Grand Forks, North Dakota
University of North Dakota School of Law
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 1923
- Institution type
- Public
- J.D. formats
- Full-time J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 151
- Median GPA
- 3.48
- Resident tuition
- $591 / credit
- First-year class
- 97
- Bar-required jobs
- 80.8%
- First-time bar passage
- 72.3%
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
Certificates
Credentials a school awards for completing a defined set of courses, either alongside the J.D. or as a stand-alone program.
- Aviation Law CertificateSchool page for Aviation Law Certificate (opens in a new tab)
- Indian and Tribal Law CertificateSchool page for Indian and Tribal Law Certificate (opens in a new tab)
Clinics and field placements
Supervised legal work with real clients or in real legal settings, for credit.
- Business & Non-Profit Law ClinicSchool page for Business & Non-Profit Law Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Family Law ClinicSchool page for Family Law Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Immigration Law ClinicSchool page for Immigration Law Clinic (opens in a new tab)
Centers and institutes
Research and program centers that organize a school's teaching, scholarship and events in a field.
- Northern Plains Indian Law CenterSchool page for Northern Plains Indian Law Center (opens in a new tab)
- Tribal Judicial InstituteSchool page for Tribal Judicial Institute (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
66
Clinic positions available
27
27 filled
Field placements filled
122
Simulation course seats
107
Co-curricular offerings
7
Full-time faculty
18
34 total faculty
Clinic and simulation seat counts are only mapped from report layouts that define them unambiguously (2025 onward).
