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school of law

school of law

1 3.5
A school at a university where people study law to become lawyers
  • noun
  • /skuːl əv lɔː/
translation icon : facultad de derecho
  • Joseph Henry Lumpkin helped organize the school of law at the University of Georgia in 1859; he also established the Phi Beta Kappa Society at the university.

Will the graduates of the School of Law please stand if you are able?

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Examples

  • Many influential judges graduated from this prestigious school of law known for its rigorous curriculum.

  • Will the candidates from the School of Law please stand?

    Stanford

  • Will the graduates of the School of Law please stand if you are able?

    Stanford

  • Since 1952, the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar has been approved by the U.S. Department of Education as the recognized national agency for the accreditation of professional schools of law.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Although he didn't invent the field, he is the person most closely associated with the school of law and economics, arguably the most influential new method of legal analysis to appear during the past two decades.

    Academic text (1998)

  • The students at the school of law are preparing for their final exams in legal ethics.

  • After obtaining her degree from the school of law, she began her career as a defense attorney.

Synonyms

law
vsschool of law
284 6.6

The study of ideas and principles that guide judges' decisions

is an educational institution that trains people for legal practice
law school
vsschool of law
272 3.2

A school where students study to become lawyers

is a different formal expression for the same graduate institution

Surface Forms

school of law singular
schools of law plural

Morphology

school + of + law

The meaning 'an institution for studying law' is directly and compositionally derived from 'school' (an educational institution) + 'of' (genitive/relational marker) + 'law' (the field/career). This noun-of-noun construction is cross-linguistically common and follows standard English composition patterns, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

The phrase school of law combines school (a place to learn) and law (the rules and work of courts). Imagine students gathering to study how courts and lawyers work, and that's why the phrase means 'a place for advanced study to become a lawyer'.