American Bar Association, Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar

American Bar Association, Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar

Overview

Founded in 1893 and officially recognized by the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE), the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar is a national specialized accrediting organization focusing on the accreditation throughout the United States of programs in legal education that lead to the first professional degree in law, including those offered via distance education, as well as freestanding law schools offering such programs. It was established by the American Bar Association in 1921 to promote a high-quality legal education and to establish standards for legal education.

The Council's mission is to ensure that law schools provide high-quality legal education that meets national standards and that graduates of ABA-accredited law schools are well-prepared to enter the legal profession. The Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions sets standards for legal education and evaluates law schools against those standards.

The Council accredits law schools that meet its standards for educational quality, institutional effectiveness and student achievement. ABA accreditation is voluntary but is often a requirement for admission to the bar and for practice in certain areas of law.

In addition to accreditation, the Council provides support and resources to its accredited law schools, including access to educational research and best practices, professional development opportunities for faculty and staff and advocacy on behalf of legal education. The Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions also works to promote diversity and inclusion in legal education and the legal profession.

General Information

Organization Name



Address

321 North Clark Street, 19th Floor
Chicago
60654 Illinois United States

Phone

+1 (312) 988 6738

Fax

+1 (312) 988 5681

Year of Establishment

1893

Control Type

Private

Entity Type

Non-Profit

Geo Focus and Coverage

National

Recognized by

U.S. Department of Education

Number of Member Universities or Accredited Institutions

199

Members or Accredited Institutions

Institutions with ABA accredited programs (March 2023)
Please visit the ABA's Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar website for an up-to-date list of institutions with accredited programs.

