The Antonin Scalia Law School is located just a few miles from downtown Washington, D.C., the nexus for the creation of the world’s most important legislation and jurisprudence.

During the past decade, the law school has been in the forefront of curricular innovation. Recognizing the rapid changes that are occurring in legal practice and the legal profession, Scalia Law has been a pioneer in providing its students with a unique curriculum that gives students correspondingly unique advantages in today’s competitive employment market.

Law and Economics Opportunities

Scalia Law has assembled a distinctive, interdisciplinary faculty, many of whom hold doctorates in economics, philosophy, political science or related fields. The law school’s curriculum integrates economic and quantitative tools, stressing the application of non-legal methods in legal contexts.

• The Law & Economics Focus Area allows JD students to delve deeper into the study of law and economic theory than the required first-year law and economics course alone. Scalia Law also offers a broad range of Economics and Law Courses to its students.
• Students may participate on the Journal of Law, Economics & Policy, the first student-run journal focused on law and economics in legal academia. One issue each year is devoted to a symposium on important legal and economic policy questions.
• The law school’s Moot Court Board hosts an extramural competition open to law schools nationwide, the Manne Moot Court Competition, each year in February. The competition seeks to enhance law school students’ understanding of the application of economic principles to legal problems.
• Scalia Law School is home to the Law & Economics Center which conducts original, high-quality law and economics research and provides educational programs for judges, attorneys general, and other policymakers to enhance economic understanding and impact policy solutions.