Law Schools in The United States - Oldest Active Law Schools

Oldest Active Law Schools

Law schools are listed from the dates from when they were first established to 1850.

  1. Marshall-Wythe School of Law (The College of William & Mary) established 1779 (closed in 1861 and reopened in 1920)
  2. University of Maryland School of Law established 1816, held first classes in 1824 (closed during the American Civil War and reopened shortly after its end)
  3. Harvard Law School established 1817
  4. University of Virginia School of Law established 1819
  5. Yale Law School established 1824
  6. University of Alabama School of Law established 1831
  7. University of Cincinnati College of Law established 1833
  8. Pennsylvania State University (Dickinson School of Law) established 1834
  9. New York University School of Law established 1835
  10. Indiana University Maurer School of Law established 1842
  11. Saint Louis University School of Law established in 1843 (closed in 1847 and reopened in 1908)
  12. University of North Carolina School of Law established 1845
  13. Louis D. Brandeis School of Law (University of Louisville) established 1846
  14. Cumberland School of Law established in 1847
  15. Tulane University Law School established 1847
  16. University of Mississippi School of Law established 1848
  17. Washington and Lee University School of Law established 1849
  18. University of Pennsylvania Law School established 1850
  19. Albany Law School established 1851.

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