Member Schools

Since 1900, 179 law schools from across the country have become members of the Association of American Law Schools. Additionally, 18 law schools are fee-paid non-members.

Below is a list of the member and non-member fee-paid schools of The Association of American Law Schools. Clicking the links will take you to that school’s website. Learn more about membership requirements.

Alphabetical

The following school are members of the AALS:

A

• University of Akron School of Law (AALS, 1974)
• The University of Alabama School of Law (AALS, 1928)
• Albany Law School (AALS, 1947)
• American University, Washington College of Law (AALS, 1947)
• Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law (AALS, 1969)
• University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law (AALS, 1931)
• University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Robert A. Leflaw Law Center (AALS, 1927)
• University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law (AALS, 1979)

B

• University of Baltimore School of Law (AALS, 1988)
• Baylor University Law School (AALS, 1938)
• Boston College Law School (AALS, 1937)
• Boston University School of Law (AALS, Charter Member)
• Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School (AALS, 1982)
• Brooklyn Law School (AALS, 1973)
• University at Buffalo School of Law, The State University of New York (AALS, 1937)

C

• California Western School of Law (AALS, 1967)
• University of California, Berkeley School of Law (AALS, 1912)
• University of California, Davis, School of Law (AALS, 1968)
• University of California, Hastings College of the Law (AALS, Charter Member, 1900-1927; 1949)
• University of California Irvine School of Law (AALS, 2016)
• University of California, Los Angeles School of Law (AALS, 1952)
• Capital University Law School (AALS, 1983)
• Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (AALS, 1983)
• Case Western Reserve University School of Law (AALS, Charter Member)
• The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law (AALS, 1921)
• Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law (AALS, 2006)
• University of Chicago, The Law School (AALS, 1902)
• Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology (AALS, 1951)
• University of Cincinnati College of Law (AALS, Charter Member)
• City University of New York School of Law (AALS, 2008)
• Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University (AALS, 1970)
• University of Colorado Law School (AALS, Charter Member)
• Columbia Law School (AALS, Charter Member)
• University of Connecticut School of Law (AALS, 1946)
• Cornell Law School (AALS, Charter Member)
• Creighton University School of Law (AALS, 1907)

D

• University of Dayton School of Law (AALS, 1984)
• University of Denver, Sturm College of Law (AALS, 1929)
• DePaul University College of Law (AALS, 1924)
• University of Detroit Mercy School of Law (AALS, 1934)
• Drake University Law School (AALS, Charter Member)
• Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law (AALS, 2012)
• Duke University School of Law (AALS, 1905-1919, under name of Trinity College, Department of Law; 1930)
• Duquesne University School of Law (AALS, 1964)

E

• Emory University School of Law (AALS, 1920)

F

• University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law (AALS, 1920)
• Florida State University College of Law (AALS,1969)
• Florida International University College of Law (AALS, 2009)
• Fordham University School of Law (AALS, 1936)

G

• The George Washington University Law School (AALS, Charter Member)
• Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University (AALS, 1990)
• Georgetown University Law Center (AALS, 1902)
• University of Georgia School of Law (AALS, 1931)
• Georgia State University College of Law (AALS, 1995)
• Golden Gate University School of Law (AALS, 1980)
• Gonzaga University School of Law (AALS, 1977)

H

• Harvard Law School (AALS, Charter Member)
• University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law (AALS, 1989)
• Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University (AALS, 1972)
• University of Houston Law Center (AALS, 1966)
• Howard University School of Law (AALS, 1931)

I

• University of Idaho College of Law (AALS, 1914)
• University of Illinois College of Law (AALS, Charter Member)
• Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law (AALS, Charter Member)
• Indiana University Maurer School of Law (AALS, Charter Member)
• University of Iowa College of Law (AALS, Charter Member)

J

• John Marshall Law School (AALS, 1979)

