This article originally appeared in The Bar Examiner print edition, Winter 2024-2025 (Vol. 93, No. 4), pp. 24–28.

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NextGen prototype exam participants graduated from the following law schools—286 schools in 51 US ­jurisdictions and a total of 32 countries, including the United States. (Participants also included one who had completed Vermont’s Law Office Study Program and two who had completed Washington’s Law Clerk Program in lieu of attending law school.)

Thank you to the law schools that served as host locations for the NextGen prototype exam, designated by asterisks in the list below.

US Law Schools

Alabama

  • Birmingham School of Law
  • Faulkner University Thomas Goode Jones School of Law
  • Miles Law School
  • Samford University Cumberland School of Law
  • University of Alabama School of Law

Arizona

  • Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
  • Arizona Summit Law School
  • University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law

Arkansas

  • University of Arkansas Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law
  • University of Arkansas School of Law

California

  • California Western School of Law
  • Chapman University Dale E. Foster School of Law
  • Golden Gate University School of Law
  • JFK School of Law at National University
  • Monterey College of Law
  • Pacific Coast University School of Law
  • Pepperdine Caruso School of Law
  • Santa Clara University School of Law
  • Southern California Institute of Law
  • Southwestern Law School
  • Stanford Law School
  • Taft Law School
  • Thomas Jefferson School of Law
  • Trinity Law School
  • University of California Law San Francisco
  • University of California–Berkeley School of Law
  • University of California–Davis School of Law
  • University of California–Los Angeles Law
  • University of San Diego School of Law
  • University of San Francisco School of Law
  • University of Southern California Gould School of Law
  • University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law
  • University of West Los Angeles School of Law
  • Western State College of Law
  • Whittier Law School

Colorado

  • University of Colorado Law School
  • University of Denver Sturm College of Law*

Connecticut

  • University of Connecticut School of Law*
  • Yale Law School

Delaware

  • Widener University, Delaware Law School

District of Columbia

  • American University Washington College of Law*
  • Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
  • George Washington University Law School
  • Georgetown University Law Center
  • Howard University School of Law
  • University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law

Florida

  • Ave Maria School of Law
  • Barry University Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law
  • Florida A&M University College of Law
  • Florida Coastal School of Law
  • Florida International University College of Law
  • Florida State University College of Law
  • Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law
  • St. Thomas University College of Law*
  • Stetson University College of Law
  • University of Florida Levin College of Law
  • University of Miami School of Law

Georgia

  • Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School
  • Emory University School of Law
  • Georgia State University College of Law*
  • Mercer University School of Law
  • University of Georgia School of Law

Hawaii

  • University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law

Idaho

  • Concordia University School of Law
  • University of Idaho College of Law*

Illinois

  • DePaul University College of Law
  • Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law
  • Loyola University Chicago School of Law
  • Northern Illinois University College of Law
  • Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
  • Southern Illinois University Simmons Law School*
  • University of Chicago Law School
  • University of Illinois Chicago School of Law
  • University of Illinois College of Law*

Indiana

  • Indiana University Maurer School of Law
  • Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
  • University of Notre Dame Law School
  • Valparaiso University School of Law

Iowa

  • Drake University Law School
  • University of Iowa College of Law

Kansas

  • University of Kansas School of Law
  • Washburn University School of Law

Kentucky

  • Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law
  • University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law
  • University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law

Louisiana

  • Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center
  • Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
  • Southern University Law Center
  • Tulane University Law School

Maine

  • University of Maine School of Law

Maryland

  • University of Baltimore School of Law
  • University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Massachusetts

  • Boston College Law School
  • Boston University School of Law
  • Harvard Law School
  • Massachusetts School of Law at Andover
  • New England Law | Boston
  • Northeastern University School of Law
  • Suffolk University Law School
  • University of Massachusetts School of Law–Dartmouth
  • Western New England University School of Law

Michigan

  • Michigan State University College of Law
  • University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
  • University of Michigan Law School
  • Wayne State University Law School
  • Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School

Minnesota

  • Mitchell Hamline School of Law
  • University of Minnesota Law School
  • University of St. Thomas School of Law*

Mississippi

  • Mississippi College School of Law
  • University of Mississippi School of Law

Missouri

  • Saint Louis University School of Law
  • University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law
  • University of Missouri School of Law
  • Washington University School of Law

Montana

  • University of Montana Alexander Blewett III School of Law

Nebraska

  • Creighton University School of Law
  • University of Nebraska College of Law

Nevada

  • University of Nevada Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law

New Hampshire

  • University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law

New Jersey

  • Rutgers Law School
  • Seton Hall University School of Law

New Mexico

  • University of New Mexico School of Law*

New York

  • Albany Law School
  • Brooklyn Law School
  • City University of New York School of Law
  • Columbia University Law School*
  • Cornell Law School
  • Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University*
  • Fordham University School of Law
  • Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
  • New York Law School
  • New York University School of Law
  • John’s University School of Law
  • Syracuse University College of Law
  • Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
  • University at Buffalo School of Law
  • Yeshiva University Cardozo School of Law

North Carolina

  • Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law
  • Charlotte School of Law
  • Duke University School of Law
  • Elon University School of Law
  • North Carolina Central University School of Law
  • University of North Carolina School of Law
  • Wake Forest University School of Law

North Dakota

  • University of North Dakota School of Law

Ohio

  • Capital University Law School
  • Case Western Reserve University School of Law
  • Cleveland State University College of Law
  • Ohio Northern University Claude W. Pettit College of Law
  • Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law*
  • University of Akron School of Law
  • University of Cincinnati College of Law
  • University of Dayton School of Law
  • University of Toledo College of Law

