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One Day Matters

We are celebrating 50 years of reopening the School of Law where we are leaders in adaptation and change. Your support of our Dean's Fund for Excellence during One Day, One Dayton has helped us recruit exceptional students to our Leadership Honors Program, become a pioneer in establishing an innovative Online Hybrid J.D. program, and achieve a marked and sustainable increase in our bar passage rate and job placement numbers.

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• 94%

  bar passage rate for graduating Online Hybrid J.D. cohort on July 2024 bar exams

• Top 2

  among Ohio law schools in a key job placement metric

• 88%

  overall bar passage rate for 2024 July bar exam first-time takers

This moment matters

Our Community Makes the Difference

Our School of Law is uniquely UD and it shows. Check out this video of the surprise students and alumni put together for longtime Professor Blake Watson as he prepared to teach one of his last classes on campus.

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Join Us for Upcoming Events

April 4-6

50th Anniversary Celebration

Join us as we celebrate 50 years since the law school reopened in 1974 with a reception, dinner, CLE and tour.

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May 19

Scholarship Golf Outing

Join us for the 2025 University of Dayton School of Law Alumni Association Scholarship Golf Outing benefiting the Hon. Carl D. Kessler Scholarship and the Lee C. Falke Scholarship.

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May of 2026

U.S. Supreme Court Bar Admission

Join fellow in Flyers Washington D.C. for the honor of being admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.

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