page_title: Saint Louis University
section_title: Saint Louis University School of Law
hierarchical_section_title: Saint Louis University / Major building and renovation projects / Saint Louis University School of Law
caption_attribution_description: English: Artist rendering of new SLU Law School
context_page_description: Saint Louis University is a private Jesuit research university with campuses in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, and Madrid, Spain. Founded in 1818 by Louis Guillaume Valentin Dubourg, it is the oldest university west of the Mississippi River and the second-oldest Jesuit university in the United States. It is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. The university is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. SLU's athletic teams compete in NCAA's Division I and are a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. It has an enrollment of 12,546 students with an additional 7,101 students enrolled in its 1818 advanced college credit program. The 2019-20 student body includes 8,072 undergraduate students and 4,474 graduate students that represents all 50 states and more than 82 foreign countries. Its average class size for undergraduates is 26 and the student-faculty ratio is 9:1.
  For more than 50 years, the university has maintained a campus in Madrid, Spain.
context_section_description: Saint Louis University School of Law, founded in 1843, is the oldest law school west of the Mississippi River. The students attend classes in Scott Hall, which is in downtown St. Louis. The Hall was previously renovated and for the first time, the Saint Louis University Law Library and Legal Clinics are housed under the same roof as the School. As of 2018, the dean was William P. Johnson.
caption: New Law School
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