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Howard University School of Law
Contact Information
2900 Van Ness Street, 20008, District Of Columbia
Basic Information
Type
Private
Application Deadline
2/28
Application Fee
$60

Howard University School of Law is the world’s most renowned historically black law school, dating back to 1869. This is where Thurgood Marshall went to law school, as well as hundreds of other well-known African Americans. It has a 150 plus-year tradition of leadership and service and focuses on setting the American educational and social agenda, particularly as it affects African Americans.
It is no wonder it is the nation’s No. 1 law school for African Americans, as ranked by preLaw magazine. In 2019-20, 78 percent of students and 65 percent of faculty were African American.
The private school, located in Northwest D.C., has a relatively new law library and ample space for its 400 or so students. It has kept tuition modest at $33,660.
It has seven clinics, six standing Externship Programs, five practice specific partnerships and four centers: Education rights, intellectual property and social justice, the World Food Law Institute, and the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center. The civil right center focuses on the school’s mission of producing lawyers who are public servants dedicated to their communities. Howard also has two domestic extension programs with Google to increase the critical mass of diverse lawyers in the technology sector and Amazon to increase diversity in the entertainment industry
“We’re laser-focused on our mission of creating lawyers who will go out into the world and make their communities a better place,” said Dean Danielle Holley-Walker.

Admissions Profile
Admissions Profile Table:

75th Percentile

Median

25th Percentile

LSAT
158
154
152
GPA
3.69
3.49
3.24
Financial Profile
Financial Profile Table:

Tuition

Tuition Part-time

Median Grant

Percent Receiving Grants

Resident
$35,344.00
$14,626.00
0%
Non-Resident
$35,344.00
Academic Profile
Concentrations

Family Law/Child & Family

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