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Notre Dame Law School | |
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Motto | Vita, Dulcedo, Spes (Latin for Our Life, our Sweetness, our Hope) |
Parent school | University of Notre Dame |
Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic (Congregation of Holy Cross) |
Established | 1869 |
School type | Private law school |
Parent endowment | $18.9 billion[1] |
Dean | G. Marcus Cole |
Location | Notre Dame, Indiana, U.S. 41°41′55.27″N 86°14′16.45″W / 41.6986861°N 86.2379028°W |
Enrollment | 529 (2022)[2] |
Faculty | 135 (2022)[2] |
USNWR ranking | 20th (tied) (2024)[3] |
Bar pass rate | 90.16% (2019)[4] |
Website | law |
ABA profile | Standard 509 Report |
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Notre Dame Law School is the law school of the University of Notre Dame. Established in 1869,[5][6] it is the oldest continuously operating Catholic law school in the United States.[7]
The school enrolls about 600 students and in addition to the J.D. degree it also offers dual JD–MBA and several a dual J.D. and Masters combined degrees (including JD/MS, JD/MA, JD/M.Eng.). It also offers the only American Bar Association–approved, year-long, study-abroad program, which is based in London.[8]