Here Are the Law Schools Moving Classes Online Amid Coronavirus
Nearly 150 law schools across the country have shifted classes online, or have announced plans to do so.
March 10, 2020 at 02:05 PM
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Alabama
- University of Alabama School of Law: Spring break extended. Classes move online March 30.
Arkansas
- University of Arkansas School of Law: Classes move online March 16.
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock Wiliam H. Bowen School of Law: Classes move online March 12.
Arizona
- Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law: Classes move online March 16.
- University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law: Classes cancelled March 16 and 17. Classes move online March 18.
California
• University of California, Berkeley School of Law: In-person classes canceled March 10. Classes shift online starting March 11 through at least March 26. Law library remains open.
- University of California, Davis School of Law: Classes moved online.
- University of California, Hastings College of the Law: All classes move online March 16.
- University of California, Irvine School of Law: Classes move online March 16.
- University of California at Los Angeles School of Law: Classes move online March 11 through at least April 10. Events or 100 or more people are postponed.
- California Western School of Law: Classes cancelled March 11-13. Classes move online March 16.
- Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law: Classes move online March 12.
- Golden Gate University School of Law: Classes move online March 12.
- University of LaVerne College of Law: Classes move online March 16.
- University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law: Classes move online MArch 23 through the end of the semester.
- University of San Diego School of Law: Classes move online March 23 for the rest of the semester.
- Loyola Law School, Los Angeles: Classes move online March 11.
- Pepperdine University Richard Caruso School of Law: Classes move online March 16 through the remainder of the spring semester.
- Santa Clara University School of Law: Classes move online March 16.
- Stanford Law School: Classes moved online March 9 through at least March 30.
- University of Southern California Gould School of Law: Classes move online March 11 through March 29. Campus events are postponed or cancelled through March 29.
- University of San Francisco School of Law: Classes move online March 11.
- Southwestern Law School: Classes cancelled March 16 and 17. Classes move online March 18.
- Western State College of Law at Westcliff University: Classes move online March 23.
Colorado
- University of Colorado Law School: Classes cancelled March 13. Classes move online March 16.
- University of Denver Sturm College of Law: Classes moved online until at least April 10.
Connecticut
- University of Connecticut School of Law: Classes move online March 23.
- Quinnipiac University School of Law: Classes cancelled March 16 and March 17. Classes move online March 18. through the end of the semester.
- Yale Law School: Classes move online through April 5. Spring break extended an additional week, through March 23.
Delaware
- Widener University Delaware Law School: Classes move online March 19.
District of Columbia
- American University Washington College of Law: Classes move online March 23 through April 3.
- Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law: Classes cancelled March 16 and 17. Classes move online until at least March 30.
- Georgetown University Law Center: Classes move online March 16 until further notice. Campus events cancelled through May 10.
- George Washington University Law School: Classes move online March 23.
- Howard University School of Law: Classes move online March 23 through April 6.
Florida
- Barry University Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law: Classes cancelled March 16 through March 18. Classes move online March 19.
- Florida A&M University College of Law: Classes move online March 23 through April 4.
- Florida International University College of Law: Classes move online March 12 through at least April 4.
- Florida State University College of Law: Classes move online March 23 through April 4.
- University of Florida Levin College of Law: Classes move online March 16 until further notice.
- University of Miami School of Law: Spring break extended one week. Classes move online March 23 through at least April 4.
- Nova Southeastern University–Shepard Broad College of Law: Classes cancelled through March 22. Classes move online March 23.
- St. Thomas University School of Law: Classes move online March 17.
- Stetson University College of Law: Classes cancelled March 16 and 17. Classes move online March 18.
Georgia
- Atlanta's John Marshall Law School: Spring break extended through March 22. Classes move online March 23.
- Emory University School of Law: Spring break extended through March 22. Classes move online March 23.
- University of Georgia School of Law: Classes suspended March 16 through March 27.
- Georgia State University School of Law: Classes suspended March 16 through March 27. Classes move online March 28.
Hawaii
- University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law: Classes move online March 23 through at least April 13.
Idaho
- Concordia University School of Law: Classes move online March 16.
Illinois
- University of Chicago Law School: Classes move online March 30 for the remainder of the semester.
- Chicago-Kent College of Law: Classes move online March 23.
- DePaul University College of Law: Classes moved online when possible.
- University of Illinois at Chicago John Marshall Law School: Classes move online March 23.
- University of Illinois College of Law: Classes move online March 23.
- Loyola University Chicago School of Law: Classes move online March 23.
- Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law: Spring break extended one week. Classes move online April 4 for at least three weeks.
- Northern Illinois University College of Law: Spring break extended through March 22. Classes move online March 23.
- Southern Illinois University School of Law: Spring break extended through March 22. Classes move online March 23.
Indiana
- Indiana University Maurer School of Law–Bloomington: Classes move online March 23.
- Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law: Classes move online March 23.
- University of Notre Dame Law School: Classes cancelled March 16 through March 20. Classes move online March 23 through at least April 13.
Iowa
- Drake University Law School: Classes move online March 23.
- University of Iowa College of Law: Classes move online March 23 through April 3.
Kansas
- University of Kansas School of Law: Classes cancelled March 16 through March 22. Classes move online March 23 for the foreseeable future.
- Washburn University School of Law: Classes cancelled March 16 through March 22. Classes move online March 23.
Kentucky
- University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law: Classes move online March 23.
- University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law: Classes move online March 18.
- Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law: Classes move online March 23.
Louisiana
- Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law School: Classes cancelled March 16 through March 20. Classes move online March 23.
- Loyola University New Orleans College of Law: Classes move online March 16.
- Southern University Law Center: Classes cancelled March 16 through March 20. Classes move online March 23.
- Tulane University Law School: Classes cancelled March 16 through March 20. Classes move online March 23.
