List of law schools in the United States
Law schools in this list are categorized by whether they are currently active or closed; within each section they are listed in alphabetical order by state, then name. Most of these law schools grant the Juris Doctor degree, commonly abbreviated JD, which is the typical first professional degree in law in the United States. Alaska is currently the only state without a law school.
Law schools are nationally accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA),[1] and graduates of these schools may generally sit for the bar exam in any state. There are 198 ABA accredited law schools, along with one law school provisionally accredited by the ABA.[2] The ABA occasionally revokes accreditation, as was done mostly recently with the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in 2019.
In the past decade, since 2014, 11 law schools have closed, with the most recent closing, of Golden Gate University School of Law, announced in fall 2023.[3]
In addition, individual state legislatures or bar examiners, like the State Bar of California, may maintain a separate accreditation system which is open to non-ABA accredited schools. The California State Bar also accredits law schools, which the California Committee of Bar Examiners (CBE) recognizes. Also, the CBE allows registered "Unaccredited" schools to operate and students of those schools are eligible to take the California Bar Examination upon graduation.
Twelve correspondence and online law schools, although not accredited, are registered by the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California. This means that the graduates of these distance learning law schools can sit for the California Bar Examination and, under varying circumstances, the bar exams in many other states.
Non-profit schools
[edit]State (city) | School | Type | Accreditation/approval | Founded | Accredited | Campus |
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Alabama (Birmingham) | Birmingham School of Law[4] | Private | Alabama | 1915 | State approved | Urban |
Alabama (Birmingham) | Cumberland School of Law,[5] Samford University | Private | Full ABA | 1847 | 1949 | Urban |
Alabama (Birmingham) | Miles Law School[6] | Private | Alabama | 1974 | State approved | Urban |
Alabama (Montgomery) | Thomas Goode Jones School of Law,[7] Faulkner University | Private | Full ABA | 1928 | 2006 | Urban |
Alabama (Tuscaloosa) | University of Alabama School of Law[8] | Public | Full ABA | 1872 | 1926 | Urban (small city) |
Arizona (Phoenix) | Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law,[9] Arizona State University | Public | Full ABA | 1964 | 1969 | Urban |
Arizona (Tucson) | James E. Rogers College of Law,[10] University of Arizona | Public | Full ABA | 1915 | 1930 | Urban |
Arkansas (Fayetteville) | University of Arkansas School of Law[11] | Public | Full ABA | 1924 | 1926 | College Town |
Arkansas (Little Rock) | William H. Bowen School of Law,[12] University of Arkansas at Little Rock | Public | Full ABA | 1975 | 1969 | Urban |
California (Los Angeles) | Purdue Global Law School, Purdue University Global[13] | Public | California | 1998 | 2020 | |
California (Indio) | California Desert Trial Academy College of Law[14] | Private | Unaccredited | 2012 | Unaccredited | |
California (Chico) | Cal Northern School of Law[15] | Private | California | 1992 | 1992 | Small/medium city |
California (Santa Barbara) | California School of Law[16] (distance-learning) | Private | Unaccredited | 2007 | Unaccredited | |
California (San Diego) | California Western School of Law[17] | Private | Full ABA | 1924 | 1962 | Urban |
California (Orange) | Chapman University School of Law[18] | Private | Full ABA | 1995 | 1998 | Suburban |
California (online) | JFK School of Law, National University[19] | Private | California | 1965 | California | Urban |
California (Stockton) | Laurence Drivon School of Law, Humphreys University | Private | California | 1951 | ||
California (Sacramento) | Lincoln Law School of Sacramento | Private | California | 1969 | 1978 | Urban |
California (San Jose) | Lincoln Law School of San Jose | Private | California | 1919 | 1993 | Urban |
California (Los Angeles) | Loyola Law School, Loyola Marymount University | Private | Full ABA | 1920 | 1935 | Urban |
California (Sacramento) | McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific | Private | Full ABA | 1924 | 1969 | Urban |
California (Seaside) | Monterey College of Law | Private | California | 1972 | 1981 | |
California (Sacramento) | Northwestern California University School of Law (correspondence) | Private | California | 1982 | California | |
California (Fresno) | Oak Brook College of Law[20] (correspondence) | Private | Unaccredited | 1995 | Unaccredited | |
California (Long Beach) | Pacific Coast University School of Law | Private | Unaccredited | 1927 | Unaccredited | Urban |
California (Orange) | Pacific West College of Law[21] | Private | Unaccredited | 1992 | Unaccredited | Suburban |
California (Los Angeles) | Peoples College of Law | Private | Unaccredited | 1974 | Unaccredited | Urban |
