Salmon P. Chase College of Law is named for one of the region’s most prominent lawyers and jurists—the Cincinnati lawyer who was an Ohio governor, U.S. treasury secretary during the Civil War, and, from 1864 to 1873, Chief Justice of the United States.Chase, which offers full-time day and part-time evening programs, was founded in 1893 as the third night law school in the nation. It quickly became a model for those that followed.
In 1972, Chase merged with Northern Kentucky University, moved from downtown Cincinnati to Northern Kentucky, and added full-time day classes to its evening program. Chase has had a reputation since its founding as “The Lawyer’s School,” because of the skills graduates display when they enter practice and the numbers of them who rise to prominence in the bar and on the bench.
With more than 6,000 alumni working across the country and around the world, Chase Law graduates add high value to society through contributions in law, business, technology, education and many other impactful fields.
The Salmon P. Chase College of Law's mission is to provide a practical and intellectually rigorous legal education that produces graduates who respect and honor the rule of law and make significant contributions to the legal profession and to their communities.
NKU Chase College of Law is a law school approved by the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar of the American Bar Association. For more information on ABA approved law schools, contact:
Office of the Consultant on Legal Education
Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
American Bar Association
321 N. Clark Street, 21st Floor
Chicago, IL 60654
Phone: (312) 988-6738
