Law Schools in Massachusetts - Harvard Law School, Suffolk University Law School, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Harvard Law School, Suffolk University Law School, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Boston University School of Law, Boston College Law School, New England School of Law, Western New England College School of Law, Southern New England School of Law, Massachusetts School of Law, Northeastern University School of Law, List of law schools in Massachusetts, University of Massachusetts School of Law. Excerpt: Harvard Law School (also known as Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University and is regarded as one of the most prestigious educational institutions in the world. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S. News and World Reports as the second best law school in the United States, behind only Yale Law School. The current Dean of Harvard Law School is Martha Minow, who assumed the role on July 1, 2009. Harvard Law has 246 faculty members. Many are preeminent legal scholars; Harvard Law School faculty were responsible for more downloaded papers on the Social Science Research Network than any other law school, a fact only partially explained by the school's size. Harvard Law School has produced a large number of luminaries in law and politics, including the current President of the United States, Barack Obama, and former President Rutherford B. Hayes. World leaders counted among its graduates include the current President of the Republic of China, Ma Ying-jeou; the current President of the World Bank Group, Robert Zoellick; the current United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay; and the former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson. Some 149 sitting United States federal judges a...