page_title: University of Puerto Rico School of Law
section_title: UPR Law School Building
hierarchical_section_title: University of Puerto Rico School of Law / UPR Law School Building
caption_attribution_description: English: Copyright © 2018 Max Toro Mattei. Original building on the right designed by german architect Henry Klumb. Expansion to the left designed by Segundo Cardona FAIA of SCF Architects.
context_page_description: The University of Puerto Rico School of Law is a law school in Puerto Rico. It is one of the professional graduate schools of University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus and the only law school in the University of Puerto Rico System. It was founded in 1913 at its present site in Río Piedras, which at the time was an independent municipality and is now part of the City of San Juan. The School of Law has been accredited by the American Bar Association since 1945 and by the Association of American Law Schools since 1948.
context_section_description: The original Law School building of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR), built during David Helfeld's incumbency as Dean, replaced a converted tobacco storage facility which housed the Law school for many years. It was designed by Henry Klumb in 1961 and inaugurated in 1962. Klumb, a German architect of international renown and a disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright, was based in Puerto Rico for the latter part of his life. He left a vast body of impressive work that marked the beginning of the modern Latin American movement and exercised significant influence over contemporary tropical architecture.
caption: Expansion to Law School Building
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