The school's location in Spokane, Washington, the largest city in the Inland Northwest, allows students to take advantage of internships with private firms, government and not-for-profit agencies, and opportunities with both federal and state courts.

In late May 2000, the new Gonzaga University School of Law building, located on the banks of the Spokane River, opened its doors.

[24] Most of the students at Gonzaga University School of Law are enrolled in the Juris Doctor (JD) program.

In addition to their substantive coursework, many second and third-year students participate in moot court, a scholarly publication, a clinic, or an externship.

The school does not offer a part-time program, although students with approval may take a reduced credit load for good cause, or based on extraordinary circumstances.

[25] Students with an international undergraduate degree in law may be eligible to transfer some of their credits and complete a J.D.

[26] Gonzaga University School of Law also offers a Two-Year Accelerated Juris Doctor program designed for students who are self-motivated, diligent, and industrious.

Accelerated JD students are still required to take 90 semester hours of credit in order to graduate but may do so in twenty-four calendar months—taking full loads during summers.

[29] For students interested in a more general interdisciplinary course of study, the School of Law offers four joint degree programs (usually completed in four years, as opposed to three for a standard JD): In 2019, Eastern Washington University and Gonzaga University School of Law announced the EWU-GU Legal Education Collaboration Committee to identify and explore the creation of potential legal education programs to enhance EWU student opportunities to access GU Law programs and services, including exploration of the possibility of establishing JD-MPH and a JD-MPA programs.

In February 2016, 100% of Gonzaga Law students taking the Washington bar exam for the first time passed.

[36] According to Gonzaga Law's official 2016 ABA-required disclosures, 69% of the Class of 2016 obtained full-time, long-term, bar passage-required employment nine months after graduation, excluding solo-practitioners.

Clinic students represent clients who are residents of the Spokane area, require legal representation, and who are without the means to hire a traditional lawyer.

The clinical programs available include: The law school currently publishes two legal journals.

[46] The law school hosts an annual lecture series for the purpose of promoting a strong commitment to the freedoms of speech, religion, and assembly protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

The lecture series features distinguished individuals who share this strong commitment to the First Amendment.

[47] Guest speakers have included a variety of prominent jurists and participants in First Amendment related cases, including U.S. Supreme Court Justices William O. Douglas (1972, inaugural speaker), William H. Rehnquist (1976), Byron R. White (1982), Arthur Goldberg (1983), Antonin Scalia (1994), and landmark case petitioner John Tinker (2019).