List of law schools in the United States

Main article: Law school 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.

ABA accredited law schools

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]

State approved law schools

In addition, individual state legislatures or bar examiners, like the State Bar of California, may maintain a separate approval system which is open to non-ABA accredited schools. As of 2025, 19 law schools are approved by the State Bar of California. ^[4] Other states that approve non-ABA accredited law schools include Alabama, Massachusetts, and Tennessee.

Also, the CBE allows registered unaccredited schools to operate and students of those schools are eligible to take the California Bar Examination upon graduation. Eleven correspondence and online law schools, although not accredited, are registered by the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California. ^[5] 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

State (city)	School	Type	Accreditation/approval	Founded	Accredited	Campus
Alabama (Birmingham)	Birmingham School of Law [6]	Private	Alabama	1915	State approved	Urban
Alabama (Birmingham)	Cumberland School of Law, [7] Samford University	Private	Full ABA	1847	1949	Urban
Alabama (Birmingham)	Miles Law School [8]	Private	Alabama	1974	State approved	Urban
Alabama (Montgomery)	Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, [9] Faulkner University	Private	Full ABA	1928	2006	Urban
Alabama (Tuscaloosa)	University of Alabama School of Law [10]	Public	Full ABA	1872	1926	Urban (small city)
Arizona (Phoenix)	Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, [11] Arizona State University	Public	Full ABA	1964	1969	Urban
Arizona (Tucson)	James E. Rogers College of Law, [12] University of Arizona	Public	Full ABA	1915	1930	Urban
Arkansas (Fayetteville)	University of Arkansas School of Law [13]	Public	Full ABA	1924	1926	College Town
Arkansas (Little Rock)	William H. Bowen School of Law, [14] University of Arkansas at Little Rock	Public	Full ABA	1975	1969	Urban
California (Los Angeles)	Purdue Global Law School, Purdue University Global [15]	Public	California	1998	2020
California (Indio)	California Desert Trial Academy College of Law [16]	Private	Unaccredited	2012	Unaccredited
California (Chico)	Cal Northern School of Law [17]	Private	California	1992	1992	Small/medium city
California (Santa Barbara)	California School of Law [18]	Private	Unaccredited	2007	Unaccredited	distance-learning
California (San Diego)	California Western School of Law [19]	Private	Full ABA	1924	1962	Urban
California (Orange)	Chapman University School of Law [20]	Private	Full ABA	1995	1998	Suburban
California (online)	JFK School of Law, National University [21]	Private	California	1965	State approved	Urban
California (Stockton)	Laurence Drivon School of Law, Humphreys University	Private	California	1951	State approved
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	Private	California	1982	2020	online
California (Fresno)	Oak Brook College of Law and Government Policy [22]	Private	Unaccredited	1994	Unaccredited	correspondence
California (Torrance)	American Institute of Law	Private	Unaccredited	2010	Unaccredited	correspondence
California (Long Beach)	Pacific Coast University School of Law	Private	Unaccredited	1927	Unaccredited	Urban
California (Malibu)	Pepperdine University School of Law	Private	Full ABA	1971	1972	Suburban
California (Clovis)	San Joaquin College of Law	Private	California	1969	State approved
California (Menlo Park)	St. Francis School of Law [23]	Private	California	2011	State approved	online
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 Law School	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	State approved	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 (San Francisco)	Golden Gate University School of Law, Golden Gate University	Public	Full ABA	1901	1971	Urban
California (San Francisco)	San Francisco Law School, Alliant International University	Private	Unaccredited	1909	Unaccredited	Urban
California (Irvine)	University of California, Irvine School of Law	Public	Full ABA	2009 [24] [25]	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 (Los Angeles)	Gould School of Law, University of Southern California	Private	Full ABA	1896	1924	Urban
California (Inglewood), (Chatsworth)	University of West Los Angeles School of Law	Private	California	1962	1978	Suburban
California (Ventura)	Colleges of Law	Private	California	1969	State approved	Suburban
California (San Diego)	Western Sierra Law School	Private	Unaccredited	1979	Unaccredited	Urban
Colorado (Boulder)	University of Colorado Law School	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)	Widener University 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	American University 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 College of Law, Nova Southeastern University	Private	Full ABA	1974	1975	Suburban
Florida (Miami Gardens)	Benjamin L. Crump College of Law, St. Thomas University	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)	Mercer University 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 Law School	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 Francis King Carey 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 Law Boston	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 [a]	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)	Alexander Blewett III School of Law, University of Montana	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 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)	Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University	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)	Ohio State University 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)	Claude W. Pettit College of Law, Ohio Northern University	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)	Joseph F. Rice School of Law, University of South Carolina	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 Houston	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)	William & Mary Law School [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

