[7][8] In February 2018, the College of Law announced its formation of the first "real-time, ABA-approved online juris doctor program in the United States."

[10][11] William Henry Hornblower, a Presbyterian minister, gave the opening address at the initiatory session of the new Syracuse Law school.

[25] The college has won the Tiffany Cup, an award given by the New York State Bar Association to law schools that finished with the best National Trial Competition (NTC) record, 18 times as of 2014.

In 2022 U.S. News & World Report ranked the College of Law's trial advocacy program 11th in the United States.

The clinic helps law students gain practical courtroom experience representing low-income individuals pro-bono throughout Onondaga County, working typically on civil matters such as shoplifting, vandalism and traffic violations.

[5] The College of Law is located in Dineen Hall on the West Campus expansion area of Syracuse University.

[37][38][39] Its library is a congressionally designated depository for Federal materials[40] and houses a collection of Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson's artifacts and documents.

[41][42] According to Syracuse University College of Law's 2021 ABA-required disclosures, 124 of the 165 members of the Class of 2021 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation, with the top three locations of employment being New York, Washington, D.C., and New Jersey.

[45] The estimated annual cost of attendance, including tuition, fees, and living expenses, is $88,090.