Founded in 1951, it is named after former Chief Justice of the Liberian Supreme Court, Louis Arthur Grimes.

[3] In 1956, Anthony Barclay succeeded Grimes as dean and remained until 1961 when the school closed after conferring a total of 21 degrees.

[4] In September of the next year the school re-opened with former Attorney General Joseph W. Garber as the dean and enrollment of 20 students.

[4] For 1963 the school employed two full-time instructors and six part-time faculty for a program that held only afternoon and evening classes.

[4] At that time the law school was housed in J. J. Roberts Hall, tuition was $27 per term, and the library contained approximately 500 volumes.

[6] Since its founding, the law school along with the university have closed on several occasions due to civil strife including in 1979, 1984, and 1990.