Consistently ranked as one of Princeton Review's "Best Law Schools," "Most Conservative Law Schools," and as preLaw's "Most Devout Law School," Ave Maria School of Law offers a high-quality legal education with a commitment to professional excellence rooted in the Catholic intellectual tradition. Inspired by Pope John Paul II's encyclical Fides et Ratio, Ave Maria School of Law offers a distinctive legal education — an education characterized by the harmony of faith and reason.
We offer a rigorous and varied academic program. Ave Maria Law requires 90 credit hours for graduation, including a core curriculum of 74 credit hours and 6 credit hours of experiential courses. In addition, we fully support our students in preparing for the bar examination by offering intensive courses that focus on test-taking abilities, advanced essay writing, and multistate bar exam questions.
Though the majority of students at Ave Maria Law are Catholic, many religious backgrounds are represented within the school's student body, faculty, staff, and alums. The presence of faith in and out of the classroom adds a profound sense of community.
Formed by outstanding professional training and a distinctive educational philosophy, Ave Maria School of Law graduates are equipped for leading positions in law firms, corporate legal offices, the judiciary, and national, state, and local government. Ave Maria Law offers an outstanding legal education in fidelity to the Catholic faith. We affirm Catholic legal education's traditional emphasis on the only secure foundation for human freedom — the natural law written on the heart of every human being. We uphold the need for society to rediscover those human and moral truths that flow from the nature of the human person and that safeguard human freedom.
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