Southern University Law Center
| Southern University Law Center | |
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| Established | September 1947 |
| School type | Public law school |
| Dean | Alvin R. Washington |
| Location | Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States 30°31′30″N 91°11′40″W / 30.5249°N 91.1945°W |
| Enrollment | 809 full- and part-time |
| Faculty | 61 full- and 35 part-time |
| USNWR ranking | 178-196 |
| Bar pass rate | 75% (July 2025 first-time takers) |
| Website | www.sulc.edu |
Southern University Law Center is a public law school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is part of the historically Black Southern University System and was opened for instruction in September 1947. It was authorized by the Louisiana State Board of Education as a Law School for Blacks to be located at Southern University, a historically Black college, and to open for the 1947-1948 academic session.
The school offers full-time, part-time, and evening programs. For students who want to pursue the JD and MPA, the school offers a joint-degree program in cooperation with the Nelson Mandela School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Southern. SULC's students learn two different systems of law: Louisiana is a civil law jurisdiction (in the tradition of France and Continental Europe), while law in every other state is based on the British common-law tradition.