Academics

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Make your mark by growing into a strong leader, inspiring innovator, or dedicated public servant. Our law programs, courses, clinics, and academic support systems provide you the tools to become a difference maker. Whichever path you choose, you'll know no bounds at Emory Law.

Degree Programs

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Challenge yourself with curriculum that prepares you for a rewarding career—whether you're studying to become a lawyer or have an interest in learning more about the law.

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Degree Programs

Develop proficiency in practical advocacy, an important skill to develop in law school. Master the basics, then further your training with externships and specialized courses.

Emory Law's nationally acclaimed legal clinics engage students in both substantive knowledge of the law and practical application of skills learning in the classroom.

Go inside a public defender or prosecutor's office, government agency, nonprofit organization, judge's chamber, in-house counsel's office, or small firm in the Atlanta metro area.

Professionalism

Learn to identify and make sound judgments about issues you'll encounter during law school and in practice. Attorneys, judges, and Emory Law's esteemed faculty engage in the Professionalism Program as facilitators.

When you study in a metropolitan area, you have access to abundant opportunities to study and practice law in the public interest.

Participating in one of Emory Law's international exchange programs is a unique opportunity to complement Emory's classroom studies with immersion in another society's law school experience.

The Technological Innovation: Generating Economic Results (TI:GER®) Program unites law, business, engineering, and science PhD students from Emory in learning how to take innovative ideas from the lab to the marketplace.

Transactional Law

Our robust Transactional Law and Skills Certificate curriculum is the gold standard for transactional law education, preparing you to add value to a transaction from day one on the job.

Trial Techniques

Immerse yourself in oral advocacy. Connect with nationally recognized trial lawyers, judges, and professors. Learn - and experience - the mechanics of litigating a case.

Graduate Programs

Master of Legal Studies (MLS)

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Master of Laws (LLM)

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Master of Comparative Law (MCL)

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Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD)

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