Howard University School of Law

Howard University School of Law
Motto	Veritas et Utilitas
Parent school	Howard University
Established	1869[1]
School type	Private law school
Dean	Roger Fairfax[2]
Location	Washington, D.C., U.S.
Enrollment	464[3]
Faculty	37 full-time, 63 part-time[3]
USNWR ranking	130th (2024)[4]
Bar pass rate	82% (2023)[5]
Website	www.law.howard.edu

Howard University School of Law (Howard Law or HUSL) is the law school of Howard University, a private, federally chartered historically black research university in Washington, D.C. It is one of the oldest law schools in the country and the oldest historically black law school in the United States.^[6]

Howard University School of Law confers about 185 Juris Doctor and Master of Law degrees annually to students from the United States and countries in South America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia.^[1] The school was accredited by the American Bar Association and the Association of American Law Schools in 1931.^[1]