Delaware Law School | |
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Parent school | Widener University |
Established | 1971 |
School type | Private law school |
Parent endowment | $87,246,740[1] |
Dean | Todd J. Clark |
Location | Wilmington, Delaware, United States 39°49′02″N 75°32′46″W / 39.817305°N 75.546042°W |
Enrollment | 536 (full-time), 127 (part-time) (October 2023)[2] |
Faculty | 33 (full-time), 56 (part-time)[2] |
USNWR ranking | 175 (tied) (2024)[3] |
Bar pass rate | 51.65% (2022 overall first-time takers) 64.79% (2023 PA first-time takers) 53.85% (2022 DE first-time takers) |
Website | delawarelaw |
Widener University Delaware Law School (Delaware Law School and formerly Widener University School of Law) is a private law school in Wilmington, Delaware. It is one of two separate ABA-accredited law schools of Widener University. Widener University Law School was founded in 1971 as the Delaware Law School and became affiliated with Widener in 1975. In 1989, it was known as Widener University School of Law when it was combined with the campus in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. In 2015, the two campuses separated, with the Harrisburg one renamed to Widener University Commonwealth Law School.