<P> Law schools are listed by the dates from when they were first established . </P> <Ol> <Li> Marshall - Wythe School of Law (The College of William & Mary) established 1779 (closed in 1861 and reopened in 1920) </Li> <Li> University of Maryland School of Law established 1816, held first classes in 1824 (closed during the American Civil War and reopened shortly after its end) </Li> <Li> Harvard Law School established 1817 </Li> <Li> University of Virginia School of Law established 1819 </Li> <Li> Yale Law School established 1824 </Li> <Li> University of Cincinnati College of Law established 1833 </Li> <Li> Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law established 1834 </Li> <Li> New York University School of Law established 1835 </Li> <Li> Indiana University Maurer School of Law established 1842 </Li> <Li> Saint Louis University School of Law established in 1843 (closed in 1847 and reopened in 1908) </Li> <Li> University of North Carolina School of Law established 1845 </Li> <Li> Louis D. Brandeis School of Law (University of Louisville) established 1846 </Li> <Li> Cumberland School of Law established in 1847 </Li> <Li> Tulane University Law School established 1847 </Li> <Li> University of Mississippi School of Law established 1848 </Li> <Li> Washington and Lee University School of Law established 1849 </Li> <Li> Baylor University School of Law established 1849 (closed in 1883 and reestablished 1920) </Li> <Li> University of Pennsylvania Law School established 1850 </Li> <Li> Albany Law School established 1851 . </Li> </Ol> <Li> Marshall - Wythe School of Law (The College of William & Mary) established 1779 (closed in 1861 and reopened in 1920) </Li> <Li> University of Maryland School of Law established 1816, held first classes in 1824 (closed during the American Civil War and reopened shortly after its end) </Li>

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