Unaccredited and correspondence law schools, which include online or distance learning law schools, are currently registered by the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California and have met the registration requirements specified in Rule XIX of the Rules Regulating Admission to Practice Law in California (Admission Rules).
If that is the case, graduates of these schools must first sit for the bar exam in the state in which their school is accredited and have their license in appropriate standing before becoming eligible to sit for the bar exam in other states. No online or correspondence law schools are accredited by the ABA [1] or state bar examiners, such as California's [2] and the eligibility of their graduates to sit for the bar exam may vary from state to state.[3]
| State (city) |
School |
Accreditation |
Year Founded |
| Alabama (Birmingham) |
Birmingham School of Law |
Alabama |
1915 |
| Alabama (Birmingham) |
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University |
Full ABA |
1847 |
| Alabama (Birmingham) |
Miles Law School |
Alabama |
1974 |
| Alabama (Montgomery) |
Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, Faulkner University |
Provisional ABA |
1928 |
| Alabama (Tuscaloosa) |
University of Alabama School of Law |
Full ABA |
1872 |
| Arizona (Tempe) |
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University |
Full ABA |
1964 |
| Arizona (Tucson) |
James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona |
Full ABA |
1915 |
| Arizona (Phoenix) |
Phoenix School of Law |
Provisional ABA |
2005 |
| Arkansas (Fayetteville) |
University of Arkansas School of Law |
Full ABA |
1924 |
| Arkansas (Little Rock) |
William H. Bowen School of Law, University of Arkansas at Little Rock |
Full ABA |
1975 |
| California (Los Angeles) |
Abraham Lincoln University School of Law |
Rule XIX |
1996 |
| California (Anaheim) |
American College of Law |
none |
1971 |
| California (San Bernardino) |
American Heritage University School of Law & Public Policy |
Rule XIX |
2003 |
| California (Chico) |
Cal Northern School of Law |
California |
1992 |
| California (Culver City) |
California School of Law |
Rule XIX |
2004 |
| California (Santa Ana) |
California Southern University |
Rule XIX |
1978 |
| California (San Diego) |
California Western School of Law |
Full ABA |
1924 |
| California (Orange) |
Chapman University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1995 |
| California (Los Angeles) |
Concord Law School of Kaplan University |
Rule XIX |
1998 |
| California (Oakland) |
East Bay Law School |
Rule XIX |
2003 |
| California (Santa Rosa) |
Empire College School of Law |
California |
1972 |
| California (Glendale) |
Glendale University College of Law |
California |
1967 |
| California (San Francisco) |
Golden Gate University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1901 |
| California (Upland) |
Inland Valley University College of Law |
Rule XIX |
2003 |
| California (Cerritos) |
Irvine University College of Law |
Rule XIX |
1993 |
| California (Pleasant Hill) |
John F. Kennedy University School of Law |
California |
1963 |
| California (Acton) |
Larry H. Layton School of Law |
Rule XIX |
1994 |
| California (Stockton) |
Laurence Drivon School of Law, Humphreys College |
California |
1951 |
| California (Sacramento) |
Lincoln Law School of Sacramento |
California |
1969 |
| California (San Jose) |
Lincoln Law School of San Jose |
California |
1919 |
| California (Los Angeles) |
Loyola Law School, Loyola Marymount University |
Full ABA |
1920 |
| California (Sacramento) |
McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific |
Full ABA |
1924 |
| California (La Mesa) |
McMillan Academy of Law |
Rule XIX |
2008 |
| California (Seaside) |
Monterey College of Law |
California |
1972 |
| California (San Francisco) |
New College of California School of Law (Closed) |
none |
|
| California (Newport Beach) |
Newport University School of Law |
Rule XIX |
1976 |
| California (Sacramento) |
Northwestern California University School of Law |
Rule XIX |
1982 |
| California (Fresno) |
Oak Brook College of Law & Government Policy |
Rule XIX |
1995 |
| California (Long Beach) |
Pacific Coast University School of Law |
Rule XIX |
1927 |
| California (Orange) |
Pacific West College of Law |
Rule XIX |
1992 |
| California (Los Angeles) |
People's College of Law |
Rule XIX |
1974 |
| California (Malibu) |
Pepperdine University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1971 |
| California (San Francisco) |
San Francisco Law School |
California |
1909 |
| California (Clovis) |
San Joaquin College of Law |
California |
1969 |
| California (Santa Barbara) |
Santa Barbara College of Law |
