Loyola University New Orleans is a Jesuit university founded in 1912 by the Society of Jesus. All educational programs and activities are open to all qualified persons without regard to race, color, creed, age, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, or disability . The faculty numbers 283 including 16 who are Jesuits or are members of other religious orders. The law faculty includes 31 full-time members and an adjunct faculty composed of judges and practitioners. Loyola's student body is geographically diverse.
Students also represent a wide range of ethnic, social, and economic backgrounds.
Loyola has two campuses located in a residential area of New Orleans known as the university section. Fronting on tree-lined St. Charles Avenue where streetcars are the mode of public transportation, Loyola's main campus faces Audubon Park across the avenue. St. Charles Avenue is the four-acre Broadway campus, the home of the School of Law. The day program offers curricula in civil law for students who will practice law in Louisiana and in common law for students who will practice in other states. The evening program offers only the civil law curriculum.