Howard University School of Law

Howard University School of Law
Motto	Veritas et Utilitas
Parent school	Howard University
Established	1869
School type	Private
Dean	Danielle R. Holley-Walker
Location	Washington, D.C., U.S.
Enrollment	407
Faculty	56
USNWR ranking	110
Website	www.law.howard.edu

Howard University School of Law (also known as Howard Law or HUSL) is one of the professional graduate schools of Howard University. Located in Washington, D.C., it is one of the oldest law schools in the country and the oldest historically black college or university law school in the United States.

Today, Howard University School of Law confers about 185 Juris Doctor and Master of Law degrees annually to students from the United States and countries in South America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia. Howard University School of Law was accredited by the American Bar Association and the Association of American Law Schools in 1931.

According to Howard Law's 2013 ABA-required disclosures, 50% of 2013 graduates obtained full-time, long-term, bar passage-required employment nine months after graduation.

Howard University opened its legal department, led by John Mercer Langston, on January 6, 1869. The founders of Howard Law recognized “a great need to train lawyers who would have a strong commitment to helping black Americans secure and protect their newly established rights” during the country’s tumultuous Reconstruction era.

The first class consisted of six students who met three evenings a week in the homes and offices of the department's four teachers. Classes were held in various locations throughout the years before the law school settled into its current location at 2900 Van Ness Street N.W. in 1974. At the time, the LL.B program required only two years of study. Ten students were awarded degrees at the first commencement ceremony, which was held on February 3, 1871.

The school was accredited by the American Bar Association and the Association of American Law Schools in 1931.

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