The final four is here. The entire college basketball season has come down to four teams and one weekend. And in honor of those schools, we have a unique edition of the Friday Five Four for you today. We would like to highlight, in no particular order, each of the university’s law schools. The following descriptions are borrowed from each University’s website. Please enjoy, and good luck to all the teams this weekend.

FINAL FOUR LAW SCHOOLS

1. UCLA School of Law. UCLA School of Law is the youngest top law school in the nation.  At fifty-five years old, our school has never felt bound by outmoded ideas of how law should be taught or studied. Instead, beginning in the 1950s, UCLA created its own tradition - a tradition of innovation.   We maintain this tradition persistently, building off our past successes as we propel our school, and students, into a future of unparalleled distinction. http://www.law.ucla.edu/home/

2. UNC School of Law. In this place, students master the core of the Anglo American legal tradition-contracts, torts, constitutional law, civil procedure and other substantive areas of law-under the guidance of some of the nation's finest legal scholars. Students learn much about how to practice law, from brilliantly accomplished clinicians and practitioners. All of these experiences deepen our students' appreciation for the professional responsibilities that all lawyers must assume. Our devoted alumni, far-flung from one side of the globe to the other once aspired as students to join this noble profession. Each chose to begin the journey with us. No matter their varied paths, our 9,500 living alumni cherish an abiding sense of affection for Carolina Law, and acknowledge with gratitude this school's role in shaping their remarkable professional lives. http://www.law.unc.edu/

 

3. Kansas School of Law. The mission of the University of Kansas School of Law is to further the knowledge and understanding of law and the legal system through a balanced and integrated program of teaching, research and service. As a unit of the University of Kansas, a state university and a major research institution, the School of Law serves its students, the legal profession, the state, and the broader university and academic community by developing and sharing expertise on a wide variety of legal topics, with the ultimate aim of making a significant contribution to the administration of justice in the state, the region, the nation, and the international community. http://www.law.ku.edu/

 

4. Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law at Memphis. The Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law began in 1962 as a college within Memphis State University. The law school began in response to widespread interest in developing a full-time legal education program to serve Memphis and the Mid-South. The School of Law was created to replace two local private law schools, The University of Memphis Law School and the Southern Law School, which offered a part-time education. The School of Law at The University of Memphis was named in honor of the University's President, Cecil C. Humphreys, an educator of great distinction and recognition in the state of Tennessee. Since its inception, the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law has graduated over 4,500 students who have assumed positions of responsibility and prominence as lawyers, judges and public officials in all fifty states. http://www.law.memphis.edu/