Willamette University College of Law

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In July 1866, Willamette University's trustees formed a committee to explore the possibility of a legal department.{{cite book|last=Swenson|first=Eric|title=Willamette University College of Law: The First Hundred Years: An Illustrated History|publisher=Willamette University College of Law|year=1987}} At that time, legal education was traditionally taught as an apprenticeship in which those wishing to be lawyers would study under an existing attorney for several years before being allowed to pass the bar. Although the school did not begin a legal department in 1866, Willamette did confer a Doctor of Laws degree on Matthew P. Deady, who later helped establish the University of Oregon School of Law, Oregon's second law school.

The College of Law was founded in 1883, and it is the oldest law school in the Pacific Northwest.{{cite web|title=WUCL|url=http://www.llm.hobsons.com/institution.jsp?orgid=354|access-date=August 20, 2007|work=LLM Courses|publisher=Hobsons|archive-date=September 30, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930194037/http://www.llm.hobsons.com/institution.jsp?orgid=354|url-status=live}} In April 1884, the Board of Trustees officially approved the new legal department; tuition for the two-year course was $50 per year. William Marion Ramsey served as the school's first dean.{{cite news|title=1840–1990 Keepsake Edition: Willamette University|date=October 26, 1990|work=Statesman Journal}} He was dean from 1883 until 1888 and led a faculty of three. The three professors were George H. Burnett, who taught contracts, commercial law, and torts; J. T. Gregg, who taught evidence and common law; and William H. Holmes, who was the instructor for admiralty and criminal law.

The school's first entering class had three students, with Charles A. Packenham as the first graduate in 1886. In addition to being the oldest law school in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, Willamette College of Law was the 75th law school founded in the United States, and is the second oldest in the Western U.S., behind Hastings College of Law in California. From its founding until 1923, the law school was located in Waller Hall.

During the early years of the law school, enrollment fluctuated from as many as 17 graduates in 1898 to as few as zero graduates in 1903 and 1905. Dean Ramsey resigned in 1888 and was replaced by George G. Bingham, who served until 1891 when replaced by his pupil Samuel T. Richardson. Women were allowed to enroll beginning in 1892; in 1898, the first women, Olive S. England and Gabrielle Clark, graduated. The third female graduate, in 1899, was Anna Carson, who was part of the Carson legal family of Salem that includes Wallace P. Carson (1923 graduate) a state legislator and Wallace P. Carson, Jr. (1962 graduate) a state legislator and longtime chief justice of the Oregon Supreme Court.

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In 1902, Dean Richardson left the school and was replaced by John W. Reynolds who served until 1907. In 1908, Charles L. McNary was appointed dean, serving until 1913, when Willamette selected future Oregon Attorney General Isaac Homer Van Winkle. Van Winkle was an alumnus of both Willamette and the law school, serving as dean until 1927.

From 1923 until 1938, the school was located in Eaton Hall.{{cite journal|date=Spring 2007|title=Women of Willamette: Early Legal Pioneers to Today's Trailblazers|journal=Willamette Lawyer|page=12|url=http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/pdf/lawyer/spring2007.pdf|access-date=January 9, 2010|archive-date=June 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607122837/http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/pdf/lawyer/spring2007.pdf|url-status=dead}} Roy R. Hewitt was dean from 1927 to 1932, followed by Roy Lockenour, who served until 1939. Willamette Law was first accredited by the American Bar Association in 1938, and in 1946, it became a member of the Association of American Law Schools. In 1938, the school moved to Gatke Hall, a former United States Post Office.{{cite web|url=http://courts.oregon.gov/Marion/GeneralInformation/CourthouseHistory.page|title=The Marion County Courthouse: A Historical Perspective|last=Barber|first=Richard D.|work=Marion County Circuit Court|publisher=Oregon Judicial Department|access-date=February 22, 2010|archive-date=February 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225202116/http://courts.oregon.gov/Marion/GeneralInformation/CourthouseHistory.page|url-status=live}} The law school was housed there until 1967.{{cite journal|series=November – December – January 2007-8|title=Willamette University Historic Buildings|journal=Salem Historical Quarterly|url=http://www.salemquarterly.com/tour.php?site_id=6 |access-date=February 22, 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928091102/http://www.salemquarterly.com/tour.php?site_id=6 |archive-date = September 28, 2007}}

During this time, deans of the law school included George M. McLeod (1940–1942), Ray L. Smith (1942–1946), and Seward P. Reese (1946–1968). During World War II, enrollment declined to only five graduates between 1943 and 1945, and classes were moved to the undergraduate library as the United States Navy used Gatke Hall. In 1946, enrollment rebounded with a total of 92 students, the largest student body of the law school up to that date.

