William S. Boyd School of Law

William S. Boyd School of Law
William S. Boyd School of Law
Parent school	University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Established	1998
School type	Public
Dean	Leah Chan Grinvald
Location	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Enrollment	442
Faculty	51 (full-time)
USNWR ranking	78th (tie) (2024)
Bar pass rate	72.54% (first time 2022)
Website	law.unlv.edu

The William S. Boyd School of Law is the law school of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and the only law school in Nevada.^[4] It is named after William S. Boyd, a Nevada attorney and co-founder of Boyd Gaming Corporation who provided the initial funding for the school.^[5] The school opened in 1998 and graduated its first class in 2001.^[6]

The school has held American Bar Association accreditation since 2003 and joined the Association of American Law Schools in 2004.^[7]

In 2023, U.S. News & World Report ranked the law school's full-time program at No. 67 among 196 ranked full-time U.S. law schools and its part-time program at No. 20 among 70 ranked part-time U.S. law schools.^[8] Although it has gone down in ranking and now sits at 89th for its full-time program, but has risen to 8th for its part-time program. ^[9]

^ ^a ^b "2022 Standard 509 Information Report - William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas". abarequireddisclosures.org. American Bar Association. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
^ "University of Nevada–Las Vegas". U.S. News & World Report – Best Law Schools. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
^ "University Nevada Las Vegas First Time Bar Passage 2022". abarequireddisclosures.org. American Bar Association. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
^ "University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law". Law School Admission Council. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
^ "Business Hall of Fame Inductee: William S. Boyd | Lee Business School | University of Nevada, Las Vegas". 11 September 2013.
^ Cite error: The named reference Richard J. Morgan 2004 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Accreditation | UNLV - William S. Boyd School of Law". law.unlv.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
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^ "University of Nevada Las Vegas".

[Disclosure-1] "2022 Standard 509 Information Report - William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas". abarequireddisclosures.org. American Bar Association. Retrieved December 30, 2023.

[usnwr-2] "University of Nevada–Las Vegas". U.S. News & World Report – Best Law Schools. Retrieved 2 May 2024.

[3] "University Nevada Las Vegas First Time Bar Passage 2022". abarequireddisclosures.org. American Bar Association. Retrieved 31 December 2023.

[4] "University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law". Law School Admission Council. Retrieved 2020-04-02.

[5] "Business Hall of Fame Inductee: William S. Boyd | Lee Business School | University of Nevada, Las Vegas". 11 September 2013.

[Richard_J._Morgan_2004-6] Cite error: The named reference Richard J. Morgan 2004 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[7] "Accreditation | UNLV - William S. Boyd School of Law". law.unlv.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-02.

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[9] "University of Nevada Las Vegas".

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