University of Akron School of Law | Akron, United States
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Website: www.uakron.edu/law
- Location: 150 University Ave, Akron, OH 44325
- Parent School: University of Akron
- Year Founded: 1921
- 2018 Enrollment: 465
- 2016 Graduates: 126
- Took the Bar Exam: 117
- Percent Pass Rate: 87%
The University of Akron School of Law is the law school at the University of Akron in Akron, Ohio, USA. Offering both the J.D. and LL.M. degrees, it was founded in 1921 as the Akron School of Law and merged with the University of Akron in 1959, becoming fully accredited by the American Bar Association in 1961. Since 1921, the school has produced over 6,000 graduates who have gone on to careers in the private and public sectors, including several notable judges and politicians. Located across from E. J. Thomas Hall on University Avenue, the University of Akron School of Law is housed in the C. Blake McDowell Law Center on the northwest portion of the University of Akron campus. It also houses the Joseph G. Miller and William C. Becker Institute for Professional Responsibility and The University of Akron Center for Constitutional Law, one of only four constitutional law centers established by Congress in the United States.