Oklahoma

  • Oklahoma City University School of Law
  • University of Oklahoma College of Law
  • University of Tulsa College of Law

Oregon

  • Lewis & Clark Law School
  • University of Oregon School of Law
  • Willamette University School of Law

Pennsylvania

  • Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law
  • Duquesne University Thomas R. Kline School of Law
  • Penn State Dickinson Law
  • Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law
  • University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law
  • University of Pittsburgh School of Law
  • Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
  • Widener University Commonwealth Law School*

Puerto Rico

  • Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of Law
  • Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law

Rhode Island

  • Roger Williams University School of Law

South Carolina

  • Charleston School of Law
  • University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law

South Dakota

  • University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law*

Tennessee

  • Belmont University College of Law
  • Lincoln Memorial University Duncan School of Law*
  • Nashville School of Law
  • University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
  • University of Tennessee College of Law
  • Vanderbilt Law School

Texas

  • Baylor Law School
  • South Texas College of Law Houston*
  • Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
  • St. Mary’s University School of Law
  • Texas A&M University School of Law*
  • Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law
  • Texas Tech University School of Law
  • University of Houston Law Center
  • University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law
  • University of Texas at Austin School of Law

Utah

  • Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School
  • University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law

Vermont

  • Vermont Law School

Virginia

  • Appalachian School of Law
  • George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School
  • Liberty University School of Law
  • Regent University School of Law
  • University of Richmond School of Law*
  • University of Virginia School of Law
  • Washington and Lee University School of Law
  • William and Mary Law School

Washington

  • Gonzaga University School of Law
  • Seattle University School of Law
  • University of Washington School of Law

West Virginia

  • West Virginia University College of Law

Wisconsin

  • Marquette University Law School
  • University of Wisconsin Law School

Wyoming

  • University of Wyoming College of Law

Foreign Law Schools

Argentina

  • Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Buenos Aires
  • Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

Azerbaijan

  • Baku State University Law School

Brazil

  • Catholic University of Pernambuco
  • Curso de Direito, Centro Universitario das Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas
  • Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
  • Faculdade de Direito de São Bernardo do Campo

Cameroon

  • The University of Buea Faculty of Laws and Political Science

China

  • China University of Political Science and Law
  • Wuhan University Law School

Columbia

  • Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Medellin
  • Facultad de Derecho, Ciencias Políticas y Sociales de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Bogota

Cuba

  • Law School of University of Havana

Ecuador

  • Colegio de Jurisprudencia de la Universidad San Francisco de Quito

England

  • Southampton Solent University Law School
  • Staffordshire University
  • University of Bristol Law School
  • University of Hertfordshire Law School
  • University of Law
  • University of London Institute of Law
  • University of Reading School of Law

Fiji

  • University of Fiji Justice Devendra Pathik School of Law

Ghana

  • Ghana School of Law
  • School of Law of the University of Ghana

Guatemala

  • Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala

India

  • Campus Law Center, Delhi University
  • Gujarat University School of Law
  • Lala Lajpat Rai College of Law, Mumbai
  • Manikchand Pahade Law College, Aurangabad
  • Pravin Gandhi College of Law, Mumbai University
  • Savitribai Phule Pune University Department of Law
  • School of Legal Studies, CUSAT
  • Symbiosis Law School Pune
  • University Institute of Legal Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh
  • University Law College, University of the Punjab
  • Veer Narmad South Gujarat University Department of Law

Israel

  • Haim Striks Faculty of Law at the College of Management Academic Studies

Italy

  • La Facoltà di Giurisprudenza, Università degli Studi di Milano Statale

Jamaica

  • University of the West Indies, Faculty of Law

Lebanon

  • Holy Spirit University of Kaslik School of Law and Political Sciences

Mexico

  • Centro Universitario Mexico Valle
  • Departamento de Derecho, Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México
  • Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua

Nigeria

  • Babcock University School of Law and Security
  • Faculty of Law, Obafemi Awolowo University
  • Faculty of Law, University of Benin
  • Faculty of Law, University of Ibadan
  • Faculty of Law, University of Ilorin
  • Faculty of Law, University of Jos
  • Faculty of Law, University of Lagos
  • Faculty of Law, University of Uyo
  • Nigerian Law School
  • Osun State University College of Law

Panama

  • Escuela de Derecho de la Universidad Catolica Santa Maria la Antigua

Philippines

  • Ateneo de Manila University School of Law
  • De La Salle University Tañada-Diokno School of Law
  • Far Eastern University Institute of Law
  • Manila Law College
  • San Sebastian Recolletos College of Law
  • University of the Philippines College of Law

Poland

  • Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw

Scotland

  • University of Edinburgh Law School

Singapore

  • Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore

South Korea

  • Seoul National University School of Law

Spain

  • Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Militar Nueva Granada

Taiwan

  • Chengchi University College of Law
  • National Taiwan University College of Law

Turkey

  • Ankara University Faculty of Law
  • Istanbul University Faculty of Law
  • Yeditepe University Faculty of Law

Uganda

  • Makerere University School of Law
  • Uganda Pentecostal University Faculty of Law

Ukraine

  • Academy of Advocacy of Ukraine
  • Faculty of Law, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
  • Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Educational and Scientific Institute of Law

Venezuela

  • Escuela de Derecho, Universidad Santa Maria
  • La Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Católica Andrés Bello

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