1. Cooley Law School was affiliated with Western Michigan University until the schools ended their relationship in 2020.

For-profit schools

State (city)	School	Accreditation/Approval	Founded	Accredited
California (Los Angeles)	Abraham Lincoln University School of Law [50] (distance-learning)	Unaccredited registered law school	1996	N/A
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	N/A
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

State (city)	School	Year founded	Year closed
Arizona (Phoenix)	Arizona Summit Law School, [52] InfiLaw System	2005	2019
California (Costa Mesa)	Whittier Law School	1966	2019
California (Irvine)	California Southern University [53] (correspondence)	1978	2022
California (Orange)	Pacific West College of Law [54]	1993	2024
California (San Luis Obispo)	University of San Luis Obispo School of Law [55]	1993	2015
California (Santa Rosa)	Empire College School of Law [56]	1972	2024
California (Glendale)	Glendale University College of Law [57]	1967	2024
California (Cerritos)	Irvine College of Law [58]	1993	2024
California (San Francisco)	New College of California School of Law	1971	2008 [59]
California (Anaheim)	American College of Law [60]	1971	2012/13
California (Riverside)	California Southern Law School [61]	1971	2020
California (Bakersfield)	California Pacific University School of Law		2002 [62]
California (Upland)	Inland Valley University College of Law [63]	2003	2012/13
California (Los Angeles)	People's College of Law	1974	2024
California (Los Angeles)	MD Kirk School of Law [64] (correspondence)	2005	2012/13
California (Carlsbad)	California Midland School of Law [65]	2006	2012/13
California (San Diego)	National University School of Law	1971 (parent university)	2001 [66]
California (Sacramento)	Lorenzo Patiño School of Law, University of Northern California	1983	2013
California (Inglewood)	Northrop University	1942 (parent university)	2001 [66]
California (San Bernardino)	American Heritage University School of Law [67] (distance-learning)	2003	2024
Connecticut (Hartford)	Hartford College of Law	1921	1948 [68]
Connecticut (Litchfield)	Litchfield Law School	1784	1833
District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.)	Robert H. Terrell Law School	1931	1950
Florida (Jacksonville)	Florida Coastal School of Law, [69] InfiLaw System	1996	2021
Florida (Tallahassee)	Florida A&M University College of Law (original)	1949	1968 [70]
Florida (Riverview) [71]	Cooley Law School	1972
Georgia (Atlanta)	Massey Law School
Georgia (Atlanta)	Woodrow Wilson College of Law	1929	1987 [72]
Georgia (Augusta)	Augusta Law School	1833	1854
Georgia (Augusta)	Augusta Law School	1947	1980s
Georgia (Savannah)	Savannah Law School	2011	2021
Illinois (Chicago)	Hamilton College of Law		1922
Illinois (Chicago)	La Salle Extension University	1909 [73]	1980
Illinois (Springfield)	Lincoln College of Law	1911 [74]	1953
Illinois (Bloomington)	Illinois Wesleyan University Law School	1874 [75]	1927
Idaho (Boise)	Concordia University School of Law	2012	2020 [76]
Indiana (Fort Wayne)	Indiana Tech Law School	2012	2017 [77]
Indiana (Valparaiso)	Valparaiso University School of Law	1879	2020 [78]
Kentucky (Paducah)	Alben W. Barkley School of Law	2005	2008
Massachusetts (Northampton)	Northampton Law School	1823	1829
Minnesota (St. Paul)	Hamline University School of Law	1972	2015
Missouri (St. Louis)	Lincoln University School of Law	1939	1955
New Jersey (Princeton)	Princeton Law School	1847	1852
New York (Ballston Spa)	State and National Law School	1849	1860s
New York (Clinton)	Maynard-Knox Law School, Hamilton College	1857	1887 [79] [80]
North Carolina (Charlotte)	Charlotte School of Law [81] InfiLaw System	2006	2017
North Carolina (Buncombe County)	Bailey Law School	1859	1877
North Carolina (Greensboro)	Greensboro Law School	1878	1893 [82]
Ohio (Cleveland)	Lake Erie Law School [83]	1915	1933
Oklahoma (Tulsa)	O. W. Coburn School of Law	1979	1985
Puerto Rico (Mayagüez)	Eugenio María de Hostos School of Law, Universidad de Puerto Rico	1995	2013
Tennessee (Chattanooga)	Chattanooga College of Law	1898	1960
Tennessee (Davidson County)	Judge John Haywood Law School [84] [85]	c. 1807	c. 1807
Texas (Dallas)	Jefferson Law School	c. 1915	1938
Virginia (Winchester)	Winchester Law School	1824	1831

See also

• 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

• 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