Lincoln, Nebraska
University of Nebraska College of Law
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 1923
- Institution type
- Public
- J.D. formats
- Full-time J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 160
- Median GPA
- 3.81
- Resident tuition
- $456 / credit
- First-year class
- 154
- Bar-required jobs
- 86%
- First-time bar passage
- 84.9%
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
Clinics and field placements
Supervised legal work with real clients or in real legal settings, for credit.
Clinics (9)
- Children's Justice ClinicSchool page for Children's Justice Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Criminal ClinicSchool page for Criminal Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Debtor Defense ClinicSchool page for Debtor Defense Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Estate Planning ClinicSchool page for Estate Planning Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- First Amendment ClinicSchool page for First Amendment Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Housing Justice ClinicSchool page for Housing Justice Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Nebraska Innocence ClinicSchool page for Nebraska Innocence Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Rural Estate Planning ClinicSchool page for Rural Estate Planning Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Weibling Entrepreneurship ClinicSchool page for Weibling Entrepreneurship Clinic (opens in a new tab)
Externships and field placements (1)
- Summer ExternshipSchool page for Summer Externship (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
148
Clinic positions available
137
119 filled
Field placements filled
98
Simulation course seats
834
Co-curricular offerings
7
Full-time faculty
38
85 total faculty
Clinic and simulation seat counts are only mapped from report layouts that define them unambiguously (2025 onward).
