Oklahoma City University School of Law, also known as OCU Law, is one of the professional graduate schools of Oklahoma City University. OCU Law is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and was founded in 1907. OCU Law is located in the Sarkeys Law Center on the southwest side of the Oklahoma City University campus.
The Oklahoma City University Law Library, located in the historic Gold Star Memorial Building, houses a collection of over 300,000 volume and volume equivalents, and is open to the public. OCU Law has been accredited by the ABA since 1960 and has been a member of the Association of American Law Schools since 2003.
The 2010 edition of U.S. News & World Report's Best Law Schools ranked OCU Law as a 4th Tier Law School among ABA accredited schools. OCU Law was also listed under the outstanding category in the 2010 edition of the Princeton Review's best law schools release. OCU Law was also ranked #104 overall according to the 2010 ranking by the AALS. The IRLG ranked OCU Law #52 overall in its 2009 ranking of law schools, based upon the percentage of graduates who pass the bar exam. IRLG also ranked it #178 overall, in its ranking of law schools, based upon the 57.2 percentage of prospective applicants who are accepted.
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