K

• University of Kansas School of Law (AALS, Charter Member)
• University of Kentucky College of Law (AALS, 1912)

L

• Lewis and Clark Law School (AALS, 1973)
• University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law (AALS, 1933)
• Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center (AALS, 1924)
• Loyola University Chicago School of Law (AALS, 1924)
• Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (AALS, 1937)
• Loyola University New Orleans College of Law (AALS, 1934)

M

• University of Maine School of Law (AALS, Charter Member)
• Marquette University Law School (AALS, 1912)
• University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law (AALS, 1930)
• University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (AALS, 1974)
• The University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law (AALS, 2001)
• Mercer University Law School (AALS, 1923)
• University of Miami School of Law (AALS, 1946)
• The University of Michigan Law School (AALS, Charter Member)
• Michigan State University College of Law (AALS, 1946)
• University of Minnesota Law School (AALS, Charter Member)
• University of Mississippi School of Law (AALS, 1929)
• Mississippi College School of Law (AALS, 1990)
• University of Missouri School of Law (AALS, Charter Member)
• University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law (AALS, 1938)
• Mitchell Hamline School of Law (AALS, 1982)
• Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana (AALS, 1914)

N

• University of Nebraska College of Law (AALS, 1905)
• University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law (AALS, 2004)
• New England Law | Boston (AALS, 1998)
• University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law (AALS, 2014)
• University of New Mexico School of Law (AALS, 1948)
• New York Law School (AALS, 1974)
• New York University School of Law (AALS, Charter Member)
• North Carolina Central University School of Law (AALS, 2012)
• Northern Illinois University College of Law (AALS, 1985)
• Northern Kentucky University, Salmon P. Chase College of Law (AALS, 1984)
• University of North Carolina School of Law (AALS, 1920)
• University of North Dakota School of Law (AALS, 1910)
• Northeastern University School of Law (AALS, 1945, closed 1956; Reopened 1968; 1970)
• Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law (AALS, Charter Member)
• Notre Dame Law School (AALS, 1924)
• Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law (AALS, 1989)

O

• Ohio Northern University, Pettit College of Law (AALS, 1965)
• The Ohio State University, Michael E. Moritz College of Law (AALS, Charter Member)
• University of Oklahoma College of Law (AALS, 1911)
• Oklahoma City University School of Law (AALS, 2003)
• University of Oregon School of Law (AALS, 1919)

P

• Pace University Elisabeth Haub School of Law (AALS, 1982)
• University of Pennsylvania Law School (AALS, Charter Member)
• The Pennsylvania State University – Dickinson Law (AALS, 1912-1924 resigned; 1934)
• The Pennsylvania State University – Penn State Law (AALS, 2006)
• Pepperdine University School of Law (AALS, 1980)
• University of Pittsburgh School of Law (AALS, Charter Member)
• University of Puerto Rico School of Law (AALS, 1948)

Q

• Quinnipiac University School of Law (AALS, 1985)

R

• University of Richmond School of Law (AALS, 1920)
• Roger Williams University School of Law (AALS, 2006)
• Rutgers Law School (AALS, 1946)

S

• St. John’s University School of Law (AALS, 1946)
• Saint Louis University School of Law (AALS, 1924)
• St. Mary’s University School of Law (AALS, 1949)
• St. Thomas University School of Law (AALS, 2001)
• University of St. Thomas School of Law (AALS, 2012)
• Samford University, Cumberland School of Law (AALS, 1952)
• University of San Diego School of Law (AALS, 1966)
• University of San Francisco School of Law (AALS, 1937)
• Santa Clara University School of Law (AALS, 1940)
• Seattle University School of Law (AALS, 1974)
• Seton Hall University School of Law (AALS, 1959)
• University of South Carolina School of Law (AALS, 1924)
• University of South Dakota School of Law (AALS, 1907)
• South Texas College of Law Houston (AALS, 1998)
• Southern University Law Center (AALS, 2011)
• University of Southern California, Gould School of Law (AALS, 1907)
• Southern Illinois University School of Law (AALS, 1982)
• Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law (AALS, 1929)
• Southwestern Law School (AALS, 1974)
• Stanford Law School (AALS, Charter Member)
• Stetson University College of Law (AALS, 1931)
• Suffolk University Law School (AALS, 1977)
• Syracuse University College of Law (AALS, Charter Member)