California |
1969 |
| California (Santa Clara) |
Santa Clara University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1912 |
| California (Ventura) (Santa Barbara) |
Southern California Institute of Law |
California |
1986 |
| California (Los Angeles) |
Southwestern University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1911 |
| California (Stanford) |
Stanford Law School |
Full ABA |
1893 |
| California (San Diego) |
Thomas Jefferson School of Law |
Full ABA |
1969 |
| California (Santa Ana) |
Trinity Law School, Trinity International University |
California |
1980 |
| California (Berkeley) |
Boalt Hall, University of California, Berkeley |
Full ABA |
1894 |
| California (Davis) |
UC Davis School of Law (King Hall) |
Full ABA |
1965 |
| California (San Francisco) |
University of California, Hastings College of the Law |
Full ABA |
1878 |
| California (Irvine) |
University of California Irvine, School of Law |
Seeking ABA |
2009[4][5] |
| California (Los Angeles) |
UCLA School of Law |
Full ABA |
1949 |
| California (Modesto) |
University of Honolulu School of Law |
Rule XIX |
1992 |
| California (La Verne) |
University of La Verne College of Law |
Provisional ABA |
1970 |
| California (Sacramento) |
University of Northern California, Lorenzo Patiño School of Law |
Rule XIX |
1983 |
| California (San Diego) |
University of San Diego School of Law |
Full ABA |
1954 |
| California (San Francisco) |
University of San Francisco School of Law |
Full ABA |
1912 |
| California (San Luis Obispo) |
University of San Luis Obispo School of Law |
Rule XIX |
1993 |
| California (San Jose) |
University of Silicon Valley Law School |
Rule XIX |
|
| California (Los Angeles) |
Gould School of Law, University of Southern California |
Full ABA |
1896 |
| California (Woodland Hills) (Inglewood) |
University of West Los Angeles School of Law |
California |
1962 |
| California (Ventura) |
Ventura College of Law |
California |
1969 |
| California (Downey) |
West Coast School of Law |
Rule XIX |
2002 |
| California (San Diego) |
Western Sierra Law School |
Rule XIX |
1979 |
| California (Fullerton) |
Western State University College of Law |
Full ABA |
1966 |
| California (Costa Mesa) |
Whittier Law School |
Full ABA |
1966 |
| California (Santa Ana) |
William Howard Taft University Witkin School of Law |
Rule XIX |
1984 |
| Colorado (Boulder) |
University of Colorado School of Law |
Full ABA |
1892 |
| Colorado (Denver) |
Sturm College of Law, University of Denver |
Full ABA |
1892 |
| Connecticut (Litchfield) |
Litchfield Law School (closed (1833))[6] |
not applicable |
1773 |
| Connecticut (Hamden) |
Quinnipiac College School of Law |
Full ABA |
1977[7] |
| Connecticut (Hartford) |
University of Connecticut School of Law |
Full ABA |
1921 |
| Connecticut (New Haven) |
Yale Law School |
Full ABA |
1843 |
| Delaware (Wilmington) |
Widener University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1971 |
| District of Columbia |
Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America |
Full ABA |
1897 |
| District of Columbia |
David A. Clarke School of Law, University of the District of Columbia |
Full ABA |
1972[8] |
| District of Columbia |
The George Washington University Law School |
Full ABA |
1865 |
| District of Columbia |
Georgetown University Law Center |
Full ABA |
1870 |
| District of Columbia |
Howard University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1869 |
| District of Columbia |
Washington College of Law, American University |
Full ABA |
1896 |
| Florida (Orlando) |
Barry University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1999 |
| Florida (Orlando) |
Florida A&M University College of Law |
Provisional ABA |
2000[9] |
| Florida (Jacksonville) |
Florida Coastal School of Law |
Full ABA |
1996 |
| Florida (Miami) |
Florida International University College of Law |
Full ABA |
2000 |
| Florida (Tallahassee) |
Florida State University College of Law |
Full ABA |
1966 |
| Florida (Gainesville) |
University of Florida Levin College of Law |
Full ABA |
1909 |
| Florida (Davie) |
Shepard Broad Law Center, Nova Southeastern University |
Full ABA |
1974 |
| Florida (Miami Gardens) |
St. Thomas University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1984 |
| Florida (Miami Gardens) |
Diamond Graduate Law School LLM Online Program[10] |
Full ABA[11] |
1998 |
| Florida (Gulfport) |
Stetson University College of Law |
Full ABA |
1900 |
| Florida (Coral Gables) |
University of Miami School of Law |
Full ABA |
1926 |
| Florida (Naples) |
Ave Maria School of Law |
Full ABA |
2000 |
| Georgia (Atlanta) |
Emory University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1916 |
| Georgia (Atlanta) |
