Louis D. Brandeis School of Law

Founded in:

  • 1933

Enrollment:

  • 294 (spring, 2017)

National/State rankings:

  • U.S. News Top 100 Law Schools
  • Brandeis Law has repeatedly been named a Best Value law school by preLaw magazine and National Jurist
  • Brandeis Law is the fifth oldest school of law in the nation with continuous operation

Accreditations:

http://louisville.edu/law/about/accreditation

Noteworthy programs and community service

Longtime partnership with Central High School, a magnet school for law and government.

Experiential learning opportunities include the award-winning Robert and Sue Ackerson Law Clinic, the Entrepreneurship Law Clinic, The CASE Project Clinic (Collaboration and Advocacy for Safety and Empowerment) as well as externships, public service placements, law reviews, and a variety of moot court competitions.

Among popular co-curricular initiatives, the acclaimed Samuel L. Greenebaum Public Service Program instills in law students the value of public service and the spirit of community.

In 2015-16, the law students won the Robert F. Wagner National Labor and Employment Law Moot Court Competition, repeated as winners of the Kentucky Intrastate Mock Trial Competition, and took first, second, and third place in the Kentucky Student Writing Competition.

Brandeis Law students are active in many areas of community service. For example, the class of 2016 performed more than 10,000 public service hours

The Brandeis Partners for Justice Fellowship is the only partnership of its kind between a law school and a local legal services program. 

In 2016 launched the 3+3 Accelerated Law Program enabling a student to complete an undergraduate plus a law degree in 6 years.

Students can apply for the Human Rights Advocacy Program, a funded student fellows program

Prominent alumni

  • Howard Fineman, Global Editorial Director of Huffington Post Media Group and an analyst for NBC/MSNBC
  • Lucy Lee Helm, General Counsel and Secretary for Starbucks
  • State Rep. Sannie Overly, the first woman elected to the majority Caucus Chair in the Kentucky House of Representatives
  • William McAnulty, the first African-American Justice to serve on the Kentucky Supreme Court
  • Melanie Bootes, Chief Legal Officer of KFC U.S.
  • Judge Denise Clayton, the first African-American woman to serve on the Kentucky Court of Appeals
  • Former U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd
  • Judge Janice R. Martin, the first African-American woman to serve on the Judiciary in the Commonwealth of Kentucky
  • Daniel Cameron, General Counsel for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
  • Greg Stumbo, Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives

In 50 words or less, tell us what makes your school special:

Brandeis Law has the resources of a large public university and yet maintains the family-like environment of small school. The college is committed to public service and diversity and offers students tremendous interaction with the bench and bar through externships, public service, social events, moot court preparations and research opportunities.