Jump start your career with a degree from Delaware Law School. Located five miles from downtown Wilmington, Delaware Law fosters practice-ready graduates. Choose any of our signature or our dual degree programs to gain specialized training for a successful career.

Specialize in business, environmental, family, or criminal law through Delaware Law’s Juris Doctor (JD) program, and gain essential hands-on experience in the process. Learn more.

Admission to Delaware Law is conditioned upon successful completion of your baccalaureate degree by the time you start law school. An official final transcript showing receipt of your degree is required and must be sent from your degree-granting institution and received by LSAC or Delaware Law’s Admissions Office prior to your matriculation.

Our distinctive experiential and interdisciplinary signature programs give students additional opportunities to specialize in corporate law, environmental law, family and health law, and advocacy. We emphasize the tools students need to do what lawyers do best: help those who face legal challenges needing practical solutions.

At Delaware Law, our faculty members consider your education their first priority. They bring the same expertise and enthusiasm to your classes that they bring to the courtroom. Our faculty members are respected professionals from all types of practice—former prosecutors, public defenders, and attorneys from law firms, major corporations ...

As you begin your studies at Delaware Law, you’ll find that flexibility is at the heart of our JD degree program, from the full- and part-time formats to our signature programs that allow JD candidates to specialize their legal training, conduct industry-advancing research, advocate for others, and influence public policy.

*Students in their final year of law school will have an additional $742 added to their cost of attendance to cover the cost of one bar exam. LLM and Dual Degree JD Programs will have a COA calculated based on the following components and expected per …

Todd J. Clark is the current Dean of Widener University Delaware Law School. Dean Clark is an avid scholar and writes on legal issues involving: employment discrimination, sports, the intersection of hip-hop culture and the law, and corporate justice.

Delaware Law’s four-year juris doctor (JD) program is designed for students who wish to earn their degree on a part-time basis in the evening. Our flexible scheduling allows students with the most challenging commitments to pursue a law degree that fits their lifestyle.

Widener University offers a 100% online paralegal certificate through Delaware Law School. This ABA-approved paralegal training provides the comprehensive skills needed to work under the supervision of an attorney.