California (Malibu) | Pepperdine University School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1971 | 1972 | Suburban |
California (San Francisco) | San Francisco Law School | Private | California | 1909 | 1937 | Urban |
California (Clovis) | San Joaquin College of Law | Private | California | 1969 | ||
California (Santa Barbara) | Santa Barbara College of Law | Private | California | 1969 | Urban / Suburban | |
California (Menlo Park) | St. Francis School of Law[22] (distance-learning) | Private | California | 2011 | State approved | |
California (Santa Clara) | Santa Clara University School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1912 | 1937 | Suburban |
California (Ventura) (Santa Barbara) | Southern California Institute of Law | Private | Unaccredited | 1986 | Unaccredited | Urban / Suburban |
California (Los Angeles) | Southwestern University School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1911 | 1970 | Urban |
California (Stanford) | Stanford Law School | Private | Full ABA | 1893 | 1923 | Suburban |
California (San Diego) | Thomas Jefferson School of Law | Private | California | 1969 | 2020 | Urban |
California (Santa Ana) | Trinity Law School, Trinity International University | Private | California | 1980 | Suburban | |
California (Berkeley) | University of California, Berkeley School of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1894 | 1923 | Urban |
California (Davis) | University of California, Davis School of Law (King Hall) | Public | Full ABA | 1965 | 1968 | Suburban |
California (San Francisco) | University of California College of the Law, San Francisco | Public | Full ABA | 1878 | 1939 | Urban |
California (Irvine) | University of California, Irvine School of Law | Public | Full ABA | 2009[23][24] | 2011 | Suburban |
California (Los Angeles) | University of California, Los Angeles School of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1949 | 1950 | Urban |
California (Ontario) | University of La Verne College of Law | Private | California | 1970 | 2020 | Suburban |
California (San Diego) | University of San Diego School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1954 | 1961 | Urban |
California (San Francisco) | University of San Francisco School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1912 | 1935 | Urban |
California (San Luis Obispo) | University of San Luis Obispo School of Law[25] | Private | California | 1993 | Suburban | |
California (Los Angeles) | Gould School of Law, University of Southern California | Private | Full ABA | 1896 | 1924 | Urban |
California (Inglewood), | University of West Los Angeles School of Law | Private | California | 1962 | 1978 | Suburban |
California (Ventura) | Ventura College of Law | Private | California | 1969 | Suburban | |
California (San Diego) | Western Sierra Law School | Private | Unaccredited | 1979 | Unaccredited | Urban |
Colorado (Boulder) | University of Colorado School of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1892 | 1923 | Urban |
Colorado (Denver) | Sturm College of Law, University of Denver | Private | Full ABA | 1892 | 1923 | Urban |
Connecticut (Hamden) | Quinnipiac University School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1977[26] | 1992 | Suburban |
Connecticut (Hartford) | University of Connecticut School of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1921 | 1933 | Urban |
Connecticut (New Haven) | Yale Law School | Private | Full ABA | 1843 | 1923 | Urban |
Delaware (Wilmington) | Delaware Law School[27] | Private | Full ABA | 1971 | 1975 | Urban |
District of Columbia | Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America | Private | Full ABA | 1897 | 1925 | Urban |
District of Columbia | David A. Clarke School of Law, University of the District of Columbia | Public | Full ABA | 1972[28] | 1991 | Urban |
District of Columbia | George Washington University Law School | Private | Full ABA | 1865 | 1923 | Urban |
District of Columbia | Georgetown University Law Center | Private | Full ABA | 1870 | 1924 | Urban |
District of Columbia | Howard University School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1869 | 1931 | Urban |
District of Columbia | Washington College of Law, American University | Private | Full ABA | 1896 | 1940 | Urban |
Florida (Orlando) | Barry University, Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1999 | 2002 | Suburban |
Florida (Orlando) | Florida A&M University College of Law | Public | Full ABA | 2000[29] | 2004 | Urban |
Florida (Miami) | Florida International University College of Law | Public | Full ABA | 2000 | 2004 | Urban |
Florida (Tallahassee) | Florida State University College of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1966 | 1968 | Urban |
Florida (Gainesville) | University of Florida Levin College of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1909 | 1925 | Suburban |
Florida (Davie) | Shepard Broad Law Center, Nova Southeastern University | Private | Full ABA | 1974 | 1975 | Suburban |
Florida (Miami Gardens) | St Thomas University, Benjamin L. Crump College of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1984 | 1988 | Urban |
