This 1955 bulletin provides details about the study of law at Duke University, entrance and graduation requirements, expenses, and employment opportunities. Tuition for law school in 1955 would be the equivalent of about $5,000 in 2024. Duke’s Law department was established as an academic department in Trinity College in 1865, but did not move to the current School of Law building until 1963.
Duke’s Board of Trustees desegregated the graduate and professional schools in 1961 and undergraduate education in 1962. Pictured here from left to right are Wilhelmina Reuben-Cooke (W’67), Nathaniel White, Jr. (T’67), and Mary Mitchell Harris (W’67), who were the first Black undergraduates to earn degrees from Duke. Gene Kendall and Cassandra Rush Smith matriculated with them in September 1963.
Duke Kunshan University’s (DKU) Class of 2022 was the first class to graduate from DKU’s four-year undergraduate degree program. A liberal arts and research university, DKU was established in 2013 in Kunshan, China, as a collaboration between Duke and Wuhan University to strengthen U.S.-China relations and to further both universities’ international reputations and innovative capabilities. DKU opened a graduate program in 2014 and an undergraduate program in 2018. The university shares resources and curriculum with Duke and the Chinese Ministry of Education to create a unique degree experience, where students receive degrees from both Duke and DKU.
