Naples, Florida
Ave Maria School of Law
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 2002
- Institution type
- Private
- J.D. formats
- Full-time J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 155
- Median GPA
- 3.36
- Resident tuition
- $49,500
- First-year class
- 165
- Bar-required jobs
- 81.5%
- First-time bar passage
- 77.5%
J.D. program formats
- Full-time J.D.
- Offered. Full-time first-year students were reported to the ABA.
- Part-time J.D.
- Not on the ABA Council’s part-time list.
- Distance-education J.D.
- Not on the ABA Council’s distance-education J.D. list.
Formats come from the ABA Council’s published lists, not from the school’s marketing. What each format means
Programs published by the school
Concentrations and courses of study
Defined paths through the J.D. curriculum and study at partner institutions.
- Study Abroad in RomeSchool page for Study Abroad in Rome (opens in a new tab)
Clinics and field placements
Supervised legal work with real clients or in real legal settings, for credit.
Clinics (3)
- Estate Planning and General Practice ClinicSchool page for Estate Planning and General Practice Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Intellectual Property Law ClinicSchool page for Intellectual Property Law Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- The Veterans and Servicemembers Law ClinicSchool page for The Veterans and Servicemembers Law Clinic (opens in a new tab)
Externships and field placements (1)
- United Nations Legal ExternshipSchool page for United Nations Legal Externship (opens in a new tab)
Centers and institutes
Research and program centers that organize a school's teaching, scholarship and events in a field.
- Business Law InstituteSchool page for Business Law Institute (opens in a new tab)
Journals and advocacy programs
Student-edited publications and competitive advocacy programs.
- Ave Maria Law ReviewSchool page for Ave Maria Law Review (opens in a new tab)
Curriculum & faculty (2025 ABA report)
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Curricular Offerings (2025)
- Covers
- Report year 2025
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
Course titles beyond 1L
67
Clinic positions available
62
34 filled
Field placements filled
67
Simulation course seats
91
Co-curricular offerings
6
Full-time faculty
28
43 total faculty
Clinic and simulation seat counts are only mapped from report layouts that define them unambiguously (2025 onward).
