About Our College

When you become part of the Chase community of students from throughout the nation, you are also linked into a network of more than 6,000 alumni and a legacy that spans more than 130 years.

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, United States Senator, U.S. Treasury Secretary during the Civil War, and, from 1864 to 1873, Chief Justice of the United States. Chase College of Law, which offers full-time day and part-time evening programs, was founded in Cincinnati 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 in 1975 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 alumni living and working throughout the nation and around the world, Chase graduates add high value to society through contributions in law, business, technology, education and many other impactful fields.

Mission Statement

The mission of Chase College of Law 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..

Accreditation

Chase College of Law is approved by the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar of the American Bar Association, the accrediting agency for law schools in the United States. For information about 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