law school

noun

An academic institution at which post-graduate students are prepared for the practice of law.

“I barely scraped through law school.”

Similar
school of law

Meanings

nounlaw school (plural law schools)

plural law schools

  1. An academic institution at which post-graduate students are prepared for the practice of law.

    I barely scraped through law school.

    3 more examples

    GFU has a law school called Gender-Friendly University Law School.

    1998, Shimon Shetreet, Women in Law, →ISBN, page 155

    If the college or university has a law school or a paralegal program, there usually will not be a law library committee because law and para-legal faculty take on that role through committee meetings and their daily interactions with the library's staff.

    2012, Laurie Selwyn, Public Law Librarianship, →ISBN, page 57

    You will find reports of legal cases in law reports which are to be found in most university libraries (provided the relevant university has a law school).

    2013, Susan Wolf, Neil Stanley, Wolf and Stanley on Environmental Law, →ISBN, page 594

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna graduate school offering study leading to a law degree

Similar
school of law

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 法學院 /法学院
  • 法學院 /法学院 (fǎxuéyuàn)institution
Finnish oikeustieteellinen tiedekunta, oikeustieteellinen yliopisto
  • oikeustieteellinen tiedekuntainstitution
  • oikeustieteellinen yliopistoinstitution
French faculté de droit
  • faculté de droitinstitution
German Law School
  • Law Schoolinstitution
Hungarian jogi/jogtudományi egyetem/kar
  • jogi/jogtudományi egyetem/karinstitution
Japanese 法科大学院
  • 法科大学院institution
Korean 법학전문대학원
  • 법학전문대학원 (beophakjeonmundaehagwon)institution
Portuguese faculdade de direito, escola jurídica
  • faculdade de direitoinstitution
  • escola jurídicainstitution
Spanish facultad de derecho
  • facultad de derechoinstitution
Vietnamese trường Luật
  • trường Luậtinstitution
Cite this entry
APA

law school. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/law%20school

MLA

“law school.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/law%20school. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “law school,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/law%20school.

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