After 1952, Willamette Law received a large Lady Justice statue when the Marion County Courthouse was demolished to make way for a new one. In 1959, the school founded its first law review, the Willamette Law Review. Enrollment continued to increase reaching a class size of 185 by the mid-1960s; because of this increase, the College of Law Foundation was created by the university's trustees in 1959 to explore the construction of a new facility. Willamette transitioned from awarding the bachelor of laws degree to the now-standard U.S. law school Juris Doctor beginning in 1965.{{cite book|last=Gregg|first=Robert D.|title=Chronicles of Willamette: Those Eventful Years of the President Smith Era|publisher=Willamette University|location=Salem, Oregon|year=1970|volume=II|page=206}}

In 1967, a new $1.1 million facility, the Truman Wesley Collins Legal Center, opened in September. The College of Law moved across campus to the Collins Legal Center along with Lady Justice, the {{convert|12|ft|adj=on}}-tall, {{convert|300|lbs|adj=on}} statue formerly located on the roof of the Marion County Courthouse. James L. Malone served as dean from 1967{{Ndash}}1968,{{Cite book|last=United States Congress Senate Committee on Foreign Relations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=COlX_FVxr-IC&q=James+L.+Malone+willamette+dean&pg=PA2|title=Nomination of James L. Malone: Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, First Session, on Nomination of James L. Malone, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, March 16, and April 2, 1981|date=1981|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=2|language=en}} succeeded by Arthur B. Custy who became dean and served until 1971. During Custy's deanship the admissions standards changed at Willamette to require a bachelor's degree and taking the Law School Admission Test. Later deans of the school included Larry K. Harvey (1971–1977) and Leroy Tornquist (1979–1987). In 1984, the law school established the Center for Dispute Resolution, an alternative dispute resolution program.

Deans of the school in recent years include David R. Kenagy (1994–1996 interim), Robert M. Ackerman (1996–1999), and Symeon Symeonides (1999 to 2011).{{cite news|title=Law dean hired by Willamette|last=Woods|first=Erika|date=March 18, 1999|work=Statesman Journal}} In 2008, the school opened the Oregon Civic Justice Center to house programs including the Center for Dispute Resolution, the Clinical Law Program, Center for Law and Government, and the Willamette Law Review.{{cite news|title=Life: Then & Now|last=Lynn|first=Capi|date=September 11, 2008|work=Statesman Journal|page=1}} Willamette admitted part-time students for the first time for fall 2012, and since then, has added [https://willamette.edu/admissions/apply/grad/law-direct-admissions joint degree 3+3 Programs] with Willamette College, Portland State University, Western Oregon University, and the University of Alaska Anchorage. With the 3+3 Program, students spend three years working on their bachelor's degree at those institutions, finishing their fourth year electives as a first year student at Willamette Law.

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The School of Law offers full-time and part-time enrollment for its JD program, with no application deadline for the JD program.{{Cite web|url=http://willamette.edu/law/admissions/apply/jd/index.html|title=JD Admissions Requirements {{!}} Willamette University College of Law|website=willamette.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-02-01|archive-date=February 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228100831/http://willamette.edu/law/admissions/apply/jd/index.html|url-status=live}} In 2016, the school accepted 74% of all applicants who applied to the school.{{cite web|url=http://willamette.edu/law/pdf/consumer-info/509-standard-report-2016.pdfsid=173|title=Willamette University College of Law|date=March 2014|work=Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools|publisher=Law School Admissions Council & American Bar Association|pages=846–847|access-date=2014-03-23}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Enrolled students from that entering class had Law School Admission Test (LSAT) scores in the range of 148 to 155 (25th–75th percentile) and a median score of 151. In 2007 and 2010, U.S. News & World Report ranked the school in their Third Tier,{{cite journal|year=2007|title=School of Law: Willamette University (Collins)|journal=U.S. News & World Report|issue=America's Best Graduate Schools 2007|url=https://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/directory/dir-law/brief/glanc_03136_brief.php |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060721224826/http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/directory/dir-law/brief/glanc_03136_brief.php |archive-date = July 21, 2006}}{{cite journal|year=2010|title=Best Law Schools (Ranked in 2010)|journal=U.S. News & World Report|issue=Best Graduate Schools|url=http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/rankings/page+6|access-date=April 17, 2010|archive-date=April 11, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100411081549/http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/rankings/page+6|url-status=live}} while in 2008, the school was ranked sixth by The Princeton Review in the "Most Welcoming of Older Students" category.{{cite journal|year=2008|title=2008 Best 170 Law Schools Rankings: Most Welcoming of Older Students|journal=The Princeton Review|url=http://www.princetonreview.com/schoollist.aspx?type=r&id=733|access-date=2008-07-29|archive-date=March 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317210158/http://www.princetonreview.com/schoollist.aspx?type=r&id=733|url-status=live}} As of 2017, Willamette was ranked as the 142nd best law school by [https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/law-rankings/page+6 U.S. News & World Report].

