History
Lewis & Clark Law School was founded in 1884 when the University of Oregon established a Department of Law in Portland offering evening courses to Oregon residents. In 1915, the Oregon legislature formally moved the University of Oregon School of Law from Portland to Eugene. Some of the school's law faculty in Portland resisted the move and reformed the school as the Northwestern College of Law. In 1965, Northwestern College of Law merged with Lewis & Clark College to form Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College.
Following this merger, Northwestern's Law Library moved from Portland's Geisey Building to Lewis & Clark College's Aubrey R. Watzek Library. In 1967, L&C's current campus was built beside Lewis & Clark College and Tryon Creek State Park. Boley Library was built that year, and named for Paul L. Boley, a Harvard-trained Portland attorney and long time trustee of the College. By 1973, Boley Library held 69,000 volumes. That same year, Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College gained full accreditation from the American Bar Association and American Association of Law Schools.
The law school campus has continued to grow. In 2002 the school expanded into a 5th building, Wood Hall, and remodeled Boley Library. The remodel and addition of Wood Hall increased library space from 27,939 square feet to 45,139 square feet, resulting in additional seating and new study venues for students.
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