JD Admissions
A juris doctor (JD) degree from Delaware Law carries with it both prestige and great responsibility. Delaware Law is widely recognized for a learning environment centered on core values—integrity, civility, professionalism, creative collaboration, and a commitment to the greater good.
As a JD student, you will work closely with some of the most highly regarded legal scholars in the nation. Our emphasis on experiential learning will allow you to participate in clinics, externships, and trial advocacy. Our strong signature programs— in business and corporate law, advocacy and technology, environmental law, family and health law policy, and dignity rights —provide opportunities to delve more deeply into your area of interest.
We offer a three-year, full-time day JD program as well as a four-year, part-time evening program,enabling you to choose the schedule that best balances your life and work commitments.
“Delaware Law made me the trial lawyer I have always wanted to be. It proved to be an ideal learning environment because every professor who taught me had real world experience. There was an instant credibility with everything they said…I knew that applying what they taught would be both ethical and effective.”
-John Cirrinicione, Class of 2007
Student Voices
Number of alumni solo practitioners
1,233
Number of alumni in government positions
1,054
alumni/student pairs in mentoring program
1,700+
Law school founded
1971
Signature Programs
5
number of people provided legal assistance from the delaware civil clinic since 1984
8010
AMOUNT RECOVERED BY VETERAN LAW CLINIC IN VETERANS DISABILITY BENEFITS
$15 Million+
number of approved externship sites
150+
Student Organizations
20+
alumni judges
224
Pro bono wills prepared as delaware state affiliate for the wills for heroes program
950+
Law journals/ honor societies
5