Maine
- University of Maine School of Law: Classes move online March 23.
Maryland
- University of Baltimore School of Law: Classes move online March 23.
- University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law: Classes move online March 23.
Massachusetts
- Boston College Law School: Classes move online March 19.
- Boston University School of Law: Classes move online March 16.
- Harvard Law School: In-person classes continue through March 13. Classes shift online March 23. (Spring break is March 16-22.)
- University of Massachusetts School of Law–Dartmouth: Spring break extended through March 20. Classes move online March 23.
- Northeastern University School of Law: Classes move online March 12.
- Suffolk University Law School: Spring break extended two days, through March 17. Classes move online March 18 through the remainder of the semester.
- Western New England University School of Law: Spring break extended. Classes move online March 30.
Michigan
- University of Detroit Mercy School of Law: Classes move online March 18.
- University of Michigan Law School: Classes cancelled March 12 and 13. Classes move online March 16 through the remainder of the semester.
- Michigan State University College of Law: Classes move online until at least April 20.
- Wayne State University Law School: Classes cancelled March 16 through March 22. Classes move online March 23.
- Western Michigan University Cooley Law School: Classes cancelled March 13. Classes move online March 14.
Minnesota
- Mitchell Hamline School of Law: Classes cancelled March 16 and 17. Classes move online March 18 through April 3.
- University of Minnesota Law School: Spring break extended through March 18. Classes move online March 18.
- University of St. Thomas School of Law: Classes move online March 16.
Missouri
- University of Missouri School of Law: Classes cancelled March 12 and 13. Classes move online March 16.
- University of Missouri–Kansas City school of Law: Classes cancelled March 13. Classes move online March 16.
- St. Louis University School of Law: Classes move online March 23.
- Washington University in St. Louis School of Law: Classes move online March 23.
Mississippi
- University of Mississippi School of Law: Classes move online March 23.
- Mississippi College School of Law: Spring break extended one week. Classes move online March 23.
Montana
- University of Montana Alexander Blewett III School of Law: Classes move online March 23.
Nebraska
- Creighton University School of Law: Classes cancelled March 16 through March 20. Classes move online March 23.
- University of Nebraska College of Law: Classes cancelled March 16 through March 20. Classes move online March 30.
New Hampshire
- University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law: Classes move online March 16.
New Jersey
- Rutgers Law School: Classes cancelled March 12 and 13. Classes move online March 23.
- Seton Hall University School of Law: Classes move online March 16.
New York
- Albany Law School: Classes move online March 23.
- Brooklyn Law School: Class cancelled March 12 and 13. Classes move online starting March 23 through at least March 30. Campus events are suspended starting March 16. (The school is on spring break from March 16 to March 20.)
- Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law: Classes cancelled March 12 and 13. Classes move online March 16 through March 27. All campus events postponed, cancelled or held online through April 17.
- City University of New York School of Law: Classes cancelled until March 19. Classes move online March 19.
- Columbia Law School: Classes cancelled March 9 and 10. Online classes start March 11 through at least March 13.
- Cornell Law School: Classes move online April 6.
- Fordham University School of Law: In-person classes suspended March 9 and 10. Classes resume online March 11 through at least March 27. All campus events cancelled through March 29.
- Hofstra University Maurice A. Deane School of Law: Classes canceled March 9. Online classes beginning March 10 through at least March 20. Library remains open.
- New York Law School: Campus closed and classes cancelled from March 4-9. Campus reopened March 9. Classes move online March 18 through April 5.
- New York University School of Law: Classes move online March 11 through at least March 27. (Spring break is March 16-22.)
- Pace University Elisabeth Haub School of Law: Classes move online March 11 through March 29.
- SUNY Buffalo School of Law: Classes move online March 23.
- St. John's University School of Law: Classes canceled March 10 and 11, with classes moving online March 12 through March 27.
- Syracuse University College of Law: Classes move online March 12 through March 30.
- Touro College Jacob D. Fuschberg Law Center: Classes move online March 9.
Nevada
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law: Classes move online March 23.
North Carolina
- Duke Law School: Classes move online March 16.
- Wake Forest University School of Law: Classes cancelled March 16 through March 22. Classes move online March 23
- University of North Carolina School of Law: Spring break extended through March 22. Classes move online March 23.
Ohio
- University of Akron School of Law: Classes cancelled through March 20. Classes resume online March 30 through April 20.
- Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law: Classes moved online March 10 through at least March 30.
Oregon
- Lewis & Clark Law School: Classes move fully online after spring break.
Pennsylvania
- University of Pennsylvania Law School: Spring break extended one week. Classes move online March 23 through the end of the semester.
- Pennsylvania State University School of Law: Classes move online March 16 through at least April 3.
- Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law: Classes move online March 16 through at least April 3.
- Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law: Classes move online March 16.
- Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law: Classes move online March 16 through at least April 3.
Texas
- Baylor University School of Law: Some classes move online March 16. All classes online March 23 through at least April 3.
- University of Houston Law Center: Classes cancelled March 16 through March 21. Classes move online March 23.
- South Texas College of Law Houston: Classes move online March 12.
- St. Mary's University School of Law: Classes moved online for the rest of the semester.
Utah
- University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law: Classes cancelled March 16 and 17. Classes move online March 18.
Vermont
- Vermont Law School: Classes move online March 16 through at least March 30.
Virginia
- Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University: Classes move online March 16.
- University of Virginia School of Law: Classes move online March 19 through at least April 5.
Washington
• Seattle University School of Law: Classes moved online March 9 through at least March 27.
• University of Washington School of Law: Classes moved online March 9 through March 30.
Wisconsin
- University of Wisconsin Law School: Classes move online March 23 through at least April 10.
This list will be continually updated.
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