Accreditation

Purdue Global Law School is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission (HLC). For more information, visit their website at hlcommission.org. Use the links under “Contact Us” to reach the Commission.

Purdue Global Law School is authorized to operate as a degree-granting institution in the state of California and is accredited by the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California:

180 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Tel: 415-538-2000
Website: www.calbar.ca.gov

Purdue Global Law School’s degree-granting authority in connection with its students qualifying to take the California Bar Examination and obtaining admission to the practice of law in California (Juris Doctor Program) is based on its accreditation by the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California.

If study is completed in conformance with Title IV, Division 1 of the Rules of the State Bar of California (Admission Rules) and all other requirements are met, graduates of the Juris Doctor program are eligible to sit for the California Bar Examination and obtain admission to practice law in California.

Neither the Indiana Supreme Court nor the Indiana Board of Law Examiners accredit law schools. However, effective July 1, 2024, the Indiana Supreme Court amended its bar admission rules so that a graduate of a non-ABA approved law school who was eligible to sit for another state’s bar exam at the time of graduation can petition the Indiana Board of Law Examiners for a waiver of the ABA legal education requirement. As such, Purdue Global Law School JD graduates, who have been eligible to sit for the California Bar Exam upon graduation since the school’s founding, became eligible to sit for the Indiana Bar Exam with an approved waiver petition.

The Connecticut Bar Examining Committee (CBEC) voted in October 2024 to add Purdue Global Law School to its list of approved law schools through 2027, at which time Purdue Global Law School will seek renewal.

For additional state approval information, refer to the Accreditation, Approvals, and Memberships section.

American Bar Association Approval

Purdue Global Law School is not on the list of schools approved by the American Bar Association (ABA). The ABA will not currently approve a JD program from a law school that is fully online.