Valparaiso University School of Law
| Valparaiso University Law School | |
|---|---|
| Parent school | Valparaiso University |
| Established | 1879 |
| School type | Private University |
| Dean | Andrea Lyon |
| Location |
Valparaiso, Indiana, US 41°27′41″N 87°03′11″W / 41.4614°N 87.0531°WCoordinates: 41°27′41″N 87°03′11″W / 41.4614°N 87.0531°W |
| Enrollment | 508 |
| Faculty | 62 |
| Website | Valparaiso University Law School |
| ABA profile | profile |
The Valparaiso University Law School is located on the campus of Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana, a community located less than an hour from Chicago. Founded in 1879, the school was accredited by the American Bar Association in 1929 and admitted to the Association of American Law Schools in 1930. The Dean is capital defense expert Andrea Lyon. The law school currently has 29 full-time faculty and approximately 30 additional faculty members who teach the 508 enrolled students.
In October 2016, Valparaiso School of Law was censured by the ABA for admitting applicants who did not appear capable of satisfactorily completing the school's program of legal education and being admitted to the bar. According to Valparaiso’s 2015 ABA-required disclosures, 42% of the class of 2015 obtained full-time, long-term, bar passage required employment ten months after graduation. 23% of graduates from the class of 2015 were unemployed ten months after graduation. In 2014, only 61% of graduates taking the Indiana bar exam and only 63% of graduates taking the Illinois bar exam passed on the first attempt.
The city of Valparaiso, Indiana is located 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Chicago, and 10 miles (16 km) south of Lake Michigan and the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
The law school is located in Wesemann Hall, in an area of Valparaiso University’s 320-acre (1.3 km2) campus known as “Old Campus” which is next to, and part of, the historic district of downtown Valparaiso. Wesemann Hall is adjacent to Heritage Hall, which was recently reconstructed and houses the Lawyering Skills Center and Law Clinic.
The school was originally named the Northern Indiana Law School and began operation on November 11, 1879. Tuition was set at $10 per term and the first term began with nine enrolled students. The school was one of the first in the nation to admit both men and women, and two women were among the original cohort. DeMotte became the school’s first dean and was one of the original three faculty members. During his appointment he developed the core curriculum that remains in use at Valparaiso today.
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