1) Albany Law School
2) American University, Washington College of Law
3) Appalachian School of Law
4) Arizona State University, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
5) Atlanta's John Marshall Law School
6) Ave Maria School of Law
7) Barry University, Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law
8) Baylor University, Sheila & Walter Umphrey Law Center
9) Belmont University College of Law
10) Boston College Law School
11) Boston University School of Law
12) Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School
13) Brooklyn Law School
14) California Western School of Law
15) Campbell University, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law
16) Capital University Law School
17) Case Western Reserve University School of Law
18) Chapman University School of Law
19) Charleston School of Law
20) Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
21) City University of New York School of Law
22) Cleveland State University College of Law
23) College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe Law School
24) Columbia University Law School
25) Cornell University Law School
26) Creighton University School of Law
27) DePaul University School of Law
28) Detroit College of Law (now Michigan State University College of Law)
29) Dickinson School of Law (now Pennsylvania State University-Dickinson Law)
30) Drake University Law School
31) Drexel University School of Law
32) Duke University School of Law
33) Duquesne University School of Law
34) Elon University School of Law
35) Emory University School of Law
36) Faulkner University, Thomas Goode Jones School of Law
37) Florida A&M University College of Law
38) Florida Coastal School of Law
39) Florida International University College of Law
40) Florida State University College of Law
41) Fordham University School of Law
42) George Mason University School of Law
43) Georgetown University Law Center
44) Georgia State University College of Law
45) Golden Gate University School of Law
46) Gonzaga University School of Law
47) Hamline University School of Law (now Mitchell | Hamline School of Law)
48) Harvard University Law School
49) Hofstra University School of Law
50) Howard University School of Law
51) Indiana University Maurer School of Law (Bloomington)
52) Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law (Indianapolis)
53) Inter American University of Puerto Rico, School of Law
54) Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School
55) Lewis and Clark College Law School
56) Liberty University School of Law
57) Lincoln Memorial University School of Law
58) Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center
59) Loyola Law School-Los Angeles
60) Loyola University - New Orleans College of Law
61) Loyola University-Chicago School of Law
62) Marquette University Law School
63) McGeorge School of Law, The University of the Pacific
64) Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law
65) Mississippi College School of Law
66) Mitchell Hamline School of Law
67) New England Law | Boston
68) New York Law School
69) New York University School of Law
70) North Carolina Central University School of Law
71) Northeastern University School of Law
72) Northern Illinois University College of Law
73) Northern Kentucky University, Salmon P. Chase College of Law
74) Northwestern University School of Law
75) Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center
76) Ohio Northern University-Claude W. Pettit College of Law
77) Oklahoma City University College of Law
78) Pace University School of Law
79) Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Law
80) Pepperdine University School of Law
81) Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law
82) Quinnipiac University School of Law
83) Regent University School of Law
84) Roger Williams University School of Law
85) Rutgers School of Law - Newark
86) Rutgers School of Law-Camden
87) Saint Louis University School of Law
88) Samford University, Cumberland School of Law
89) Santa Clara University School of Law
90) Seattle University School of Law
91) Seton Hall University School of Law
92) South Texas College of Law-Houston
93) Southern Illinois University School of Law
94) Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law
95) Southern University Law Center
96) Southwestern Law School
97) St. John's University School of Law
98) St. Mary's University School of Law
99) St. Thomas University College of Law (Florida) (previously School of Law)
100) Stanford University Law School
101) Stetson University School of Law
102) Suffolk University Law Center
103) Syracuse University College of Law
104) Temple University, James E. Beasley School of Law
105) Texas A&M University School of Law
106) Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law
107) Texas Tech University School of Law
108) The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law
109) The George Washington University Law School
110) The Ohio State University, Michael E. Moritz College of Law
111) The University of Akron School of Law
112) The University of Alabama School of Law
113) The University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law
114) The University of Arkansas School of Law-Fayetteville
115) The University of Montana School of Law
116) The University of New Mexico School of Law
117) The University of Tennessee College of Law
118) The University of Texas School of Law
119) The University of Tulsa College of Law
120) Thomas Jefferson School of Law (teach-out)
121) Touro College, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center (named Touro University in 2022)
122) Tulane University School of Law
123) UMass Law
124) University at Buffalo School of Law
125) University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law
126) University of Baltimore School of Law
127) University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (Previously Hastings, School of Law)
128) University of California, Irvine School of Law
129) University of California-Berkeley, College of Law
130) University of California-Davis, School of Law
131) University of California-Los Angeles, School of Law
132) University of Chicago Law School
133) University of Cincinnati College of Law
134) University of Colorado Law School
135) University of Connecticut School of Law
136) University of Dayton School of Law
137) University of Denver Sturm College of Law
138) University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
139) University of Florida, Fredric G. Levin College of Law
140) University of Georgia School of Law
141) University of Hawai'i, William S. Richardson School of Law
142) University of Houston Law Center
143) University of Idaho College of Law
144) University of Illinois Chicago School of Law (formerly UIC John Marshall)
145) University of Illinois College of Law
146) University of Iowa College of Law
147) University of Kansas School of Law
148) University of Kentucky College of Law
149) University of LaVerne College of Law (teach-out) (previously approved 2006-2011)
150) University of Louisville, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
151) University of Maine School of Law
152) University of Maryland School of Law
153) University of Memphis School of Law
154) University of Miami School of Law
155) University of Michigan Law School
156) University of Minnesota Law School
157) University of Mississippi School of Law
158) University of Missouri School of Law
159) University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
160) University of Nebraska College of Law
161) University of Nevada-Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law
162) University of New Hampshire School of Law
163) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law
164) University of North Dakota School of Law
165) University of Notre Dame Law School
166) University of Oklahoma College of Law
167) University of Oregon School of Law
168) University of Pennsylvania Law School
169) University of Pittsburgh School of Law
170) University of Puerto Rico School of Law
171) University of Richmond, School of Law (formerly T.C. Williams School of Law)
172) University of San Diego School of Law
173) University of San Francisco School of Law
174) University of South Carolina School of Law
175) University of South Dakota School of Law
176) University of Southern California, Gould School of Law
177) University of St. Thomas School of Law (Minnesota)
178) University of the District of Columbia, David A. Clarke School of Law
179) University of Toledo College of Law
180) University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law
181) University of Virginia School of Law
182) University of Washington School of Law
183) University of Wisconsin Law School
184) University of Wyoming College of Law
185) Vanderbilt University Law School
186) Vermont Law School
187) Villanova University School of Law
188) Wake Forest University School of Law
189) Washburn University School of Law
190) Washington and Lee University School of Law
191) Washington University School of Law
192) Wayne State University Law School
193) West Virginia University College of Law
194) Western New England College School of Law
195) Western State College of Law at Westcliff University (previously approved 1998-2004, name changed from Argosy University in 2019)
196) Widener University-Commonwealth Law School
197) Widener University-Delaware Law School
198) Willamette University College of Law
199) William Mitchell College of Law (now Mitchell | Hamline School of Law)
200) WMU Thomas M. Cooley Law School
201) Yale University Law School
202) Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

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