Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University

Accreditation: ABA approved since 1960
Institution type: Private
J.D. formats: Full-time and Part-time J.D.
Website: Official website (opens in a new tab)

Median LSAT: 157; Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA: 3.62; Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition: $58,898; Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class: 184; Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs: 86.8%; Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage: 89.7%; 2025 graduates

Latest verified values from ABA required disclosures. Each dataset describes a different class, as labelled. The job share is PreLaw Advisor’s arithmetic (full-time, long-term bar-passage-required positions ÷ total graduates), not an ABA-published figure.

J.D. program formats

Full-time J.D.: Offered. Full-time first-year students were reported to the ABA.
Part-time J.D.: Offered. The school is on the ABA Council’s list of approved part-time programs.
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

Concentrations and courses of study

Defined paths through the J.D. curriculum and study at partner institutions.

Concentrations and specializations (1)

Law and Computing ConcentrationSchool page for Law and Computing Concentration (opens in a new tab)

Study abroad and exchange programs (1)

Summer Study AbroadSchool page for Summer Study Abroad (opens in a new tab)

Clinics and field placements

Supervised legal work with real clients or in real legal settings, for credit.

Clinics (7)

Federal Litigation ClinicSchool page for Federal Litigation Clinic (opens in a new tab)
Landlord Tenant ClinicSchool page for Landlord Tenant Clinic (opens in a new tab)
Re-Entry Legal Services ClinicSchool page for Re-Entry Legal Services Clinic (opens in a new tab)
The Youth Advocacy Clinic – Education Law ClinicSchool page for The Youth Advocacy Clinic – Education Law Clinic (opens in a new tab)
The Youth Advocacy Clinic – Juvenile Defense ClinicSchool page for The Youth Advocacy Clinic – Juvenile Defense Clinic (opens in a new tab)
Veterans ClinicSchool page for Veterans Clinic (opens in a new tab)
Wills and Healthcare Decisions ClinicSchool page for Wills and Healthcare Decisions Clinic (opens in a new tab)

Externships and field placements (1)

Legal Tech ExternshipSchool page for Legal Tech 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.

Kline Center for Judicial EducationSchool page for Kline Center for Judicial Education (opens in a new tab)
Tribone Center for Clinical Legal EducationSchool page for Tribone Center for Clinical Legal Education (opens in a new tab)

12 programs read from Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University’s own website and reviewed before publication, most recently verified Sep 2026. The list covers structured academic offerings, not student organizations, and may not be complete.

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

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Course titles beyond 1L

125

Clinic positions available

46 filled

Field placements filled

Simulation course seats

435

Co-curricular offerings

Full-time faculty

107 total faculty

Clinic and simulation seat counts are only mapped from report layouts that define them unambiguously (2025 onward).