T

• Temple University, James E. Beasley School of Law (AALS, 1935)
• University of Tennessee College of Law (AALS, Charter Member)
• Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law (AALS, 2014)
• Texas Tech University School of Law (AALS, 1969)
• The University of Texas School of Law (AALS, 1907)
• Texas A&M University School of Law (AALS, 2012)
• University of Toledo College of Law (AALS, 1941)
• Thomas Jefferson School of Law (AALS, 2008)
• Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center (AALS, 1994)
• Tulane University Law School (AALS, 1909)
• The University of Tulsa College of Law (AALS, 1966)

U

• University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law (AALS, 1929)

V

• Valparaiso University Law School (AALS, 1930)
• Vanderbilt University School of Law (AALS, 1910)
• Vermont Law School (AALS, 1982)
• Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law (AALS, 1957)
• University of Virginia School of Law (AALS, 1916)

W

• Wake Forest University School of Law (AALS, 1935)
• Washburn University School of Law (AALS, 1905)
• Washington and Lee University School of Law (AALS, 1920)
• University of Washington School of Law (AALS, 1909)
• Washington University in St. Louis School of Law (AALS, Charter Member)
• Wayne State University Law School (AALS, 1946)
• West Virginia University College of Law (AALS, 1914)
• Western New England University School of Law (AALS, 1981)
• Whittier Law School (AALS, 1987)
• Widener University Commonwealth Law School (AALS, 1989)
• Widener University Delaware Law School (AALS, 1987)
• Willamette University College of Law (AALS, 1946)
• William & Mary Law School (AALS, 1936)
• University of Wisconsin Law School (AALS, Charter Member)
• University of Wyoming College of Law (AALS, 1923)

Y

• Yale Law School (AALS, Charter Member)

By Region

AALS Member Schools by Region

New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont)

Mid-Atlantic (New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania)

South Atlantic (Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia)

East South Central (Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee)

East North Central (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)

West South Central  (Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas)

West North Central (Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)

Mountain (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming)

Pacific (California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington)

Non-Member Fee-Paid Schools

NON-MEMBER FEE-PAID SCHOOLS
The following schools are not members of the Association of American Law Schools, but have paid a fee to receive services.

• Appalachian School of Law
• Barry University School of Law
• Campbell University, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law
• Charleston School of Law
• Concordia University School of Law
• The University of the District of Columbia School of Law
• Elon University School of Law
• Faulkner University, Thomas Goode Jones School of Law
• Florida A&M University College of Law
• Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of Law
• Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School
• The Judge Advocate General’s School, U.S. Army
• University of La Verne College of Law
• Liberty University School of Law
• Lincoln Memorial University Duncan School of Law
• The University of Massachusetts School of Law – Dartmouth
• Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School
• Western State College of Law at Argosy University

AALS Membership Archives

AALS MEMBERSHIP ARCHIVES

January 2016
University of California Irvine School of Law elected to membership in AALS

January 2014

The following schools were elected to membership in AALS:

University of New Hampshire School of Law
Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law

November 2013

University of Illinois College of Law Sanctioned by AALS – Sanction Letter

December 2012

Villanova University School of Law Sanctioned by AALS – Sanction Letter

January 2012

The following schools were elected to membership in AALS:

Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law
North Carolina Central University School of Law
University of St. Thomas School of Law
Texas A&M University School of Law

January 2011

Southern University Law Center elected to membership in AALS

January 2009
Florida International University College of Law elected to membership in AALS