Cleveland, Ohio
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 1923
- Institution type
- Private
- J.D. formats
- Full-time and Part-time and Distance education J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 162
- Median GPA
- 3.76
- Resident tuition
- $64,600
- First-year class
- 180
- Bar-required jobs
- 75.4%
- 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.
- Offered. The school is on the ABA Council’s list of approved part-time programs.
- Distance-education J.D.
- Offered. The school is 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
Certificates
Credentials a school awards for completing a defined set of courses, either alongside the J.D. or as a stand-alone program.
- Certificate in Compliance and Risk ManagementSchool page for Certificate in Compliance and Risk Management (opens in a new tab)
Clinics and field placements
Supervised legal work with real clients or in real legal settings, for credit.
- IP Venture ClinicSchool page for IP Venture Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Milton and Charlotte Kramer Law ClinicSchool page for Milton and Charlotte Kramer Law Clinic (opens in a new tab)
Centers and institutes
Research and program centers that organize a school's teaching, scholarship and events in a field.
- Burke Center for Environmental LawSchool page for Burke Center for Environmental Law (opens in a new tab)
- Business Law CenterSchool page for Business Law Center (opens in a new tab)
- Center for Professional EthicsSchool page for Center for Professional Ethics (opens in a new tab)
- Compliance InstituteSchool page for Compliance Institute (opens in a new tab)
- Cox International Law CenterSchool page for Cox International Law Center (opens in a new tab)
- Law-Medicine CenterSchool page for Law-Medicine Center (opens in a new tab)
- Social Justice Law CenterSchool page for Social Justice Law Center (opens in a new tab)
- Spangenberg Center for Law, Technology and the ArtsSchool page for Spangenberg Center for Law, Technology and the Arts (opens in a new tab)
Advanced law degrees
Degrees for people who already hold a first degree in law, in the United States or abroad.
LL.M. programs (5)
- LL.M. in Criminal Justice and International Criminal LawSchool page for LL.M. in Criminal Justice and International Criminal Law (opens in a new tab)
- LL.M. in Intellectual Property LawSchool page for LL.M. in Intellectual Property Law (opens in a new tab)
- LL.M. in International Business LawSchool page for LL.M. in International Business Law (opens in a new tab)
- LL.M. in U.S. & Global Legal StudiesSchool page for LL.M. in U.S. & Global Legal Studies (opens in a new tab)
- LL.M. programSchool page for LL.M. program (opens in a new tab)
S.J.D. and J.S.D. programs (1)
- S.J.D. / J.S.D. programSchool page for S.J.D. / J.S.D. program (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
132
Clinic positions available
110
109 filled
Field placements filled
287
Simulation course seats
617
Co-curricular offerings
13
Full-time faculty
44
112 total faculty
Clinic and simulation seat counts are only mapped from report layouts that define them unambiguously (2025 onward).
