William S. Boyd School of Law

William S. Boyd School of Law
Parent schoolUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegas
Established1998; 26 years ago (1998)
School typePublic
DeanLeah Chan Grinvald
LocationLas Vegas, Nevada, USA
Enrollment442[1]
Faculty51 (full-time)[1]
USNWR ranking78th (tie) (2024)[2]
Bar pass rate72.54% (first time 2022)[3]
Websitelaw.unlv.edu

The William S. Boyd School of Law is the law school of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and the only law school in Nevada.[4] It is named after William S. Boyd, a Nevada attorney and co-founder of Boyd Gaming Corporation who provided the initial funding for the school.[5] The school opened in 1998 and graduated its first class in 2001.[6]

The school has held American Bar Association accreditation since 2003 and joined the Association of American Law Schools in 2004.[7]

In 2023, U.S. News & World Report ranked the law school's full-time program at No. 67 among 196 ranked full-time U.S. law schools and its part-time program at No. 20 among 70 ranked part-time U.S. law schools.[8] Although it has gone down in ranking and now sits at 89th for its full-time program, but has risen to 8th for its part-time program. [9]

  1. ^ a b "2022 Standard 509 Information Report - William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas". abarequireddisclosures.org. American Bar Association. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
  2. ^ "University of Nevada–Las Vegas". U.S. News & World Report – Best Law Schools. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  3. ^ "University Nevada Las Vegas First Time Bar Passage 2022". abarequireddisclosures.org. American Bar Association. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  4. ^ "University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law". Law School Admission Council. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
  5. ^ "Business Hall of Fame Inductee: William S. Boyd | Lee Business School | University of Nevada, Las Vegas". 11 September 2013.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Richard J. Morgan 2004 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Accreditation | UNLV - William S. Boyd School of Law". law.unlv.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ "University of Nevada Las Vegas".