Florida (Gulfport) | Stetson University College of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1900 | 1930 | Suburban |
Florida (Coral Gables) | University of Miami School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1926 | 1941 | Suburban |
Florida (Naples) | Ave Maria School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 2000 | 2002 | Suburban |
Georgia (Atlanta) | Emory University School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1916 | 1923 | Suburban |
Georgia (Atlanta) | Georgia State University College of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1982 | 1984 | Urban |
Georgia (Athens) | University of Georgia School of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1859 | 1930 | College Town |
Georgia (Macon) | Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University | Private | Full ABA | 1873 | 1925 | Urban |
Hawaii (Honolulu) | William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii | Public | Full ABA | 1968 | 1974 | Urban |
Idaho (Moscow), (Boise)[30] | University of Idaho College of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1909 | 1925 | Rural |
Illinois (Chicago) | Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology | Private | Full ABA | 1888 | 1936 | Urban |
Illinois (Chicago) | DePaul University College of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1897 | 1925 | Urban |
Illinois (Champaign) | University of Illinois College of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1897 | 1923 | Urban |
Illinois (Chicago) | University of Illinois Chicago School of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1899 | 1951 | Urban |
Illinois (Chicago) | Loyola University Chicago School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1909 | 1925 | Urban |
Illinois (DeKalb) | Northern Illinois University College of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1975[31] | 1978 | College Town (Suburban) |
Illinois (Chicago) | Northwestern University School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1859 | 1923 | Urban |
Illinois (Carbondale) | Southern Illinois University School of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1973 | 1974 | College Town |
Illinois (Chicago) | University of Chicago Law School | Private | Full ABA | 1902 | 1923 | Urban |
Indiana (Bloomington) | Maurer School of Law, Indiana University Bloomington | Public | Full ABA | 1842 | 1923 | Small City |
Indiana (Indianapolis) | Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1895 | 1944 | Urban |
Indiana (Notre Dame) | Notre Dame Law School | Private | Full ABA | 1869 | 1925 | Suburban |
Iowa (Des Moines) | Drake University Law School | Private | Full ABA | 1865 | 1923 | Urban |
Iowa (Iowa City) | University of Iowa College of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1865 | 1923 | Urban |
Kansas (Lawrence) | University of Kansas School of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1893 | 1923 | College Town, Urban |
Kansas (Topeka) | Washburn University School of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1903 | 1923 | Urban |
Kentucky (Highland Heights) | Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University | Public | Full ABA | 1893 | 1954 | Suburban |
Kentucky (Louisville) | Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville | Public | Full ABA | 1846 | 1931 | Urban |
Kentucky (Lexington) | University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1908 | 1925 | Urban |
Louisiana (Baton Rouge) | Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University | Public | Full ABA | 1906 | 1926 | Urban |
Louisiana (New Orleans) | Loyola University New Orleans College of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1914 | 1931 | Urban |
Louisiana (Baton Rouge) | Southern University Law Center | Public | Full ABA | 1946 | 1953 | Urban |
Louisiana (New Orleans) | Tulane University School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1847 | 1925 | Urban |
Maine (Portland) | University of Maine School of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1961 | 1962 | Urban |
Maryland (Baltimore) | University of Baltimore School of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1925 | 1972 | Urban |
Maryland (Baltimore) | University of Maryland School of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1823 | 1930 | Urban |
Massachusetts (Newton) | Boston College Law School | Private | Full ABA | 1929 | 1932 | Suburban |
Massachusetts (Boston) | Boston University School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1872 | 1925 | Urban |
Massachusetts (Cambridge) | Harvard Law School | Private | Full ABA | 1817 | 1923 | Urban |
Massachusetts (Andover) | Massachusetts School of Law | Private | Massachusetts, Connecticut | 1988 | State approved (1997) | Suburban |
Massachusetts (Boston) | New England School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1908 | 1969 | Urban |
Massachusetts (Boston) | Northeastern University School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1898[32] | 1969 | Urban |
Massachusetts (Boston) | Suffolk University Law School | Private | Full ABA | 1906 | 1953 | Urban |
