Capital Law School

Welcome to Capital Law!

We’re a school that prepares our graduates to practice law from day one.

Our students learn in a building that’s just a short walk from the courthouses, government offices, and law firms that anchor Columbus’s legal community and Ohio’s state government. That proximity is a unique feature of our school. Capital students are clerks and externs in the chambers and firms that surround our building. Judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and law partners teach and mentor alongside our full-time faculty.

For nearly 125 years, Capital Law has been a school of opportunity for those who can’t put their lives on hold to earn a degree. Our evening part-time program—one of the longest-running in the country—has given generations of working professionals and parents a path into the legal profession without asking them to give up their livelihoods first.

Day or evening, our students are one community. Faculty, staff, and alumni are invested in your success—a fact reflected in our 95.2% ultimate bar pass rate, our strong employment outcomes, and our low student-faculty ratio. Whether your goal is to work in public-interest, corporate law, criminal justice, or something you haven’t considered yet, you’ll find the mentorship and practical grounding to get there.

As an ABA-accredited school, your degree from Capital Law opens up nationwide opportunities to practice law. And as a graduate, you will join a strong network of alumni in Columbus, throughout Ohio, and across the country.

I encourage you to check out Capital Law for yourself. Come sit in on a class, meet our students, and walk the halls where so many Ohio lawyers got their start. Feel free to contact our admissions officers at admissions@law.capital.edu.