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Cornell Law School
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<p>Cornell Law School is the <a href="/facts/Law_school/G97pqWqN">law school</a> of <a href="/facts/Cornell_University/FGyXuXeI">Cornell University</a>, a <a href="/facts/Private_university/KHHzGNID">private</a>, <a href="/facts/Ivy_League/BJchlDEN">Ivy League</a> university in <a href="/facts/Ithaca,_New_York/mPyMCjEd">Ithaca, New York</a>. </p><p>One of the five <a href="/facts/Ivy_League_law_schools/hM49zGxY">Ivy League law schools</a>, Cornell Law School offers four degree programs (<a href="/facts/Juris_Doctor/IcnGQNTB">JD</a>, <a href="/facts/Master_of_Laws/a7Igvr42">LLM</a>, <a href="/facts/Master_of_Studies_in_Law/9zEJr5cy">MSLS</a> and <a href="/facts/Doctor_of_Juridical_Science/xHur9NBd">JSD</a>) along with several dual-degree programs in conjunction with other professional schools at the university. It was established in 1887 as Cornell University's Department of Law. Currently, the school graduates around 200 students each year. </p><p>Cornell Law School is home to the <a href="/facts/Legal_Information_Institute/Qwt4Pqou">Legal Information Institute</a> (LII), the <i><a href="/facts/Journal_of_Empirical_Legal_Studies/XmDAN7qX">Journal of Empirical Legal Studies</a></i>, the <i><a href="/facts/Cornell_Law_Review/pW65I88o">Cornell Law Review</a></i>, the <i><a href="/facts/Cornell_Journal_of_Law_and_Public_Policy/Q8wKDXrh">Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy</a></i>, and the <i><a href="/facts/Cornell_International_Law_Journal/D3gWeye3">Cornell International Law Journal</a></i>. </p>