University of La Verne College of Law started in 1970 and for 30 years operated as a California-accredited school. It has a unique location in Ontario, 40 miles east of Los Angeles, where it is the only ABA-accredited law school in the Inland Empire, including Ontario, San Bernardino and Riverside.

The area has far more small businesses and smaller law firms compared with the large corporations in Los Angeles.

The law school offers a lawyering skills practicum, a required course that simulates experience in a law practice under the guidance of senior partners. It also has a family law practicum so that students can put their skills to use for clients in family law matters.
Externships place upper division students with public agencies or nonprofit law firms. The school has a disability rights legal center clinic on campus that focuses on helping low-income and minority families obtain special education services.