The JD program has both a traditional three-year, full-time curriculum or a part-time day program that can take a maximum of six years.{{cite journal |date=Spring 2012 |title=Welcome Part-Timers! |url=http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/pdf/lawyer/spring2012.pdf |url-status=live |journal=Willamette Lawyer |volume=XXII |issue=1 |page=4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103021851/http://willamette.edu/wucl/pdf/lawyer/spring2012.pdf |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |access-date=October 4, 2012}} Students' initial enrollment can only begin with the fall term each year. Through a partnership between the School of Law and Willamette's Atkinson Graduate School of Management, a joint degree program is offered to students interested in earning both a JD and an MBA concurrently.{{cite web|url=http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/programs/jdmba/index.php|title=Joint Degree Program in Law and Business|work=Academic Programs|publisher=Willamette University College of Law|access-date=February 22, 2010|archive-date=January 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125021808/http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/programs/jdmba/index.php|url-status=live}} The program allows students to earn both degrees in four years instead of five years if completed separately. The business portion of the program is accredited through the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business and the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, while the law portion, along with the entire law school, is accredited by the American Bar Association.

The school also offers five 3+3 Programs to allow students to earn both an undergraduate degree and law degree in a total of six years.{{cite journal |date=Spring 2012 |title=The 3+3 Program |url=http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/pdf/lawyer/spring2012.pdf |url-status=live |journal=Willamette Lawyer |volume=XXII |issue=1 |page=3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103021851/http://willamette.edu/wucl/pdf/lawyer/spring2012.pdf |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |access-date=October 4, 2012}} Through partnerships with Willamette College, Portland State University, Western Oregon University, and the University of Alaska Anchorage, students can earn a bachelor's degree and a law degree in six years, amounting to a decrease of one year from the standard seven years combined to earn both a bachelor and law degree.{{cite web|title=University of Alaska partners with Willamette in 3+3 Program|url=http://willamette.edu/wucl/news/library/2014/3+3_Program_Expands.html|website=College of Law News|publisher=Willamette University College of Law|access-date=3 November 2014|archive-date=November 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103061504/http://willamette.edu/wucl/news/library/2014/3+3_Program_Expands.html|url-status=live}} Both JD and joint degree students can enroll in the certificate programs, studying abroad, and working at the Clinical Law Program, and taking classes from the Center for Dispute Resolution.

The Center for Dispute Resolution, founded in 1983, offers coursework in the areas of arbitration, negotiation and mediation. In 2006, the Dispute Resolution program was ranked 7th by U.S. News & World Report.{{cite web|url=http://www.law.stanford.edu/publications/projects/lrps/pdf/lomiowayne_rp4.pdf|title=Ranking of Top Law Schools: 1987–2006 By U.S. News & World Report|last=Lomio|first=J. Paul|date=March 2005|publisher=Stanford Law Library|author2=Erika V. Wayne|access-date=February 22, 2010|archive-date=October 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006173035/http://www.law.stanford.edu/publications/projects/lrps/pdf/lomiowayne_rp4.pdf|url-status=live}}