Massachusetts (Dartmouth) | University of Massachusetts School of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1982[33] | 2012 | Suburban |
Massachusetts (Springfield) | Western New England University School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1919 | 1974 | Suburban |
Michigan (East Lansing) | Michigan State University College of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1891 | 1941 | Suburban |
Michigan (Lansing) | Cooley Law School[34] | Private | Full ABA | 1972 | 1975 | Urban |
Michigan (Detroit) | University of Detroit Mercy School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1912 | 1933 | Urban |
Michigan (Ann Arbor) | University of Michigan Law School | Public | Full ABA | 1859 | 1923 | Urban |
Michigan (Detroit) | Wayne State University Law School | Public | Full ABA | 1927 | 1937 | Urban |
Minnesota (Minneapolis) | University of Minnesota Law School | Public | Full ABA | 1888 | 1923 | Urban |
Minnesota (Minneapolis) | University of St. Thomas School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1999[35] | 2003 | Urban |
Minnesota (Saint Paul) | Mitchell Hamline School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1900[36] | 2015[37] | Urban |
Mississippi (Jackson) | Mississippi College School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1930 | 1980 | Urban |
Mississippi (Oxford) | University of Mississippi School of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1854 | 1930 | Rural (small college town) |
Missouri (St. Louis) | Saint Louis University School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1843[38] | 1924 | Urban |
Missouri (Columbia) | University of Missouri School of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1872 | 1923 | Urban, College Town |
Missouri (Kansas City) | University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1895 | 1936 | Urban |
Missouri (St. Louis) | Washington University School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1867 | 1923 | Urban |
Montana (Missoula) | University of Montana School of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1911 | 1923 | College Town |
Nebraska (Omaha) | Creighton University School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1904 | 1924 | Urban |
Nebraska (Lincoln) | University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1888 | 1923 | Urban |
Nevada (Las Vegas) | William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas | Public | Full ABA | 1998 | 2000 | Urban |
New Hampshire (Concord) | University of New Hampshire School of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1973 | 1974 | Urban |
New Jersey (Camden) | Rutgers Law School (Camden campus; formerly Rutgers School of Law–Camden), Rutgers University | Public | Full ABA | 1926 (merged in 2015) | 1950 | Urban |
New Jersey (Newark) | Rutgers Law School (Newark campus; formerly Rutgers School of Law–Newark), Rutgers University | Public | Full ABA | 1908 (merged in 2015) | 1941 | Urban |
New Jersey (Newark) | Seton Hall University School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1951 | 1951 | Urban |
New Mexico (Albuquerque) | University of New Mexico School of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1947 | 1948 | Urban |
New York (Albany) | Albany Law School, Union University | Private | Full ABA | 1851 | 1930 | Urban |
New York (New York City) | Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University | Private | Full ABA | 1976 | 1978 | Urban |
New York (New York City) | Brooklyn Law School | Private | Full ABA | 1901 | 1937 | Urban |
New York (Buffalo) | University at Buffalo Law School, SUNY | Public | Full ABA | 1887 | 1936 | Urban |
New York (New York City) | Columbia Law School | Private | Full ABA | 1858 | 1923 | Urban |
New York (Ithaca) | Cornell Law School | Private | Full ABA | 1887 | 1923 | Rural (small city) |
New York (New York City) | City University of New York School of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1983 | 1985 | Urban |
New York (New York City) | Fordham University School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1905 | 1936 | Urban |
New York (Hempstead) | Hofstra University School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1970 | 1971 | Suburban |
New York (Central Islip) | Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center | Private | Full ABA | 1980 | 1983 | Suburban |
New York (New York City) | New York Law School | Private | Full ABA | 1891 | 1954 | Urban |
New York (New York City) | New York University School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1835 | 1930 | Urban |
New York (White Plains) | The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University | Private | Full ABA | 1976 | 1978 | Suburban |
New York (New York City) | St. John's University School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1925 | 1937 | Urban |
New York (Syracuse) | Syracuse University College of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1895 | 1923 | Urban |
North Carolina (Durham) | Duke University School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1904 | 1931 | Urban |
North Carolina (Greensboro) | Elon University School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 2006 | 2008 | Urban |
