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Syracuse has been ranked in the top 10 for its trial and appellate advocacy program by U.S. News and World Report and is an emerging leader in the relatively novel field of National Security Law through the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism. The College of Law is home to the New York State Science & Technology Law Center and the New York Prosecutors Training Institute. It also maintains a chapter of the Order of the Coif, of which only 80 of the more than 190 ABA accredited law schools are a member. The College of Law offers joint degree programs with, among others, the top-ranked Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, the highly-regarded S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, and the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. It offers a special first year program in international law and summer internship/externship study abroad programs in London, Amsterdam, and Geneva. Students may also qualify for specialized certifications in such areas of study as Corporate Law, Estate Planning, Family Law, and Property Law. The College of Law is located on the edge of the Syracuse University Hill neighborhood adjacent to the Carrier Dome in Ernest I. White and Winifred MacNaughton Halls. Its library is called the H. Douglas Barclay Law Library. The library is a congressionally designated depository for federal materials and also houses a collection of former Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson's artifacts and documents. On November, 5, 2010, the University and the College of Law announced and dedicated the construction of a new law school complex. Syracuse University Architecture alumnus Richard Gluckman, of the Gluckman Mayner architectural firm in New York City, will be the lead architect. The complex is projected to be approximately 200,000 square feet and will be named for the Dineen family (See Carolyn Dineen King), who provided the lead gift in a fundraising campaign the University is launching for the new building. It is the largest gift in the history of the College of Law, one of the largest gifts in University history, and an important milestone in the University's current $1 billion capital campaign, of which a new law school building has been a priority. |
