1870 Law Schools
| Law School Name | City or town | When Founded | President or senior professor | Number of professors | Number of students | Number of alumni | Number of volumes in library | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Law School of Yale College | New Haven | 1843 | T.D. Woolsey, D.D., LL.D. | 3 | 25 | 263 | 2,150 | Access to general library of the institution allowed the students |
| Law Department of University of Georgia | Athens | 1867 | Wiiliam L. Mitchell, A.M. | 4 | 11 | 27 | 731 | |
| Law School of University of Chicago | Chicago | 1859 | Henry Booth, LL.D. | 3 | 59 | 215 | ||
| Law Department of McKendree College | Lebanon | 1860 | Henry H. Horner, A.M. | 1 | 9 | |||
| Law School of University of Indiana | Bloomington | 1843 | George A. Bicknell, LL.D. | 2 | 51 | 250 | 1,000 | |
| Law Department of Iowa State University | Iowa City | 1868 | William G. Hammond, LL.D. | 4 | 25 | 49 | 1,200 | |
| Law Department of Kentucky University | Lexington | 1865 | M.C. Johnson, LL.D. | 3 | 25 | 68 | 2,335 | |
| Law Department of Louisiana University | New Orleans | Chris. Roselins, LL.D. | 6 | |||||
| Law School of Harvard University | Cambridge | 1817 | Charles W. Eliot, LL.D. | 7 | 150 | 1,638 | 16,000 | |
| Law Department of Michigan University | Ann Arbor | 1859 | Henry S. Frieze, LL.D. | 4 | 309 | 310 | 3,000 | Access to the general library of the institution allowed the students |
| Law Department of Washington University | St. Louis | 1867 | Henry Hitchcock (dean) | 8 | 31 | 21 | 642 | |
| Law School of Hamilton College | Clinton | 1853 | Elliott Evans, LL.D. | 2 | 8 | 60 | 5,000 | |
| Law School of Columbia College | New York City | 1850 | F.A.P. Barnard, D.D., LL.D. | 6 | 230 | 591 | Access to the general library to the institution allow the students. | |
| Albany Law School | Albany | 1851 | Ira Harris, LL.D. | 3 | 110 | Harris is also a professor in Law Department of Columbian College | ||
| Law School of St. Lawrence University | Canton | 1856 | R. Fisk, jr. D.D. | 2 | 11 | |||
| Law School of Cincinnati College | Cincinnati | 1832 | Bellamy Storer, LL.D. | 3 | 55 | 1,022 | Access to library of the Cincinnati bar allowed. | |
| Ohio State and Union Law College | Cleveland | 1857 | John Crowell, LL.D. | 3 | 19 | 363 | 3,000 | |
| Law Department of Pennsylvania University | Philadelphia | 1850 | Charles J. Stille, LL.D. | 1 | 67 | |||
| Law School of South Carolina University | Columbia | 1847 | C.D.Melton | 2 | 4 | |||
| Law Department of Cumberland University | Lebanon | 1842 | B.W. McDonald, D.D., LL.D. | 3 | 67 | 600 | 2,000 | |
| Law Department of Nashville University | Nashville | Nathaniel Baxter, LL.D. | 3 | |||||
| Law Department of Baylor University | Independence | 1845 | R.T. Smyth | 2 | 14 | |||
| Law School of Virginia University | Charlottesville | 1825 | J.B. Minor, LL.D. | 3 | 109 | |||
| Law School of Richmond College | Richmond | 1870 | J.L.N. Curry, LL.D. | 6 | ||||
| Law Department of Wisconsin University | Madison | 1868 | H.S. Orton, LL.D. | 5 | 18 | 25 | Access to library of the State allowed | |
| Law Department of Columbia College | Washington, D.C. | 1826 | Samuel Tyler, LL.D. | 4 | 166 | Access to Congressional Library allowed | ||
| Law Department of Howard University | Washington, D.C. | 1868 | J.M. Langston, A.M. | 3 | 60 | Access to Congressional Library allowed. | ||
| Law Department of Georgetown College | Washington, D.C. | 1870 | J. Hubley Ashtou | 3 | 20 | Access to Congressional Library allowed. | ||
| Law School Name | City or town | When Founded | President or senior professor | Number of professors | Number of students | Number of alumni | Number of volumes in library | Notes |
Source: United States Department of Interior, Report of the Commissioner of Education(Government Printing Office, 1870), 521.