History
In 1997, then Governor Robert Miller signed into law a bill authorizing the creation of the William S. Boyd School of Law of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). One year later, in 1998, the Boyd Law School opened its doors to 140 charter class students and the school moved into its permanent facilities in August, 2002. In 2000, the school secured provisional American Bar Association (ABA) accreditation and, in February 2003, secured full ABA accreditation. The first class graduated from the Boyd School of Law in May, 2001. In January 2004, the William S. Boyd School of Law of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas joined the Association of American Law Schools. In 2001, the Nevada Law Journal published its inaugural issue.
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