Our methodology & editorial standards
This page explains who we are, where our facts come from, how we build the directory, and the editorial rules we hold ourselves to. Our aim is a neutral, source-cited directory you can trust to do your own research.
Who’s behind this site
List of Law Schools is an independent, informational publisher operated by VentureCorp Publishing. We are not a law school, an admissions office, a ranking publication, or the American Bar Association, and we are not affiliated with any school we list. Our editorial team compiles and maintains a neutral directory of the law schools approved by the American Bar Association (ABA), so prospective students can find accurate, source-cited facts in one place.
Where our data comes from
| Data | Source | Used for |
|---|---|---|
| ABA accreditation status (which schools are ABA-approved, J.D.-granting) | American Bar Association — ABA-Approved Law Schools and Legal Education Accreditation | Deciding which schools belong in the directory; the “ABA-accredited” framing |
| Standardized school disclosures | ABA Section of Legal Education — Standard 509 Required Disclosures | Cross-checking official school names and status |
| Public vs. private institutional control | U.S. Department of Education — IPEDS | Labeling each school public or private |
| The Juris Doctor (J.D.) and the LSAT | ABA and the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) | Explaining the degree and admissions test, in general terms |
We record only stable, verifiable facts for each school — official name, campus city, state, and public/private control — plus the shared, source-grounded framing that each school grants the J.D. We do not collect or publish rankings, tuition, admissions statistics, bar-passage rates, or employment outcomes.
How we calculate
There is no proprietary score or formula on this site. The directory is built directly from the dataset above: we group ABA-approved schools by state to build the 50-state (plus D.C. and Puerto Rico) directory, and label each public or private from IPEDS. Any aggregate figures we publish — for example on our law school statistics page — are exact counts computed straight from that same dataset, recomputed every time the site is built, so our pages can never disagree with each other.
We do not rank schools. Schools are listed alphabetically within each state. We make no claims about quality, selectivity, outcomes, or which school is “best.”
Independence & how we make money
List of Law Schools is free to read. We help people find law (J.D.) programs and LSAT-prep options, and we may earn a commission from education partners linked on this site, at no extra cost to you. Money never changes the facts we show or the order schools appear in — partner relationships have no bearing on which schools are listed or how they are described. The directory is sourced from the ABA and IPEDS, not from anyone who pays us.
Keeping it current
Accreditation status can change as schools gain approval, merge, or close. We periodically reconcile the directory against the official ABA list, and we date our research pages so you can see how current they are. Even so, always confirm a school’s current status with the school and the official ABA list before making decisions.
Corrections
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