Georgia State University College of Law |
Full ABA |
1982 |
| Georgia (Athens) |
University of Georgia School of Law |
Full ABA |
1859 |
| Georgia (Atlanta) |
John Marshall Law School |
Provisional ABA |
1933 |
| Georgia (Macon) |
Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University |
Full ABA |
1873 |
| Georgia (Atlanta) |
Woodrow Wilson College of Law (closed)[12] |
none |
|
| Hawaii (Honolulu) |
William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii |
Full ABA |
1968 |
| Idaho (Moscow) |
University of Idaho College of Law |
Full ABA |
1909 |
| Illinois (Chicago) |
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology |
Full ABA |
1888 |
| Illinois (Chicago) |
DePaul University College of Law |
Full ABA |
1897 |
| Illinois (Urbana) |
University of Illinois College of Law |
Full ABA |
1897 |
| Illinois (Chicago) |
John Marshall Law School (Chicago) |
Full ABA |
1899 |
| Illinois (Chicago) |
Loyola University Chicago School of Law |
Full ABA |
1909 |
| Illinois (Dekalb) |
Northern Illinois University College of Law |
Full ABA |
1975[13] |
| Illinois (Chicago) |
Northwestern University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1859 |
| Illinois (Carbondale) |
Southern Illinois University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1973 |
| Illinois (Chicago) |
University of Chicago Law School |
Full ABA |
1902 |
| Indiana (Bloomington) |
Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington |
Full ABA |
1842 |
| Indiana (Indianapolis) |
Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis |
Full ABA |
1895 |
| Indiana (South Bend) |
Notre Dame Law School |
Full ABA |
1869 |
| Indiana (Valparaiso) |
Valparaiso University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1879 |
| Iowa (Des Moines) |
Drake University Law School |
Full ABA |
1865 |
| Iowa (Iowa City) |
University of Iowa College of Law |
Full ABA |
1865 |
| Kansas (Lawrence) |
University of Kansas School of Law |
Full ABA |
1893 |
| Kansas (Topeka) |
Washburn University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1903 |
| Kentucky (Paducah) |
Alben W. Barkley School of Law (closed)[14] |
none |
|
| Kentucky (Highland Heights) |
Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University |
Full ABA |
1893 |
| Kentucky (Louisville) |
Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville |
Full ABA |
1846 |
| Kentucky (Lexington) |
University of Kentucky College of Law |
Full ABA |
1799[15] |
| Louisiana (Baton Rouge) |
Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University |
Full ABA |
1906 |
| Louisiana (New Orleans) |
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law |
Full ABA |
1914 |
| Louisiana (Baton Rouge) |
Southern University Law Center |
Full ABA |
1946 |
| Louisiana (New Orleans) |
Tulane University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1847 |
| Maine (Portland) |
University of Maine School of Law |
Full ABA |
1961 |
| Maryland (Baltimore) |
University of Baltimore School of Law |
Full ABA |
1925 |
| Maryland (Baltimore) |
University of Maryland School of Law |
Full ABA |
1823 |
| Massachusetts (Boston) |
Boston College Law School |
Full ABA |
1929 |
| Massachusetts (Boston) |
Boston University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1872 |
| Massachusetts (Cambridge) |
Harvard Law School |
Full ABA |
1817 |
| Massachusetts (Andover) |
Massachusetts School of Law |
Massachusetts, Connecticut |
1988 |
| Massachusetts (Boston) |
New England School of Law |
Full ABA |
1908 |
| Massachusetts (Boston) |
Northeastern University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1898 |
| Massachusetts (North Dartmouth) |
Southern New England School of Law |
Massachusetts |
1982 |
| Massachusetts (Boston) |
Suffolk University Law School |
Full ABA |
1906 |
| Massachusetts (Springfield) |
Western New England College School of Law |
Full ABA |
1919 |
| Michigan (East Lansing) |
Michigan State University College of Law |
Full ABA |
1891 |
| Michigan (Lansing, Grand Rapids, Rochester,Ann Arbor) |
Thomas M. Cooley Law School |
Full ABA |
1972 |
| Michigan (Detroit) |
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law |
Full ABA |
1912 |
| Michigan (Ann Arbor) |
University of Michigan Law School |
Full ABA |
1859 |
| Michigan (Detroit) |
Wayne State University Law School |
Full ABA |
1927 |
| Minnesota (St. Paul) |
Hamline University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1972 |
| Minnesota (Minneapolis) |
University of Minnesota Law School |
Full ABA |
1888 |
| Minnesota (Minneapolis) |
University of St. Thomas School of Law |
Full ABA |
1999[16] |
| Minnesota (St. Paul) |
William Mitchell College of Law |
Full ABA |
1900[17] |
| Mississippi (Jackson) |