A Clinical Law Program gives law students hands-on, professional experience in law offices and courtrooms across the country. The program consists of three advanced legal clinics, including Immigration Law, Trusts and Estates Law, and Criminal Defense Law.{{Cite web|url=http://willamette.edu/law/programs/clp/index.html|title=Clinical Law Program {{!}} Willamette University College of Law|website=willamette.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-06-06|archive-date=July 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703202356/http://www.willamette.edu/law/programs/clp/index.html|url-status=live}}

Students have the opportunity to participate in study abroad programs in Germany and Ecuador.{{cite web|url=http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/innovative/abroad/index.php|title=Study Abroad|work=Curriculum|publisher=Willamette University College of Law|access-date=February 22, 2010|archive-date=March 24, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324045116/http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/innovative/abroad/index.php|url-status=live}} The Ecuador program began in 1995, and in 2002, Germany was added.

The LLM (Master of Laws) in Transnational Law educates law students on international law topics such as international business transactions, comparative law, and private international law. Another LLM program covers Dispute Resolution. Both LLM tracks allow students to enroll in classes at the Atkinson Graduate School of Management. LLM students can attend either full-time or part-time, but they must complete the 26-credit-hour program within two academic years.{{Cite web|url=http://willamette.edu/law/programs/degree-programs/llm/index.html|title=LLM Programs {{!}} Willamette University College of Law|website=willamette.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-02-01|archive-date=February 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203213215/http://www.willamette.edu/law/programs/degree-programs/llm/index.html|url-status=live}}

The College also offers a Master of Legal Studies (MLS) program. This one-year program is designed for professionals whose job involves working within a legal or regulatory framework. MLS students work with a law school advisor to develop a set of courses to meet their specific career needs or goals. The MLS is not intended to prepare students for the JD program or to sit for the bar examination.{{Cite web|url=http://willamette.edu/law/programs/degree-programs/mls/index.html#MLS|title=MLS Program {{!}} Willamette University College of Law|website=willamette.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-02-01|archive-date=January 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112115432/http://willamette.edu/law/programs/degree-programs/mls/index.html#MLS|url-status=live}}

The law school offers six certificate programs for students in both the JD program and the joint degree program: Advocacy and Dispute Resolution, Business Law, Environmental Law Justice and Sustainability, Health Law, International Law, and Law and Government.{{cite web|url=http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/innovative/certificates/index.php|title=Certificate Programs|work=Innovative Study|publisher=Willamette University College of Law|access-date=February 22, 2010|archive-date=May 27, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527225556/http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/innovative/certificates/index.php|url-status=live}} The business law, law and government, and international and comparative law certificate programs were introduced to the curriculum in 2002.{{cite news|title=WU law school making changes|last=Tom|first=Susan|date=March 6, 2002|work=Statesman Journal}} These programs allow students to specialize in those areas of study and earn a certificate demonstrating that specialization.

Law Reviews published by the School of Law{{cite web|url=http://www.justia.com/law-schools/oregon/willamette-university-college-of-law/|title=Willamette University College of Law|work=Law Schools|publisher=Justia|access-date=February 22, 2010|archive-date=February 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110215160638/http://www.justia.com/law-schools/oregon/willamette-university-college-of-law/|url-status=live}} include:

