Our History
Located in Syracuse, New York, Syracuse University College of Law was founded in 1895 with 23 students meeting in rented rooms above a downtown theater. In the century-plus since, the College has grown into a nationally recognized law school, moving onto the University campus in the 1950s and into the state-of-the-art Dineen Hall in 2014. Along the way, Syracuse Law has built a legacy of firsts — from its earliest African American, female, and Hispanic graduates to the launch of JDinteractive, the nation's first fully interactive online J.D. program.
