In 2006, the law school was renamed in honor of Phoenix resident, Stanford graduate, and retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.

The school was previously located in Armstrong Hall, adjacent to the Ross-Blakley Law Library on ASU's Tempe campus.

[6] Apart from the law school, the Beus Center also houses the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics, The McCain Institute for International Leadership,[7] the Sandra Day O'Connor Institute,[8] Arizona Voice for Crime Victims,[9] the Arizona Justice Project,[10] and the ASU Alumni Law Group.

[14] Additionally, ASU has an underemployment score of 12.7% as calculated by Law School Transparency and 8.8% of graduates are employed in school-funded positions.

Under the supervision of faculty members who are experts in their subject matter, students manage real cases and represent clients in hearings and trials before courts and administrative agencies, assist in the commercialization and monetization of new technologies, and mediate cases pending in the judicial system.