• The Willamette Environmental Law Journal is an online-only journal which began publication in summer 2012 and is published twice per year.{{Cite web|title=Willamette Environmental Law Journal|url=https://willamette.edu/law/resources/journals/welj/index.html|website=Willamette University College of Law|access-date=June 19, 2020|archive-date=September 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905080502/https://www.willamette.edu/law/resources/journals/welj/index.html|url-status=live}}
• The Willamette Journal of International Law and Dispute Resolution began publication in 1992 with a focus on dispute resolution and the law on the international level.{{cite web|title=The Willamette Journal of International Law and Dispute Resolution|url=http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/journals/wjildr/index.php|access-date=February 22, 2010|work=Journals|publisher=Willamette University College of Law|archive-date=June 3, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603053643/http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/journals/wjildr/index.php|url-status=live}}
• The Willamette Journal of Social Justice and Equity is the first social justice law-oriented journal in Oregon. The Journal of Social Justice was organized in 2016 with plans to begin publication in winter 2017.{{Cite web|title=Law Journal|url=http://willamette.edu/law/resources/journals/index.html|access-date=2017-06-06|website=Willamette University College of Law|language=en|archive-date=May 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170526130211/http://willamette.edu/law/resources/journals/index.html|url-status=live}} The first issue was released in January 2018.{{Cite web|title=Social Justice and Equity Law Journal|url=https://willamette.edu/law/resources/journals/sjelj/index.html|website=Willamette University College of Law|access-date=June 19, 2020|archive-date=June 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607050156/https://willamette.edu/law/resources/journals/sjelj/index.html|url-status=live}}
• Willamette Law Review is the flagship law review at the School of Law. Publication began in 1959 with four issues published each year. By 2020, the journal had switched to publishing three issues each year, discontinuing the summer issue.{{Cite web|title=Willamette Law Review|url=https://willamette.edu/law/resources/journals/review/index.html|website=Willamette University College of Law|access-date=June 19, 2020|archive-date=September 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904222451/https://www.willamette.edu/law/resources/journals/review/index.html|url-status=live}} This student-run general interest law review also sponsors an annual symposium at the law school.
• The Willamette Sports Law Journal was the first journal on sports law in the Pacific Northwest.{{cite web|title=WSLJ – About|url=http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/journals/sportslaw/about.php|access-date=February 22, 2010|work=Journals|publisher=Willamette University College of Law|archive-date=June 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607095838/http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/journals/sportslaw/about.php|url-status=live}} This student-edited journal was published from 2004 through Spring of 2016 after which it disbanded as a student organization.{{Cite web|title=Sports Law Journal|url=https://willamette.edu/law/resources/journals/sportslaw/index.html|website=Willamette University College of Law|access-date=June 19, 2020|archive-date=August 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814150750/https://willamette.edu/law/resources/journals/sportslaw/index.html|url-status=live}}

Willamette University School of Law also produces the Willamette Lawyer and Willamette Law Online. The Willamette Lawyer is the school's alumni magazine, published once annually in the fall.{{cite web|url=http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/alumni/lawyer/index.php|title=Willamette Lawyer|work=Alumni|publisher=Willamette University College of Law|access-date=February 22, 2010|archive-date=March 24, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324045232/http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/alumni/lawyer/index.php|url-status=live}} Willamette Law Online is a subscription service produced primarily by students that provides case summaries free to legal professionals in the Pacific Northwest.{{cite web|url=http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/journals/wlo/about.htm|title=About us|work=Willamette Law Online|publisher=Willamette University College of Law|access-date=February 22, 2010|archive-date=September 14, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100914044415/http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/journals/wlo/about.htm|url-status=live}}

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Willamette's School of Law is primarily housed in the Truman Wesley Collins Legal Center (Collins Legal Center).{{cite web|url=http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/about/facilities/|title=Facilities|publisher=Willamette University College of Law|access-date=August 20, 2007|archive-date=December 20, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071220003234/http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/about/facilities/|url-status=live}}

Opened in 2008, the Oregon Civic Justice Center is one block north of the Collins Legal Center.{{cite news|title=Oregon Civic Justice Center opening lauded by Ginsburg|last=Guerrero-Huston|first=Thelma|date=September 13, 2008|work=Statesman Journal}} Built within Salem's 1912 Carnegie library building, the school remodeled the structure at a cost of $4 million. The building is home to the Willamette Law Review; Willamette's Center for Democracy, Religion and Law; the Center for Dispute Resolution; the law school's Clinical Program; and the Center for Law and Government.{{cite journal|date=Spring 2008|title=Carnegie Building|journal=Winter Street Law Journal|publisher=Willamette University College of Law|page=6}} These programs were chosen due to their community outreach programs, as the school plans to create a community atmosphere between students, faculty, and the general community.

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The J. W. Long Law Library has 296,000 volumes and microform equivalents, which include both state and federal primary law sources, as well as treatises, periodicals and other secondary legal sources. The three-story structure is attached to the Collins Legal Center and contains study rooms, video rooms, conference rooms, and computer labs, and it is staffed by reference librarians. Additionally, it has special collections in tax law, public international law, and labor law, and it is a Selective Federal Government Documents Depository. Members of the public may access the library when the library is staffed by librarians.{{cite web|url=http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/longlib/infoindex.htm|title=Information and Services|work=J.W. Long Law Library|publisher=Willamette University College of Law|access-date=August 20, 2007|archive-date=August 10, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810151640/http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/longlib/infoindex.htm|url-status=live}} Law students also have access to Willamette University's Mark O. Hatfield Library, the Oregon Supreme Court Law Library, the Oregon State Library, and the Oregon State Archives.

