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An education focused on the future

New technologies and artificial intelligence will challenge what it means to be a lawyer and change the workplace. Graduates from Wake Forest Law are prepared to leverage those innovations and also have skills and qualities that can't simply be automated.

Inspiring change through collaboration

Knowing how to collaborate through difference is essential to building partnerships and coalitions that foster change at a state and local level, where change is happening. Shaped by a small and deeply personal education, we develop agents of progress and innovation.

An education that creates leaders with character

For more than 125 years, we’ve been developing advocates who lead by pairing compassion and perseverance with creativity and character — a combination that ensures problems are assessed with integrity and professionalism.

An education focused on the future

New technologies and artificial intelligence will challenge what it means to be a lawyer and change the workplace. Graduates from Wake Forest Law are prepared to leverage those innovations and also have skills and qualities that can't simply be automated.

Inspiring change through collaboration

Knowing how to collaborate through difference is essential to building partnerships and coalitions that foster change at a state and local level, where change is happening. Shaped by a small and deeply personal education, we develop agents of progress and innovation.

An education that creates leaders with character

For more than 125 years, we’ve been developing advocates who lead by pairing compassion and perseverance with creativity and character — a combination that ensures problems are assessed with integrity and professionalism.



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Our degree and certificate programs offer a curriculum that allows each student to design their education in a way that intentionally connects legal theory to professional practice.


Juris Doctor (JD)

Learn more about our Juris Doctor degree including dual degree and concurrent programs.

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International Programs

Learn more about our LLM, SJD, and Two-year JD program for international attorneys.

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Professional Programs

Learn more about our programs for professionals who need to navigate the law, not practice it.

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Helping Small Businesses

Many small businesses are facing bankruptcy as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. To help, Wake Forest Law and Thomson Reuters have joined forces to offer 15 hours of free professional education for bankruptcy newcomers and their advisors.

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Helping Small Businesses

Wake Forest Law and Thomson Reuters are helping small business owners facing bankruptcy and the people who advise them.

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Serving Our Community

Our Pro Bono Project is assisting N.C. residents who have questions about unemployment insurance and federal supplements.

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Isolated By The Law

An online symposium featuring experts who assess the legal and ethical issues arising from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

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Hire from Wake Forest

Our graduates are ready to work. They are fully prepared to enter and succeed in today’s legal market.

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Give Now

Your gift as part of the Wake Will Lead campaign helps us invest in students, faculty, and facilities.

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Events
Saturday, Oct 31
Postponed
Commencement for the Class of 2020
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Friday, Nov 6
Cancelled
Law Alumni Weekend
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Aug 17
Classes Begin JD, LLM, and SJD
Aug 17
MSL New Student Orientation Opens by 5:00 pm EST
Aug 24
Classes Begin MSL
Sept 7
Labor Day Holiday Offices are closed
Nov 6
Classes End JD, LLM, and SJD

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Founded in 1834, Wake Forest University is a private university located in Winston-Salem, N.C., with more than 8,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. U.S. News & World Report has ranked Wake Forest as one of the top 30 National Universities for 24 consecutive years.
Wake Forest’s hometown, Winston-Salem, N.C., is a culturally vibrant city with a population of 246,000. The thriving downtown area has restaurants, shops, art galleries, museums, a minor-league baseball stadium, and greenways. It is also home to both county and federal courthouses.
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