Washington, District of Columbia
Columbus School of Law
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 1925
- Institution type
- Private
- J.D. formats
- Full-time and Part-time J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 161
- Median GPA
- 3.68
- Resident tuition
- $61,580
- First-year class
- 182
- Bar-required jobs
- 79.6%
- First-time bar passage
- 90.4%
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.
- 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.
Clinics and field placements
Supervised legal work with real clients or in real legal settings, for credit.
- Criminal Defense Clinic (Arlington County, Virginia)School page for Criminal Defense Clinic (Arlington County, Virginia) (opens in a new tab)
- Criminal Prosecution Clinic (Montgomery County, Maryland)School page for Criminal Prosecution Clinic (Montgomery County, Maryland) (opens in a new tab)
- Families & the Law ClinicSchool page for Families & the Law Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy ClinicSchool page for Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Law & Entrepreneurship ClinicSchool page for Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Nonprofit Advocacy ClinicSchool page for Nonprofit Advocacy Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Religious Liberty ClinicSchool page for Religious Liberty Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Separation of Powers ClinicSchool page for Separation of Powers 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.
- Center for Law and the Human PersonSchool page for Center for Law and the Human Person (opens in a new tab)
- Center for Religious LibertySchool page for Center for Religious Liberty (opens in a new tab)
- Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual TraditionSchool page for Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition (opens in a new tab)
- Comparative & International Law InstituteSchool page for Comparative & International Law Institute (opens in a new tab)
- Law & Technology InstituteSchool page for Law & Technology Institute (opens in a new tab)
- Separation of Powers InstituteSchool page for Separation of Powers Institute (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. programSchool page for LL.M. 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
102
Clinic positions available
97
77 filled
Field placements filled
119
Simulation course seats
243
Co-curricular offerings
10
Full-time faculty
35
103 total faculty
Clinic and simulation seat counts are only mapped from report layouts that define them unambiguously (2025 onward).
