List of defunct law schools in the United States

This page includes law schools in the United States that have closed. Nearly half of the for-profit law schools in the United States operating in 2013 have since closed.

Defunct law schools in the United States State (city)SchoolYear foundedYear closedArizona (Phoenix)Arizona Summit Law School, InfiLaw System20052019California (Anaheim)American College of Law19712012/13California (Bakersfield)California Pacific University School of Law19862002California (Carlsbad)California Midland School of Law20062012/13California (Cerritos)Irvine College of Law19932024California (Costa Mesa)Whittier Law School19662019California (Glendale)Glendale University College of Law19672024California (Inglewood)Northrop University1942 (parent university)2001California (Irvine)California Southern University (correspondence)19782022California (Long Beach)Pacific Coast University School of Law19272026California (Los Angeles)MD Kirk School of Law (correspondence)20052012/13California (Los Angeles)People's College of Law19742024California (Orange)Pacific West College of Law19932024California (Riverside)California Southern Law School19712020California (San Bernardino)American Heritage University School of Law (distance-learning)20032024California (San Diego)National University School of Law1971 (parent university)2001California (San Diego)Western Sierra Law School19792025California (San Francisco)New College of California School of Law19712008California (San Luis Obispo)University of San Luis Obispo School of Law19932015California (Sacramento)Lorenzo Patiño School of Law, University of Northern California19832013California (Santa Rosa)Empire College School of Law19722024California (Upland)Inland Valley University College of Law20032012/13Connecticut (Hartford)Hartford College of Law19211948Connecticut (Litchfield)Litchfield Law School17841833District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.)Antioch School of Law19721986District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.)Robert H. Terrell Law School19311950Florida (Jacksonville)Florida Coastal School of Law, InfiLaw System19962021Georgia (Atlanta)Atlanta Law School18901994Georgia (Atlanta)Woodrow Wilson College of Law19291987See "Extreme Makeover: Law School Edition," Daily Report, May 21, 2007.Georgia (Augusta)Augusta Law School18331854Georgia (Augusta)Augusta Law School19471980sGeorgia (Savannah)Savannah Law School20112021Illinois (Chicago)La Salle Extension University1909McClure's Magazine, LaSalle Extension University advertisement, Outstanding Facts About LaSalle, April, 1922, page 71980Illinois (Springfield)Lincoln College of Law19111953Illinois (Bloomington)Illinois Wesleyan University Law School18741927Idaho (Boise)Concordia University School of Law20122020Indiana (Fort Wayne)Indiana Tech Law School20122017Indiana (Valparaiso)Valparaiso University School of Law18792020Kentucky (Paducah)Alben W. Barkley School of Law20052008Massachusetts (Dartmouth)Southern New England School of Law19812010Massachusetts (Northampton)Northampton Law School18231829Minnesota (St. Paul)Hamline University School of Law19722015Minnesota (St. Paul)William Mitchell College of Law19562015Missouri (St. Louis)Lincoln University School of Law19391955New Jersey (Princeton)Princeton Law School18471852New York (Ballston Spa)State and National Law School18491865New York (Clinton)Maynard-Knox Law School, Hamilton College18571887Hamilton College, History of the Government Department at Hamilton College , accessed July 18, 2013Charles Elmer Allison, A Historical Sketch of Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, 1889, page 75North Carolina (Buncombe County)Bailey Law School18591877North Carolina (Charlotte)Charlotte School of Law InfiLaw System20062017North Carolina (Greensboro)Greensboro Law School18781893North Carolina (Richmond Hill)Richmond Hill Law School18481878Ohio (Cleveland)Lake Erie Law School19151933Oklahoma (Tulsa)O. W. Coburn School of Law19791985Pennsylvania (Easton)Union Law School"McCartney, Hon. Washington, LL.D." in The Biographical Encyclopaedia of Pennsylvania of the Nineteenth Century Philadelphia: Galaxy Publishing Company, 1874; p. 459Knupfer, Peter B. Union As It Is: Constitutional Unionism and Sectional Compromise, 1787-1861 Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000; chapter 2, endnote 541846Puerto Rico (Mayagüez)Eugenio María de Hostos School of Law, Universidad de Puerto Rico19952013Tennessee (Chattanooga)Chattanooga College of Law18981960Tennessee (Davidson County)unnamed law school founded by John Haywood18021826Texas (Dallas)Jefferson Law School19191937Virginia (Staunton)Staunton Law School18311849Virginia (Winchester)Winchester Law School18241831Wisconsin (Milwaukee)Milwaukee Law School18921908

See also

List of law schools in the United States

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