The University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law is a public law school located on the main campus of the University of Missouri-Kansas City in Kansas City, Missouri, near the Country Club Plaza. It was founded in 1895 as the Kansas City School of Law, a private, independent law school located in Downtown Kansas City, and was purchased by the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 1938. The law school moved to UMKC's main campus soon after, where it is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. According to UMKC School of Law's official 2014 ABA-required disclosures, 64% of the Class of 2014 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment within ten months after graduation. UMKC School of Law offers a wide variety of courses and programs, but it has six areas of emphasis that are recognized at graduation based upon the student's fulfilling certain requirements: Business and Entrepreneurial LawChild and Family LawIntellectual Property LawInternational, Comparative and Foreign LawLitigationUrban, Land Use and Environmental Law.RankingsThe school is ranked #123 best law school in the U.S by the U.S News publication, placing it in the third tier according to the four tier system of law schools based on the U.S. News & World Report Annual Rankings (2015 data). As a "Best Value Law School", the school was ranked A- by The National Law Juris (2013).
