Durham, North Carolina
Duke Law School
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 1931
- Institution type
- Private
- J.D. formats
- Full-time J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 171
- Median GPA
- 3.91
- Resident tuition
- $80,100
- First-year class
- 227
- Bar-required jobs
- 98.7%
- First-time bar passage
- 98.2%
J.D. program formats
- Full-time J.D.
- Offered. Full-time first-year students were reported to the ABA.
- Part-time J.D.
- Not on the ABA Council’s part-time list.
- Distance-education J.D.
- Not on the ABA Council’s distance-education J.D. list.
Formats come from the ABA Council’s published lists, not from the school’s marketing. What each format means
Programs published by the school
Certificates
Credentials a school awards for completing a defined set of courses, either alongside the J.D. or as a stand-alone program.
- Public Interest and Public Service CertificateSchool page for Public Interest and Public Service Certificate (opens in a new tab)
Clinics and field placements
Supervised legal work with real clients or in real legal settings, for credit.
Clinics (12)
- Appellate Litigation ClinicSchool page for Appellate Litigation Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Children's Law ClinicSchool page for Children's Law Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Civil Justice ClinicSchool page for Civil Justice Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Community Enterprise ClinicSchool page for Community Enterprise Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Criminal Defense ClinicSchool page for Criminal Defense Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Environmental Law & Policy ClinicSchool page for Environmental Law & Policy Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- First Amendment ClinicSchool page for First Amendment Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Health Justice ClinicSchool page for Health Justice Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Immigrant Rights ClinicSchool page for Immigrant Rights Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- International Human Rights ClinicSchool page for International Human Rights Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Start-Up Ventures ClinicSchool page for Start-Up Ventures Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Wrongful Convictions ClinicSchool page for Wrongful Convictions Clinic (opens in a new tab)
Externships and field placements (2)
- Center for Public Research and Learning (CPRL) Integrated ExternshipSchool page for Center for Public Research and Learning (CPRL) Integrated Externship (opens in a new tab)
- Duke Law in DC ExternshipSchool page for Duke Law in DC Externship (opens in a new tab)
Centers and institutes
Research and program centers that organize a school's teaching, scholarship and events in a field.
- Center for Innovation PolicySchool page for Center for Innovation Policy (opens in a new tab)
- Center for Law, Economics and Public PolicySchool page for Center for Law, Economics and Public Policy (opens in a new tab)
- Center for Sports Law and PolicySchool page for Center for Sports Law and Policy (opens in a new tab)
- Duke Center on Law & TechnologySchool page for Duke Center on Law & Technology (opens in a new tab)
- Duke-Leiden Institute in Global and Transnational LawSchool page for Duke-Leiden Institute in Global and Transnational Law (opens in a new tab)
Advanced law degrees
Degrees for people who already hold a first degree in law, in the United States or abroad.
- International LL.M. programSchool page for International LL.M. program (opens in a new tab)
- LL.M. programSchool page for LL.M. program (opens in a new tab)
Curriculum & faculty (2025 ABA report)
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Curricular Offerings (2025)
- Covers
- Report year 2025
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
Course titles beyond 1L
241
Clinic positions available
297
234 filled
Field placements filled
69
Simulation course seats
1,564
Co-curricular offerings
0
Full-time faculty
Not reported
Clinic and simulation seat counts are only mapped from report layouts that define them unambiguously (2025 onward).