A According to Willamette's 2022 ABA-required disclosures, 84.69% of the Class of 2022 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required or JD-preferred employment nine months after graduation. Willamette's Law School Transparency under-employment score is 14.3%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2022 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation.{{cite web |title=Willamette University |url=https://www.lawschooltransparency.com/schools/willamette |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=November 4, 2023 |website=Law School Transparency}}

The total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, health insurance, and living expenses) at Willamette for the 2023-24 academic year is $79,910.{{cite web |title=College of Law: Tuition & Fees |url=https://willamette.edu/offices/finaid/tuition/index.html#grad |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=November 4, 2023 |website=willamette.edu}} The Law School Transparency estimated debt-financed cost of attendance for three years is $246,301.

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• Paul De Muniz – Former Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
• Susan M. Leeson – Former Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
• Hans A. Linde – Former Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
• Charles L. McNary – Former United States Senator
• Edwin J. Peterson – Former Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court

{{see also|List of Willamette University alumni#College of Law|l1=List of College of Law alumni}}

• Bruce Botelho – former mayor of Juneau, Alaska{{Cite web|last=Segall|first=Peter|date=2020-10-14|title=UAS and Willamette partner for law program|url=https://www.juneauempire.com/news/uas-and-willamette-partner-for-law-program/|access-date=2020-10-29|website=Juneau Empire|language=en-US|archive-date=October 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030075357/https://www.juneauempire.com/news/uas-and-willamette-partner-for-law-program/|url-status=live}}
• Jay Bowerman – former Governor of Oregon{{Cite web|date=26 October 1957|title=Jay Bowerman, Former Oregon Governor, Dies|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39754789/obituary-for-jay-bowerman-aged-81/|publisher=The Capital Journal|via=Newspapers.com}}
• Wallace P. Carson, Jr. – former Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}
• Kevin Clarkson – former Alaska Attorney General{{cite web|url=https://www.adn.com/politics/2018/12/05/dunleavy-announces-alaska-attorney-general-public-safety-and-prison-appointments/|title=Dunleavy attorney general appointee Kevin Clarkson is lawyer with ties to religious-liberty causes|first=James|last=Brooks|work=Anchorage Daily News|date=December 5, 2018|access-date=January 1, 2019|archive-date=December 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228083311/https://www.adn.com/politics/2018/12/05/dunleavy-announces-alaska-attorney-general-public-safety-and-prison-appointments/|url-status=live}}
• Willis C. Hawley – former member of the United States House of Representatives{{Cite news|last=Silk|first=Leonard|date=1985-09-17|title=PROTECTIONIST MOOD: MOUNTING PRESSURE SMOOT AND HAWLEY (Published 1985)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/17/business/protectionist-mood-mounting-pressure-smoot-and-hawley.html|access-date=2020-10-29|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=November 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171125195908/http://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/17/business/protectionist-mood-mounting-pressure-smoot-and-hawley.html|url-status=live}}
• Fern Hobbs – former secretary to Governor Oswald West{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}
• Jay Inslee – current Governor of the State of Washington{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}
• Joshua Kindred – U.S. district judge, United States District Court for the District of Alaska
• Virginia Linder – former Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}
• Conde McCullough – bridge engineer{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}
• Lesil McGuire – former member of the Alaska Senate{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}
• Bob Mionske – trial attorney, author, Olympian{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}
• John Mizuno – Vice Speaker of the Hawaii House of Representatives{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}
• Paul De Muniz – former Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}
• Lisa Murkowski – current United States Senator{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}
• Norma Paulus – former Oregon Secretary of State{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}
• Leonardo Rapadas – former attorney general of Guam{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}
• Stephen Yamashiro – Mayor of Hawaii County 1992–2000{{cite news |title=Former Mayor Stephen K. Yamashiro (1941–2011) |url=http://www.hawaii247.com/2011/05/25/former-mayor-steve-yamashiro-1941-2011/ |work=Hawaii 24/7 |date=May 25, 2011 |access-date=2011-07-10 |archive-date=October 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006055509/http://www.hawaii247.com/2011/05/25/former-mayor-steve-yamashiro-1941-2011/ |url-status=live }}

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