ABA Regions

The regions based in this report are based on the ABA/LSAC regions, except that the Pacific and the Northewest was combined into one region - the "Pacific West". The Pacific West includes "Other Terrorities". However, Nevada was moved into the Mountain West. Puerto Rico and Virgin Island was included in the "Southeast". [Table]

The Great Lakes has the largest number of historical white law schools (33) and the Midwest has the smallest number of historical white law schools (11). (Table) The schools are listed alphabetically by region below.

Regions	States
Great Lakes	Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin
Midsouth	Delaware, District of Columbia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee,Virginia, West Virginia
Midwest	Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota
Mountain West	Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming
New England	Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont,
Northeast	New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania
Pacific West	Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Other Territorites
South Central	Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas
Southeast	Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Virgin Islands.

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Number of Law Schools per Region			Number of Historically White Law Schools per Region
Region	Number	Percent	Region	Number	Percent
Great Lakes	33	17.7	Great Lakes	33	18.6
Midsouth	28	15.1	Midsouth	25	14.1
Midwest	12	6.5	Midwest	12	6.8
Mountain West	11	5.9	Mountain West	11	6.2
New England	14	7.5	New England	14	7.9
Northeast	24	12.9	Northeast	24	13.6
Pacific West	26	14	Pacific West	25	14.1
South Central	18	9.7	South Central	16	9.0
Southeast	20	10.8	Southeast	17	9.6
Total	186	100	Total	177	100

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Schools by Regions
Great Lakes	Ave Maria School of Law Capital University Case Western Reserve University Chicago-Kent Illinois Institute of Technology Cleveland State University (Marshall) DePaul University Hamline University Indiana University–Bloomington Indiana University–Indianapolis John Marshall Law School Loyola University Chicago Michigan State University - Detroit College of Law Northern Illinois University Northwestern University Ohio Northern University Ohio State University (Moritz) Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Thomas M. Cooley Law School University of Akron University of Chicago University of Cincinnati University of Dayton University of Detroit Mercy University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) University of Minnesota (Twin Cities) University of Notre Dame University of Toledo Valparaiso University Wayne State University William Mitchell College of Law [Return]
Midsouth	American University (Washington College of Law) Appalachian School of Law Campbell University Catholic University of America Duke University George Mason University George Washington University Georgetown University Howard University North Carolina Central University Northern Kentucky University (Chase) Regent University University of Baltimore University of District of Columbia University of Kentucky University of Louisville (Brandeis) University of Maryland University of Memphis University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill University of Richmond University of Tennessee (Knoxville) University of Virginia Vanderbilt University Wake Forest University Washington and Lee University Widener University William and Mary Law School [Return]
Mountain West	Arizona State University Brigham Young University-JReuben University of Colorado (Boulder) University of Denver University of Idaho University of Montana University of Nevada University of New Mexico University of Utah (S.J. Quinney) University of Wyoming [Return]
New England	Boston College Boston University Franklin Pierce Law Center Harvard University New England School of Law Northeastern University Quinnipiac University Roger Williams University Suffolk University University of Connecticut University of Maine Vermont Law School Western New England College Yale University [Return]
Northeast	Albany Law School of Union University Brooklyn Law School Cardozo-Yeshiva University Columbia University Cornell University CUNY-Queens College Duquesne University Fordham University Hofstra University New York Law School New York University Pace University Penn State University (Dickinson School of Law) Rutgers State University–Camden Rutgers State University–Newark Seton Hall University St. John's University Syracuse University Temple University (Beasley) Touro College (Jacob D. Fuchsberg) University at Buffalo University of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh Villanova University [Return]
Pacific West	California Western School of Law Chapman University Golden Gate University Gonzaga University Lewis and Clark College (Northwestern) Loyola Law School Marquette University Pepperdine University Santa Clara University Seattle University Southwestern University School of Law Stanford University Thomas Jefferson School of Law University of California (Berkeley) University of California (Davis) University of California (Hastings) University of California (Los Angeles) University of Hawaii University of Oregon University of San Diego University of San Francisco University of Southern California University of the Pacific (McGeorge) University of Washington University of Wisconsin (Madison) Western State University Whittier Law School Willamette University [Return]
South Central	Baylor University Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge Loyola University-New Orleans Oklahoma City University South Texas College of Law Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law Southern University St. Mary's University Texas Southern University (Thurgood Marshall)1 Texas Tech University Texas Wesleyan University Tulane University University of Arizona (Rogers) University of Houston University of Oklahoma University of Texas (Austin) University of Tulsa West Virginia University [Return]
Southeast	University of Arkansas (Fayetteville ) University of Arkansas (Little Rock) (Bowen) Barry University Emory University Florida Coastal School of Law Florida State University Georgia State University Inter-American University School of Law Mercer University Mississippi College Nova Southeastern University Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico Samford University (Cumberland) St. Thomas University Stetson University University of Alabama University of Florida (Levin) University of Georgia University of Miami University of Mississippi University of Puerto Rico University of South Carolina
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