About the School

Thank you for taking the time to visit the Saint Louis University School of Law Web site. If you’re visiting for the first time, let me tell you about some of the things you’ll find.

Browse our comprehensive School of Law Calendar and find out about upcoming speakers, lectures, jurists-in-residence and conferences.

Read our bi-annual magazine, Saint Louis Brief, and discover what our alumni are doing. Catch interviews with prominent members of the legal community and read articles on timely topics written by your professors.

Visit our Faculty listing and learn more about your professors, their areas of expertise and legal background.

Accessibility is important to all of us here at the School of Law, and technology is just one of the many ways we help our students keep current with all that we have to offer. Throughout the law school’s history (when we opened in 1843, we were the first law school west of the Mississippi) things have only improved. Now, over one and a half centuries later, Saint Louis University School of Law boasts an impressive faculty, whose scholarly achievements and dedication to the field of law are astounding. They publish in a variety of national and international publications and are often called upon by the media to provide expert advice on a particular area of legal study.

We have an outstanding nationally recognized health law program, and our professors in the Center for Health Law Studies receive numerous awards, work with major health care organizations and are frequently cited in authoritative publications for their scholarship in the field of health law. In turn, students at the School benefit from working under such highly regarded individuals, and that benefit is seen in the impressive work they do following graduation.

In addition to our wonderful faculty and renowned programs, our location in the middle of a bustling urban setting offers our students unparalleled access to all of the top law firms, corporations, government offices and non-profit organizations. We help our students gain access to all of the best legal opportunities in the community, including experience working directly with St. Louis’ indigent population. At the Legal Clinics, students learn from dedicated professors — whose persistence recently helped thousands of Medicaid recipients obtain dental and optical assistance — assisting community organizations and practicing real law in court and in the offices of the Clinics.

I encourage you to take advantage of all that we have to offer — both on-line and in person. As a Jesuit, Catholic institution that focuses on the development of the whole person through intellectually rigorous academic study and classroom instruction, targeted field experience and a commitment to justice, humane values and effective action for the common good, we have a vested interest in the success of our students. As such, we're dedicated to making your educational experience rewarding, thorough and memorable.

Whether at the click of a mouse, at a lecture in the court room or through the words of one of your peers, you can be sure that at Saint Louis University School of Law, you'll receive an excellent legal education — today, tomorrow and always.