Nashville, Tennessee
Belmont University College of Law
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 2013
- Institution type
- Private
- J.D. formats
- Full-time J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 161
- Median GPA
- 3.84
- Resident tuition
- $55,500
- First-year class
- 136
- Bar-required jobs
- 87.3%
- First-time bar passage
- 96.5%
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
Joint and dual degrees
A J.D. earned together with a second degree, usually in less time than the two would take separately. Each pairing is specific to the school that offers it.
Certificates
Credentials a school awards for completing a defined set of courses, either alongside the J.D. or as a stand-alone program.
- Criminal Law CertificateSchool page for Criminal Law Certificate (opens in a new tab)
- Entertainment & Music Business Law CertificateSchool page for Entertainment & Music Business Law Certificate (opens in a new tab)
- Health Law CertificateSchool page for Health Law Certificate (opens in a new tab)
Clinics and field placements
Supervised legal work with real clients or in real legal settings, for credit.
Clinics (4)
- Conflict Resolution ClinicSchool page for Conflict Resolution Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Criminal Law Field ClinicSchool page for Criminal Law Field Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Healthcare Justice ClinicSchool page for Healthcare Justice Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Poverty Law Field ClinicSchool page for Poverty Law Field Clinic (opens in a new tab)
Externships and field placements (1)
- In-Semester Field PlacementSchool page for In-Semester Field Placement (opens in a new tab)
Journals and advocacy programs
Student-edited publications and competitive advocacy programs.
- Belmont Law JournalSchool page for Belmont Law Journal (opens in a new tab)
- Belmont Law ReviewSchool page for Belmont 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
73
Clinic positions available
4
4 filled
Field placements filled
138
Simulation course seats
821
Co-curricular offerings
9
Full-time faculty
23
55 total faculty
Clinic and simulation seat counts are only mapped from report layouts that define them unambiguously (2025 onward).
