Wilmington, Delaware
Widener University Delaware Law School
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 1975
- Institution type
- Private
- J.D. formats
- Full-time and Part-time J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 152
- Median GPA
- 3.33
- Resident tuition
- $1,950 / credit
- First-year class
- 277
- Bar-required jobs
- 83%
- First-time bar passage
- 75.9%
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.
- 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
Joint and dual degrees
A J.D. earned together with a second degree, usually in less time than the two would take separately. Each pairing is specific to the school that offers it.
Certificates
Credentials a school awards for completing a defined set of courses, either alongside the J.D. or as a stand-alone program.
- Corporate Law CertificateSchool page for Corporate Law Certificate (opens in a new tab)
Clinics and field placements
Supervised legal work with real clients or in real legal settings, for credit.
- Dignity Rights ClinicSchool page for Dignity Rights Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Veterans Law ClinicSchool page for Veterans Law Clinic (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. programs (2)
- LL.M. programSchool page for LL.M. program (opens in a new tab)
- LL.M. program (online)School page for LL.M. program (online) (opens in a new tab)
S.J.D. and J.S.D. programs (1)
- S.J.D. / J.S.D. programSchool page for S.J.D. / J.S.D. 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)
- Master of Legal Studies in Corporate and Business LawSchool page for Master of Legal Studies in Corporate and Business Law (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 — Faculty Resources (2025)
- Covers
- Report year 2025
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
Clinic and simulation seat counts are only mapped from report layouts that define them unambiguously (2025 onward).
