Louisville, Kentucky
Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 1931
- Institution type
- Public
- J.D. formats
- Full-time J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 157
- Median GPA
- 3.67
- Resident tuition
- $27,000
- First-year class
- 145
- Bar-required jobs
- 89.1%
- First-time bar passage
- 84.5%
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.
- J.D./M.A. in Health Care EthicsSchool page for J.D./M.A. in Health Care Ethics (opens in a new tab)
- J.D./M.A. in HumanitiesSchool page for J.D./M.A. in Humanities (opens in a new tab)
- J.D./M.A. in Political ScienceSchool page for J.D./M.A. in Political Science (opens in a new tab)
- J.D./M.B.A.School page for J.D./M.B.A. (opens in a new tab)
- J.D./M.P.A.School page for J.D./M.P.A. (opens in a new tab)
- J.D./M.U.P.School page for J.D./M.U.P. (opens in a new tab)
Clinics and field placements
Supervised legal work with real clients or in real legal settings, for credit.
- Ackerson Law Clinic (Domestic Violence)School page for Ackerson Law Clinic (Domestic Violence) (opens in a new tab)
- Entrepreneurship ClinicSchool page for Entrepreneurship Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Immigration Law ClinicSchool page for Immigration Law Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Mediation ClinicSchool page for Mediation Clinic (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
99
Clinic positions available
99
55 filled
Field placements filled
96
Simulation course seats
421
Co-curricular offerings
35
Full-time faculty
30
58 total faculty
Clinic and simulation seat counts are only mapped from report layouts that define them unambiguously (2025 onward).
