Питтсбург Университетінің Заң Мектебі

Public law school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US

The University of Pittsburgh School of Law (Pitt Law) is the law school of the University of Pittsburgh, a public research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1895 and became a charter member of the Association of American Law Schools in 1900. Its primary home facility is the Barco Law Building. The school offers four degrees: Master of Studies in Law, Juris Doctor, Master of Laws for international students, and the Doctor of Juridical Science. The school offers several international legal programs, operates a variety of clinics, and publishes several law journals. According to University of Pittsburgh School of Law's 2021 ABA required disclosures, 87% of graduates were employed ten months after graduation with 65% attaining positions where bar admission is required.

The law department was founded in 1843 and is one of 17 schools constituting the University of Pittsburgh. The first four law degrees were conferred in 1847. The School of Law moved into their own dedicated facility, the Barco Law Building, upon its opening on the university's main campus in 1976.

Barco Law Building Pitt Law School is housed in the six story Barco Law Building on Forbes Avenue, located on the main campus of the University of Pittsburgh. Barco Law Library The Law Library is housed on the third, fourth, and fifth floors of the Barco Law Building. The library was renovated in 2004 , and the current collection numbers some 450,000 volumes and volume equivalents and has a seating capacity, in both the individual carrels and in private reading areas, of over 400. In addition, located within several blocks of the Law Building are Hillman Library, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, and several special libraries of the University, including the business, medical, and public and international affairs libraries. Teplitz Memorial Moot Courtroom Located on the ground floor, the moot courtroom, named for the late Benjamin H. Teplitz, includes a seven seat judges' bench, jury and press boxes, counselors' tables, judges' chambers, and a jury room. It is used primarily by trial tactics classes and by the growing number of moot court programs. It is equipped to handle special sessions of the Commonwealth and Federal Appellate Courts and hearings before various administrative tribunals. Other design features of the Law Building include a pedestrian bridge connecting the School of Law with Litchfield Towers dormitories, Lawrence Hall, and Wesley W. Posvar Hall.

The University of Pittsburgh School of Law offers four degrees. The J. D. (Juris Doctor) is the required degree to practice law in most of the United States, thus J. D. students make up most of the school's student body.

The law school also hosts and facilitates multiple moot court and lawyering skills competitions for law students. The law school's Moot Court Board administers three intramural competitions each year: the Appellate Moot Court Competition, the Murray S. Love Trial Moot Court Competition, and the Negotiations Competition. The school also assembles teams to compete at multiple interscholastic and international moot court competitions covering specialized areas such as Energy Law, Environmental Law, Health Law, International Arbitration and International Law, Workers' Compensation Law, Client Counseling, and Intellectual Property. The school's Mock Trial Program recruits adjunct coaches from the local practicing bar to assemble law student teams to participate in mock trial competitions throughout the country. In 2014 2015, more than 20% of second and third year students participated in an interscholastic competition.

The law school's Semester in D. C. Program allows spring semester second and third year students to pursue a full time externship for an employer in Washington, D. C. The Semester in D. C. combines full time work for academic credit with a small seminar class held at the law school's dedicated Washington Center to fulfill a full semester credit load. Students can also pursue a Public Policy Concentration, taking additional courses to learn to apply legal advocacy, research, and writing skills in the policy context.

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The estimated cost of attendance (includes tuition, fees, books, and living expenses) at Pitt Law for the 2014 15 academic year is $50,008 for a Pennsylvania resident and $57,492 for a non resident. The average law school debt for the graduating Class of 2012 was $94,879, well below the national average. Pitt Law was one of only 53 law schools out of over 200 nationally (and one of only three in Pennsylvania) to be ranked as a 2014 Best Value by The National Jurist. The survey took into account multiple factors, with success in job placement weighted most heavily at 35%, followed by tuition (25%), average indebtedness (15%), bar passage rates (15%), and cost of living (10%).

For 2024, Pitt Law is ranked tied for 89th by U. S. News & World Report.