North Carolina (Durham) | North Carolina Central University School of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1940 | 1950 | Urban |
North Carolina (Raleigh) | Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law, Campbell University | Private | Full ABA | 1976 | 1979 | Urban |
North Carolina (Chapel Hill) | University of North Carolina School of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1845 | 1923 | College Town |
North Carolina (Winston-Salem) | Wake Forest University School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1894 | 1936 | Urban |
North Dakota (Grand Forks) | University of North Dakota School of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1899 | 1923 | Urban |
Ohio (Cleveland) | Cleveland State University College of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1897[39] | 1957 | Urban |
Ohio (Columbus) | Michael E. Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University | Public | Full ABA | 1891 | 1923 | Urban |
Ohio (Cincinnati) | University of Cincinnati College of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1833 | 1923 | Urban |
Ohio (Cleveland) | Case Western Reserve University School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1892 | 1923 | Urban |
Ohio (Columbus) | Capital University Law School | Private | Full ABA | 1903 | 1950 | Urban |
Ohio (Dayton) | University of Dayton School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1974 | 1975 | Urban |
Ohio (Toledo) | University of Toledo College of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1906 | 1939 | Urban |
Ohio (Ada) | Ohio Northern University, Pettit College of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1885 | 1948 | Rural |
Ohio (Akron) | University of Akron School of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1921 | 1961 | Urban |
Oklahoma (Oklahoma City) | Oklahoma City University School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1907 | 1960 | Urban |
Oklahoma (Norman) | University of Oklahoma College of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1909 | 1923 | Suburban |
Oklahoma (Tulsa) | University of Tulsa College of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1923 | 1950 | Urban |
Oregon (Eugene), (Portland)[40] | University of Oregon School of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1884 | 1923 | Urban |
Oregon (Salem) | Willamette University College of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1883 | 1938 | Urban |
Oregon (Portland) | Lewis & Clark Law School[41] | Private | Full ABA | 1915 | 1970 | Urban |
Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) | Drexel University School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 2006 | 2008 | Urban |
Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) | Duquesne University School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1911 | 1960 | Urban |
Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) | Beasley School of Law, Temple University | Public | Full ABA | 1895 | 1933 | Urban |
Pennsylvania (Carlisle) | Dickinson School of Law, Penn State University | Public | Full ABA | 1834 | 1931 | Rural |
Pennsylvania (University Park) | Penn State Law, Penn State University | Public | Full ABA | 1834 | 1931 | College Town (Rural) |
Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) | University of Pennsylvania Law School | Private | Full ABA | 1850 | 1923 | Urban |
Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) | University of Pittsburgh School of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1895 | 1923 | Urban |
Pennsylvania (Radnor) | Villanova University School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1953 | 1954 | Suburban |
Pennsylvania (Harrisburg) | Widener University Commonwealth Law School[42] | Private | Full ABA | 1989 | 1988 | Urban |
Puerto Rico (San Juan) | Interamerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law[43] | Private | Full ABA | 1961 | 1969 | |
Puerto Rico (Ponce) | Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1948 | 1967 | |
Puerto Rico (San Juan) | University of Puerto Rico School of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1913 | 1945 | |
Rhode Island (Bristol) | Roger Williams University School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1992 | 1995 | Suburban |
South Carolina (Columbia) | University of South Carolina School of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1867 | 1925 | Urban |
South Dakota (Vermillion) | University of South Dakota School of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1901 | 1923 | Urban |
Tennessee (Nashville) | Belmont University College of Law[44] | Private | Full ABA | 2011 | 2013 | Urban |
Tennessee (Memphis) | Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, University of Memphis | Public | Full ABA | 1962 | 1965 | Urban |
Tennessee (Knoxville) | Duncan School of Law, Lincoln Memorial University | Private | Full ABA | 2009 | 2014 | Urban |
Tennessee (Nashville) | Nashville School of Law | Private | Tennessee | 1911 | State approved (2001) | Urban |
Tennessee (Knoxville) | University of Tennessee College of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1890 | 1925 | Urban |
