Phoenix, Arizona
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 1969
- Institution type
- Public
- J.D. formats
- Full-time and Part-time and Distance education J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 165
- Median GPA
- 3.91
- Resident tuition
- $28,390
- First-year class
- 266
- Bar-required jobs
- 89%
- First-time bar passage
- 91.9%
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.
- Health Law and Policy certificateSchool page for Health Law and Policy certificate (opens in a new tab)
- Indian Law CertificateSchool page for Indian Law Certificate (opens in a new tab)
- Intellectual Property certificateSchool page for Intellectual Property certificate (opens in a new tab)
- Law and Sustainability CertificateSchool page for Law and Sustainability Certificate (opens in a new tab)
- Law, Science and Technology certificateSchool page for Law, Science and Technology certificate (opens in a new tab)
- Trial Advocacy CertificateSchool page for Trial Advocacy Certificate (opens in a new tab)
Journals and advocacy programs
Student-edited publications and competitive advocacy programs.
- ASU Corporate and Business JournalSchool page for ASU Corporate and Business Journal (opens in a new tab)
- Arizona State Law JournalSchool page for Arizona State Law Journal (opens in a new tab)
- Jurimetrics—The Journal of Law, Science, and TechnologySchool page for Jurimetrics—The Journal of Law, Science, and Technology (opens in a new tab)
- Law Journal for Social JusticeSchool page for Law Journal for Social Justice (opens in a new tab)
- Sports and Entertainment Law JournalSchool page for Sports and Entertainment 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. programSchool page for LL.M. program (opens in a new tab)
Master's degrees for non-lawyers
Graduate degrees in legal studies for professionals who work with the law but do not intend to practise. They do not qualify graduates to sit for the bar.
- Master of Legal StudiesSchool page for Master of Legal Studies (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
203
Clinic positions available
206
117 filled
Field placements filled
535
Simulation course seats
827
Co-curricular offerings
40
Full-time faculty
71
223 total faculty
Clinic and simulation seat counts are only mapped from report layouts that define them unambiguously (2025 onward).
