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title: "Law School Memory Lane: Every U.S. Law School, 2011–2025 (ABA 509)"
description: "Walk American law schools since 2011, one year at a time: who opened, merged, closed, or lost ABA accreditation, 2011–2025, from official ABA Standard 509 disclosures."
canonical: "https://exhibit509.com/blog/law-school-lifecycle-2011-2025.html"
source: "ABA Standard 509 Required Disclosures"
site: "exhibit509.com"
---

# Law School Memory Lane

Every ABA-accredited U.S. law school, 2011–2025 — walked one year at a time. Press play (or step through the years) to watch the landscape expand to its 202-school peak, then contract through a wave of closures, a teach-out, a lost accreditation, and one merger. Built from official ABA Standard 509 disclosures.

2011ABA 509 cycle

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## Active schools

## In memoriam — gone by this year

Prefer the raw data? This page has a text-and-table twin built for reading and for machines:
the Markdown version lists every school, the per-year roll-up, and every closure and merger. See also the
lifecycle timeline (reporting-span view), the
closures & mergers explainer, and the
full data blog. Note: 2026 is not shown — the 2025–26 ABA cycle publishes around December 2026, so the current year stays provisional until then.