Mississippi College School of Law |
Full ABA |
1930 |
| Mississippi (Oxford) |
University of Mississippi School of Law |
Full ABA |
1854 |
| Missouri (St. Louis) |
Saint Louis University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1843[18] |
| Missouri (Columbia) |
University of Missouri School of Law |
Full ABA |
1872 |
| Missouri (Kansas City) |
University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law |
Full ABA |
1895 |
| Missouri (St. Louis) |
Washington University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1867 |
| Montana (Missoula) |
University of Montana Law School |
Full ABA |
1911 |
| Nebraska (Omaha) |
Creighton University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1904 |
| Nebraska (Lincoln) |
University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Law |
Full ABA |
1888 |
| Nevada (Las Vegas) |
William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
Full ABA |
1997 |
| New Hampshire (Concord) |
Franklin Pierce Law Center |
Full ABA |
1973 |
| New Jersey (Princeton) |
Princeton Law School (closed (1852))[19] |
not applicable |
1847 |
| New Jersey (Camden) |
Rutgers University School of Law at Camden |
Full ABA |
1926 |
| New Jersey (Newark) |
Rutgers University School of Law at Newark |
Full ABA |
1908 |
| New Jersey (Newark) |
Seton Hall University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1951 |
| New Mexico (Albuquerque) |
University of New Mexico School of Law |
Full ABA |
1947 |
| New York (Albany) |
Albany Law School, Union University |
Full ABA |
1851 |
| New York (New York) |
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University |
Full ABA |
1976 |
| New York (Brooklyn) |
Brooklyn Law School |
Full ABA |
1901 |
| New York (Buffalo) |
University at Buffalo Law School, SUNY |
Full ABA |
1887 |
| New York (New York) |
Columbia University Law School |
Full ABA |
1858 |
| New York (Ithaca) |
Cornell Law School |
Full ABA |
1887 |
| New York (Flushing) |
City University of New York School of Law |
Full ABA |
1983 |
| New York (New York) |
Fordham University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1905 |
| New York (Hempstead) |
Hofstra University School of Law, Hofstra University |
Full ABA |
1970 |
| New York (Central Islip) |
Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, Touro College |
Full ABA |
1980 |
| New York (New York) |
New York Law School |
Full ABA |
1891 |
| New York (New York) |
New York University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1835 |
| New York (White Plains) |
Pace University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1976 |
| New York (Jamaica) |
St. John's University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1925 |
| New York (Syracuse) |
Syracuse University College of Law |
Full ABA |
1895 |
| North Carolina (Charlotte) |
Charlotte School of Law |
Provisional ABA |
2006 |
| North Carolina (Durham) |
Duke University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1904 |
| North Carolina (Greensboro) |
Elon University School of Law |
Provisional ABA |
2006 |
| North Carolina (Durham) |
North Carolina Central University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1940 |
| North Carolina (Buies Creek) |
Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law, Campbell University |
Full ABA |
1976 |
| North Carolina (Chapel Hill) |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law |
Full ABA |
1845 |
| North Carolina (Winston-Salem) |
Wake Forest University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1894 |
| North Dakota (Grand Forks) |
University of North Dakota School of Law |
Full ABA |
1899 |
| Ohio (Cleveland) |
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University |
Full ABA |
1897[20] |
| Ohio (Columbus) |
Michael E. Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University |
Full ABA |
1891 |
| Ohio (Cincinnati) |
University of Cincinnati College of Law |
Full ABA |
1833 |
| Ohio (Cleveland) |
Case Western Reserve University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1892 |
| Ohio (Columbus) |
Capital University Law School |
Full ABA |
1903 |
| Ohio (Dayton) |
University of Dayton School of Law |
Full ABA |
1974 |
| Ohio (Toledo) |
University of Toledo College of Law |
Full ABA |
1906 |
| Ohio (Ada) |
Ohio Northern University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1885 |
| Ohio (Akron) |
University of Akron School of Law |
Full ABA |
1921 |
| Oklahoma (Oklahoma City) |
Oklahoma City University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1907 |
| Oklahoma (Norman) |
University of Oklahoma College of Law |
Full ABA |
1909 |
| Oklahoma (Tulsa) |
University of Tulsa College of Law |
Full ABA |
1923 |
