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Cleveland-Marshall Continues Steady Rise in Rankings

Cleveland-Marshall College of Law ranked 115th in the 2015 US News & World Report law school rankings that were released today, up four places from last year’s ranking. Over the last two years, Cleveland-Marshall has risen an impressive 20 points in the rankings even as law schools across the country face unprecedented challenges.

Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University is removing some of the personal and financial risk that goes along with committing to a three-year law degree.

Beginning this spring, if a J.D. student decides not to continue law school after completing the first year of studies, the student can graduate with a Master of Legal Studies (M.L.S.) degree, without taking any additional courses.

The Cleveland State Law Review was ranked 91st overall out of 240 General-Subject/Flagship journals in the latest edition of law review rankings released annually by the Washington & Lee University School of Law. This ranking is the highest for the Cleveland State Law Review in its history, improving upon its ranking of 94th in 2013.

Cleveland State University’s Cleveland-Marshall College of Law officially opened its solo practice incubator with a ribbon-cutting ceremony February 4. The grand opening commemorated the first law school-based incubator in Ohio, and one of approximately 10 throughout the United States.

“This project speaks to the energy, creativity and imagination of the law school,” said CSU President Ronald M. Berkman in his grand opening remarks.

Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University achieved a 93 percent bar passage rate for first time takers of the July 2013 Ohio Bar Exam, giving the school the second highest first-time passage rate among the State’s nine law schools, and the strongest performance for the school in over twenty years.