St. Louis, Missouri
Saint Louis University School of Law
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 1924
- Institution type
- Private
- J.D. formats
- Full-time and Part-time J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 157
- Median GPA
- 3.61
- Resident tuition
- $55,260
- First-year class
- 222
- Bar-required jobs
- 87.6%
- First-time bar passage
- 89.1%
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
Concentrations and courses of study
Defined paths through the J.D. curriculum and study at partner institutions.
- Concentration in Employment LawSchool page for Concentration in Employment Law (opens in a new tab)
- Concentration in Health LawSchool page for Concentration in Health Law (opens in a new tab)
- Concentration in International and Comparative LawSchool page for Concentration in International and Comparative Law (opens in a new tab)
Clinics and field placements
Supervised legal work with real clients or in real legal settings, for credit.
Clinics (6)
- Children's Permanency ClinicSchool page for Children's Permanency Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Civil Advocacy ClinicSchool page for Civil Advocacy Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Criminal Defense ClinicSchool page for Criminal Defense Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Entrepreneurship & Community Development ClinicSchool page for Entrepreneurship & Community Development Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Human Rights at Home Litigation ClinicSchool page for Human Rights at Home Litigation Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Medical-Legal Partnership ClinicSchool page for Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic (opens in a new tab)
Externships and field placements (3)
- Employment Law Field Placement in DCSchool page for Employment Law Field Placement in DC (opens in a new tab)
- Health Law Field Placement in DCSchool page for Health Law Field Placement in DC (opens in a new tab)
- Judicial Process Field PlacementSchool page for Judicial Process Field Placement (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 Health Law StudiesSchool page for Center for Health Law Studies (opens in a new tab)
- Center for International and Comparative LawSchool page for Center for International and Comparative Law (opens in a new tab)
- William C. Wefel Center for Employment LawSchool page for William C. Wefel Center for Employment Law (opens in a new tab)
Journals and advocacy programs
Student-edited publications and competitive advocacy programs.
- ABA Journal of Labor and Employment LawSchool page for ABA Journal of Labor and Employment Law (opens in a new tab)
- Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law and PolicySchool page for Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law and Policy (opens in a new tab)
- Saint Louis University Law JournalSchool page for Saint Louis University Law Journal (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. in American Law for Foreign LawyersSchool page for LL.M. in American Law for Foreign Lawyers (opens in a new tab)
- LL.M. in Health LawSchool page for LL.M. in Health Law (opens in a new tab)
- 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
136
Clinic positions available
85
83 filled
Field placements filled
115
Simulation course seats
846
Co-curricular offerings
16
Full-time faculty
52
132 total faculty
Clinic and simulation seat counts are only mapped from report layouts that define them unambiguously (2025 onward).
