The Saint Louis University School of Law is the oldest law school west of the Mississippi River. Today, the school's academic specialties include employment law, international and comparative law, and health care law. In fact, the health law department has earned a No. 1 ranking from U.S. News & World Report for the last four years. Run through the Center for Health Law Studies, Saint Louis Law's health law academic offerings include a certification program and a joint JD/PhD in health care ethics.

Students in both the full- and part-time JD programs take the traditional first-year core classes. To promote student-professor interaction, the classes are split into small sections, a couple of which have fewer than 35 students. The curriculum has six specialty tracks, including one in business law and one in urban development and land use law, and another six formal joint degree programs. In Vault's Buzz Book surveys, students report that the school's reputation for health law helps graduates nab spots in specialty law firms nationally and particularly in Missouri and Illinois.

While still in school, the student population lives scattered around St. Louis, and though the law school throws social events once or twice monthly, the social life revolves mostly on activities downtown.