The Law School received full American Bar Association (ABA) accreditation in 1939.

The school's Moot Court program (originally called the Case Club) was established in 1938, and the Wayne Law Review began publication in 1954.

As an additional honor, members of the Wayne Law Review were awarded Juris Doctor (J.D.)

At the urging of the ABA and the State Bar of Michigan Board of Commissioners, Wayne State University Law School and the University of Michigan Law School joined to form the Institute of Continuing Legal Education in 1960.

Deans of the Law School have included Allan Campbell (1927–37), Arthur Neef (1937-66), Charles Joiner (1968–75), Donald Gordon (1975–80), John Roberts (1980–87), John Reed (1987–93), James Robinson (1993–98), Joan Mahoney (1998-04; first female law school dean in Michigan history), Frank Wu (2004–08), Robert Ackerman (2008-12) and Jocelyn Benson (interim 2012-14; permanent 2014-16).

Wayne Law's online Master of Studies in Law (MSL) degree is specifically designed to help specialists in human resources expand their knowledge of legal principles and the U.S. legal system.

Wayne Law offers dual degree programs allowing students to earn both a J.D.

The clinics provide hands-on casework to law students while simultaneously assisting residents of the metro Detroit community.

It is the scholarly arm of the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights at Wayne Law.

Wayne Law offers three externship programs and a Free Legal Aid Clinic to J.D.

The Keith Center addresses the civil rights needs of southeast Michigan and the nation by promoting the educational, economic and political power of underrepresented communities in urban settings.

The Detroit Equity Action Lab at the Keith Center is funded by $2.9 million from the W.K.

The center is also home to the Damon J. Keith Collection of African-American Legal History.

[11] According to Wayne Law’s ABA-required disclosures for the class of 2019, 85.1% of graduates were employed in full-time, long-term positions that require bar passage or are J.D.

2 in Michigan for placing recent graduates in full-time, long-term jobs that require bar passage or for which a J.D.