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William S. Boyd School of Law

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The William S. Boyd School of Law is the law school of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and the only law school in Nevada. It is named after William S. Boyd, a Nevada attorney and co-founder of Boyd Gaming Corporation who provided the initial funding for the school. The school opened in 1998 and graduated its first class in 2001.The school has held American Bar Association accreditation since 2003 and joined the Association of American Law Schools in 2004.In 2022, U.S. News and World Report ranked the law school at No. 67 among more than 200 law schools in the United States. In 2022, the Boyd School of Law achieved its rank at 67th overall in the nation.

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