North Dartmouth, Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts School of Law-Dartmouth
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 2012
- Institution type
- Public
- J.D. formats
- Full-time and Part-time J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 152
- Median GPA
- 3.36
- Resident tuition
- $31,766
- First-year class
- 141
- Bar-required jobs
- 68.4%
- First-time bar passage
- 62.6%
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.
- Limerick Exchange ProgramSchool page for Limerick Exchange Program (opens in a new tab)
Clinics and field placements
Supervised legal work with real clients or in real legal settings, for credit.
- Community Development ClinicSchool page for Community Development Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Criminal Prosecution ClinicSchool page for Criminal Prosecution Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Housing and Eviction Defense ClinicSchool page for Housing and Eviction Defense Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Human Rights at Home ClinicSchool page for Human Rights at Home Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Immigration Law ClinicSchool page for Immigration Law Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Mashpee Wampanoag Legal Services ClinicSchool page for Mashpee Wampanoag Legal Services Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- State Attorney General's Office ClinicSchool page for State Attorney General's Office 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
77
Clinic positions available
84
69 filled
Field placements filled
60
Simulation course seats
695
Co-curricular offerings
3
Full-time faculty
27
59 total faculty
Clinic and simulation seat counts are only mapped from report layouts that define them unambiguously (2025 onward).