| Oregon (Eugene) |
University of Oregon School of Law |
Full ABA |
1884 |
| Oregon (Salem) |
Willamette University College of Law |
Full ABA |
1883 |
| Oregon (Portland) |
Lewis & Clark College Northwestern School of Law |
Full ABA |
1915 |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) |
Earle Mack School of Law, Drexel University |
Provisional ABA |
2006 |
| Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) |
Duquesne University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1911 |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) |
Temple University Beasley School of Law |
Full ABA |
1895 |
| Pennsylvania (Carlisle) |
Penn State Dickinson School of Law |
Full ABA |
1834 |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) |
University of Pennsylvania Law School |
Full ABA |
1850 |
| Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) |
University of Pittsburgh School of Law |
Full ABA |
1895 |
| Pennsylvania (Radnor) |
Villanova University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1953 |
| Pennsylvania (Harrisburg) |
Widener University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1989 |
| Puerto Rico (San Juan) |
Interamerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law |
Full ABA |
1961 |
| Puerto Rico (Ponce) |
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law |
Full ABA |
1948 |
| Puerto Rico (San Juan) |
University of Puerto Rico School of Law |
Full ABA |
1913 |
| Rhode Island (Bristol) |
Roger Williams University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1992 |
| South Carolina (Charleston) |
Charleston School of Law |
Provisional ABA |
2003 |
| South Carolina (Columbia) |
University of South Carolina School of Law |
Full ABA |
1867 |
| South Dakota (Vermillion) |
University of South Dakota School of Law |
Full ABA |
1901 |
| Tennessee (Memphis) |
University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law |
Full ABA |
1962 |
| Tennessee (Nashville) |
Nashville School of Law |
Tennessee |
1911 |
| Tennessee (Knoxville) |
University of Tennessee College of Law |
Full ABA |
1890 |
| Tennessee (Nashville) |
Vanderbilt University Law School |
Full ABA |
1874 |
| Texas (Waco) |
Baylor University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1845 |
| Texas (Dallas) |
Dedman School of Law, Southern Methodist University |
Full ABA |
1911 |
| Texas (Houston) |
Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University |
Full ABA |
1947 |
| Texas (Lubbock) |
Texas Tech University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1967 |
| Texas (Houston) |
University of Houston Law Center |
Full ABA |
1947 |
| Texas (Austin) |
University of Texas School of Law |
Full ABA |
1883 |
| Texas (Fort Worth) |
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1992 |
| Texas (Houston) |
South Texas College of Law |
Full ABA |
1923 |
| Texas (San Antonio) |
St. Mary's University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1927 |
| Utah (Provo) |
J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University |
Full ABA |
1973 |
| Utah (Salt Lake City) |
S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah |
Full ABA |
1913 |
| Vermont (Royalton) |
Vermont Law School |
Full ABA |
1972 |
| Virginia (Grundy) |
Appalachian School of Law |
Full ABA |
1994 |
| Virginia (Arlington) |
George Mason University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1972 |
| Virginia (Lynchburg) |
Liberty University School of Law |
Provisional ABA |
2004 |
| Virginia (Virginia Beach) |
Regent University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1986 |
| Virginia (Lexington) |
Washington and Lee University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1849 |
| Virginia (Williamsburg) |
Marshall-Wythe School of Law at The College of William & Mary |
Full ABA |
1779 |
| Virginia (Richmond) |
T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond |
Full ABA |
1870 |
| Virginia (Charlottesville) |
University of Virginia School of Law |
Full ABA |
1826 |
| Virginia (Charlottesville) |
The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School[21] |
Full ABA |
1942[22] |
| Washington (Spokane) |
Gonzaga University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1912 |
| Washington (Seattle) |
Seattle University School of Law |
Full ABA |
1972 |
| Washington (Seattle) |
University of Washington School of Law |
Full ABA |
1889 |
| West Virginia (Morgantown) |
West Virginia University College of Law |
Full ABA |
1878 |
| Wisconsin (Milwaukee) |
Marquette University Law School |
Full ABA |
1892 |
| Wisconsin (Madison) |
University of Wisconsin Law School |
Full ABA |
1868 |
| Wyoming (Laramie) |
University of Wyoming College of Law |
Full ABA |
1920 |
