It is a member of the Association of American Law Schools and has a chapter of the Order of the Coif honor society.

[7] In 2002, the law school moved into a facility in downtown Baltimore near the Inner Harbor and Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

students includes courses in civil procedure, constitutional law, torts, property, contracts, and criminal law, as well as a two-semester sequence of courses focusing on legal skills of analysis, research, writing, and oral argument.

[18] Maryland Law is home to several specialty programs that enable students to explore areas of interest through experiential learning and a specialized curriculum.

program must gain hands-on legal experience by representing actual clients who would otherwise lack access to justice.

Most students fulfill the Cardin Requirement through the Clinical Law Program,[19] which provides free legal services to Maryland's poorest citizens each year.

More than 25 clinics[20] focus on a broad range of practice areas, including civil and criminal litigation, advice and counseling, and transactional work.

Criminal student attorneys often represent defendants in misdemeanor cases in Maryland's district courts, as well as work in the School of Law's community justice efforts.

In addition to in-house clinical work, students may gain experience in public and private nonprofit externships in the Baltimore-Washington region.

In addition to formal specialty programs, the law school sponsors a variety of academic and public service initiatives.

These initiatives enhance the educational and scholarly mission of the law school and also serve the community.

[28] The Thurgood Marshall Law Library houses a collection of more than 495,000 volumes and equivalents accessible through the online catalog.

In addition to LexisNexis, Westlaw and Bloomberg Law, the library offers a legal and non-legal Web-based electronic databases.

Despite growing up in Baltimore, he was unable to attend Maryland Law because, in the 1930s, the school denied all African Americans admission.