The Valparaiso University School of Law is located on the campus of Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana, a community located less than an hour from Chicago. Founded in 1879, the school was accredited by the American Bar Association in 1929 and admitted to the Association of American Law Schools in 1930.
The current Dean of Valparaiso Law is Jay Conison, Indiana Bar Foundation Fellow and American Bar Association Accreditation Committee Vice Chair, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. The law school currently has 39 full-time faculty and approximately 30 additional faculty members who teach the 562 enrolled students.
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