UDC David A. Clarke School of Law

What makes UDC David A. Clarke School of Law unique among law schools?

• UDC Law is committed to the public interest, using the law to help those in need and reshape our community. Each year, our faculty and students provide more than 100,000 hours of essential legal services to DC residents.
• We are focused on extensive practical training, with the largest clinical requirement of any U.S. law school. Each student provides hundreds of hours of pro bono legal service, gaining direct, hands-on work experience and acquiring the skills needed to solve real problems. U.S. News & World Report’s Best Law Schools 2022 ranked UDC Law number six in clinical training among all U.S. law schools.
• UDC Law is recognized as one of the nation’s most diverse law schools both for our faculty and students, making us a welcoming place where students of all backgrounds feel at home.
• We are the only public law school located in our nation’s capital, offering many opportunities to meet leaders in law and policy and participate in creating litigation, and legislative, regulatory and organizing strategies focused on solving society’s toughest problems.

Practice law. Promote justice. Change lives.