Tennessee (Nashville) | Vanderbilt University Law School | Private | Full ABA | 1874 | 1925 | Urban |
Texas (Waco) | Baylor Law School, Baylor University | Private | Full ABA | 1845 | 1931 | Urban (college town) |
Texas (Dallas) | Dedman School of Law, Southern Methodist University | Private | Full ABA | 1911 | 1927 | Urban |
Texas (Dallas) | University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law[45] | Public | Full ABA | 2014 | 2022 | Urban |
Texas (Houston) | Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University | Public | Full ABA | 1947 | 1949 | Urban |
Texas (Houston) | University of Houston Law Center | Public | Full ABA | 1947 | 1950 | Urban |
Texas (Houston) | South Texas College of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1923 | 1959 | Urban |
Texas (Lubbock) | Texas Tech University School of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1967 | 1969 | Urban |
Texas (Austin) | University of Texas School of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1883 | 1923 | Urban |
Texas (Fort Worth) | Texas A&M University School of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1992 | 1994 | Urban |
Texas (San Antonio) | St. Mary's University School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1927 | 1948 | Urban |
Utah (Provo) | J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University | Private | Full ABA | 1973 | 1974 | Suburban |
Utah (Salt Lake City) | S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah | Public | Full ABA | 1913 | 1927 | Urban |
Vermont (South Royalton) | Vermont Law and Graduate School | Private | Full ABA | 1972 | 1975 | Rural |
Virginia (Grundy) | Appalachian School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1994 | 2001 | Rural |
Virginia (Arlington) | Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University | Public | Full ABA | 1972 | 1980 | Urban/Suburban |
Virginia (Lynchburg) | Liberty University School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 2004 | 2006 | Suburban |
Virginia (Virginia Beach) | Regent University School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1986 | 1989 | Suburban |
Virginia (Lexington) | Washington and Lee University School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1849 | 1923 | Rural |
Virginia (Williamsburg) | Marshall-Wythe School of Law, The College of William and Mary[46] | Public | Full ABA | 1779 | 1932 | Rural / Suburban |
Virginia (Richmond) | University of Richmond School of Law[47] | Private | Full ABA | 1870 | 1928 | Urban |
Virginia (Charlottesville) | University of Virginia School of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1826 | 1923 | Small city (rural / suburban) |
Virginia (Charlottesville) | The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School[48] | Public | Full ABA | 1942[49] | 1958 | |
Washington (Spokane) | Gonzaga University School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1912 | 1951 | Urban |
Washington (Seattle) | Seattle University School of Law | Private | Full ABA | 1972 | 1994 | Urban |
Washington (Seattle) | University of Washington School of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1889 | 1924 | Urban |
West Virginia (Morgantown) | West Virginia University College of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1878 | 1923 | Urban |
Wisconsin (Milwaukee) | Marquette University Law School | Private | Full ABA | 1892 | 1925 | Urban |
Wisconsin (Madison) | University of Wisconsin Law School | Public | Full ABA | 1868 | 1923 | Urban |
Wyoming (Laramie) | University of Wyoming College of Law | Public | Full ABA | 1920 | 1923 | Small city |
1 – Provisional ABA accreditation expired in June 2011
2 – Provisional accreditation via the Puerto Rico Supreme Court
For-profit schools
[edit]State (city) | School | Accreditation/Approval | Founded | Accredited |
---|---|---|---|---|
California (Los Angeles) | Abraham Lincoln University School of Law[50] (distance-learning) | Unaccredited | 1996 | (none) |
South Carolina (Charleston) | Charleston School of Law[51] | Full ABA | 2003 | 2006 |
California (Santa Ana) | Taft Law School at William Howard Taft University | Unaccredited Registered Law School | 1984 | (none) |
California (Irvine) | Western State College of Law at Westcliff University | Full ABA | 1966 | 2005
(1998-2004) |
Georgia (Atlanta) | Atlanta's John Marshall Law School | Full ABA | 1933 | 2005 |
Former
[edit]See also
[edit]- History of the American legal profession
- Lists of law schools
- Law school in the United States
- Legal education in the United States
- Law school rankings in the United States
- Online law school
- List of law school GPA curves
- List of law schools attended by United States Supreme Court justices
- Catholic University of America School of Canon Law
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External links
[edit]- List of ABA approved law schools
- Law Schools, State Bar of California
- NALP (National Association for Law Placement) Directory of Law Schools—a non-profit educational association listing of law schools
- List of Top Law Schools – U.S. News University Directory