U.S.: ABA-Approved Law Schools

United States: ABA-Approved Law Schools

Number of Law Schools

A total of 203 institutions are ABA-approved: 202 confer the first degree in law (the J.D. degree); the other ABA approved school is the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s School, which offers an officer’s resident graduate course, a specialized program beyond the first degree in law. Three of the 202 law schools are provisionally approved.

Provisionally Approved Law Schools (+):

+Belmont University College of Law
+University of California-Irvine School of Law
+University of La Verne College of Law
+University of Massachusetts School of Law-Dartmouth

Law Schools on Probation (**):

None

Rating of Law Schools

No rating of law schools beyond the simple statement of their accreditation status is attempted or advocated by the official organizations in legal education. Qualities that make one kind of school good for one student may not be as important to another. The American Bar Association and its Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar have issued disclaimers of any law school rating system. Prospective law students should consider a variety of factors in making their choice among schools.

ABA-Approved Law Schools by Year

*denotes provisional approval

2013
Belmont University College of Law*

2012
University of La Verne College of Law*
University of Massachusetts School of Law-Dartmouth*

2011
University of California-Irvine School of Law*

2008
Charlotte School of Law
Drexel University Earle Macke School of Law
Elon University School of Law

2007

Phoenix School of Law
2006
Charleston School of Law
Faulkner University, Thomas Goode Jones School of Law
Liberty University School of Law

2005
Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School
Western State University College of Law
2004
Florida A&M University College of Law
Florida International University College of Law
2003
University of St. Thomas School of Law (Minnesota)
2002
Ave Maria School of Law
Barry University, Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law
2001
Appalachian School of Law
2000
University of Nevada-Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law
1999
Florida Coastal School of Law
1998
Chapman University School of Law

1996
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
1995
Roger Williams University School of Law
1994
Seattle University School of Law
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
1992
Quinnipiac University School of Law
1991
University of the District of Columbia, David A. Clarke School of Law
1989
Regent University School of Law

1988
St. Thomas University School of Law (Florida)
Widener University School of Law- Harrisburg
1985
City University of New York School of Law
1984
Georgia State University College of Law
1983
Touro College, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
1980
George Mason University School of Law
Mississippi College School of Law
1979
Campbell University, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law
1978
Northern Illinois University College of Law
Pace University School of Law
Whittier Law School
Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
1975
University of Dayton School of Law
Hamline University School of Law
Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center
Thomas M. Cooley Law School
Vermont Law School
Widener University School of Law-Wilmington (Delaware)
1974
Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School
University of New Hampshire School of Law
University of Hawai’i, William S. Richardson School of Law
Southern Illinois University School of Law
Western New England College School of Law
1972
University of Baltimore School of Law
Pepperdine University School of Law
1971
Hofstra University School of Law
1970
Lewis and Clark College Law School
Southwestern Law School
1969
Arizona State University, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law
Inter American University of Puerto Rico, School of Law
McGeorge School of Law, The University of the Pacific
New England Law | Boston
Northeastern University School of Law
Texas Tech University School of Law
1968
University of California-Davis, School of Law
Florida State University College of Law
1967
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law
1965
University of Memphis School of Law
1962
California Western School of Law
University of Maine School of Law
1961
The University of Akron School of Law
University of San Diego School of Law
1960
Duquesne University School of Law
Oklahoma City University College of Law
1959
South Texas College of Law
1958
Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School
1957
Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
1956
Golden Gate University School of Law
1954
New York Law School
Northern Kentucky University, Salmon P. Chase College of Law
Villanova University School of Law
1953
Southern University Law Center
Suffolk University Law Center
1951
Gonzaga University School of Law
The John Marshall Law School (Chicago)
Seton Hall University School of Law
1950
University of California-Los Angeles, School of Law
Capital University Law School
University of Houston Law Center
North Carolina Central University School of Law
Rutgers School of Law-Camden
The University of Tulsa College of Law
1949
Samford University, Cumberland School of Law
Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law
1948
The University of New Mexico School of Law
Ohio Northern University-Claude W. Pettit College of Law
St. Mary’s University School of Law
1945
University of Puerto Rico School of Law
1944
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law (Indianapolis)
1941
Detroit College of Law (now Michigan State University College of Law)
University of Miami School of Law
Rutgers School of Law – Newark
1940
American University, Washington College of Law
1939
University of California-Hastings, School of Law
University of Toledo College of Law
1938
Willamette University College of Law
William Mitchell College of Law
1937
Brooklyn Law School
Santa Clara University School of Law
St. John’s University School of Law

Wayne State University Law School

Indiana University Maurer School of Law (Bloomington)

1936
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
Fordham University School of Law
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
University at Buffalo Law School

Wake Forest University School of Law
1935
Loyola Law School-Los Angeles
University of San Francisco School of Law
1933
University of Connecticut School of Law
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
Temple University, James E. Beasley School of Law
1932
Boston College Law School
College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe Law School
1931
Baylor University, Sheila & Walter Umphrey Law Center
Duke University School of Law
Howard University School of Law
University of Louisville, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
Loyola University – New Orleans College of Law
Dickinson School of Law (now Pennsylvania State University, The Dickinson School of Law)
1930
Albany Law School
The University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law
University of Georgia School of Law
University of Maryland School of Law
University of Mississippi School of Law
New York University School of Law
Stetson University School of Law
1929
Valparaiso University School of Law
1928
University of Richmond, T.C. Williams School of Law
1927
Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law
University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law
1926
The University of Alabama School of Law
The University of Arkansas of Law-Fayetteville
Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center
1925
Boston University School of Law
The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law
DePaul University School of Law
University of Florida, Fredric G. Levin College of Law
University of Idaho College of Law
University of Kentucky College of Law
Loyola University-Chicago School of Law
Marquette University Law School
Mercer University, Water F. George School of Law
University of Notre Dame Law School
University of South Carolina School of Law
The University of Tennessee College of Law
Tulane University School of Law
Vanderbilt University Law School
1924
Creighton University School of Law
Georgetown University Law Center
Saint Louis University School of Law
University of Southern California, Gould School of Law
University of Washington School of Law
1923
University of California-Berkeley, College of Law
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
University of Chicago Law School
University of Cincinnati College of Law
University of Colorado Law School
Columbia University Law School
Cornell University Law School
University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Drake University Law School
Emory University School of Law
The George Washington University Law School
Harvard University Law School
University of Illinois College of Law

University of Iowa College of Law
University of Kansas School of Law
University of Michigan Law School
University of Minnesota Law School
University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Law
The University of Montana School of Law
University of Nebraska College of Law
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law
University of North Dakota School of Law
Northwestern University School of Law
The Ohio State University, Michael E. Moritz College of Law
University of Oklahoma College of Law
University of Oregon School of Law
University of Pennsylvania Law School
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
University of South Dakota School of Law
Stanford University Law School
Syracuse University College of Law
The University of Texas School of Law
University of Virginia School of Law
Washburn University School of Law
Washington and Lee University School of Law
Washington University School of Law
West Virginia University College of Law
University of Wisconsin Law School
University of Wyoming College of Law
Yale University Law School


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