers including the William and Jane Carney Center for Business and Transactional Law, Barton Child Advocacy Center, and Center for the Study of Law and Religion. It trains lawyers for corporate and institutional finance roles, among other areas. Key metrics include: ranked #38 (tie) by U.S. News & World Report (2025), #24 by Above the Law (2024), and #17 Go-To Law Schools for BigLaw (Law.com 2025); enrollment of 815 students; JD admissions for Class of 2026 with median LSAT 166, median GPA 3.82, and acceptance rate 40.87%; bar passage rate of 88.36% (2024 first-time); employment rate of 89.1% in full-time, long-term JD-required positions nine months post-graduation (Class of 2023); tuition of $69,510 (2025-2026); and school endowment of $43 million (2021).