Washington, DC. In recent years, the school has hosted talks and events by many prominent legal figures, including Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, William Barr, and Amy Coney Barrett. Deans 1883–1919: William J. Hoynes 1918–1923: Francis J. Vurpillat 1923–1941: Thomas F. Konop 1941–1952: Clarence Manion 1952–1968: Joseph O'Meara 1968–1971: William B. Lawless Jr. 1971–1975: Thomas L. Shaffer 1975–1999: David T. Link 1999–2009: Patricia A. O'Hara 2009–2019: Nell Jessup Newton 2019–Present: G. Marcus Cole Admissions and rankings Admission to Notre Dame Law School is highly selective. For the class entering in the fall of 2022, the median LSAT score was 168 and the median undergraduate GPA was 3.81. Notre Dame Law School is ranked 25th among the nation's "Top 100 Law Schools" by U.S. News & World Report for 2023 and 14th by Above The Law in their annual Top 50 Law School Rankings for 2022. The law School is a top 10 runner-up for Elite Litigation boutique hiring. Degrees The law school grants the professional Juris Doctor, Master of Laws and Doctor of Juridical Science degrees. The Master of Laws program can be pursued either at the main campus in South Bend or at the Law School's London Law Centre in the United Kingdom. The law school also offers a Master of Science in Patent Law, Certificate in Patent Prosecution, and LL.M. in International Human Rights Law. Job and clerkship placement In the class of 2019, 167 out of 193 graduates (86%) secured full-time, long-term employment requiring passage of the bar exam within ten months of graduation. The top 3 most popular destinations for graduates in the class of 2018 were Illinois (21.7%), New York (10.6%), and California (9.5%). Furthermore, 41.5% of graduates in the class of 2019 found employment in large law firms (100+ attorneys) and 11.9% pursued federal clerkships. Notre Dame has been recognized as a feeder school for federal clerks and in recent years has placed a higher percentage of its graduates as federal clerks than other top law schools, such as the University of Pennsylvania Law School and Columbia Law School. Costs The total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) at Notre Dame Law School for the 2020–2021 academic year is $84,230. Facilities Notre Dame Law School is located in the heart of Notre Dame's campus and it housed in the Eck and Biochini