Cannabis Law Courses

The Drug Enforcement and Policy Center has been tracking known cannabis law courses taught in the United States at accredited law schools from the 2018-19 school year through the 2022-23 school year. The table below includes data from all of these school years with the exception of 2018-19 due to space constraints. To see the full list of cannabis courses, including those from 2018-19, see Appendix A in the latest Teaching Drugs report.

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School Name (2023 rank) Cannabis regime Courses: 2019/2020 Courses: 2020/2021 Courses: 2021/2022 Courses: 2022/2023
Harvard University (4) Adult-use (2012, 2016)  none  none  none  none
New York University (7) Adult-use (2014, 2021) none none none 1L Reading Group: Legalization of Marijuana
UC Berkeley (9) Adult-use (1996, 2016) Marijuana Law and Policy Marijuana Law and Policy Marijuana Law and Policy Marijuana Law and Policy
University of Michigan (10) Adult-use (2008, 2018) none none Cannabis Law and Social Justice Current Issues in Cannabis Law
Northwestern University (13) Adult-use (2013, 2019) Marijuana Policy Law none Marijuana Policy Law Cannabis Law, Business, and Policy
UCLA (15) Adult-use (1996, 2016) Cannabis Law and Regulation none none none
Vanderbilt (17) Marijuana Law and Policy Marijuana Law and Policy Marijuana Law and Policy Marijuana Law and Policy
Boston University (17) Adult-use (2012, 2016) none Cannabis Externship Cannabis Externship Fieldwork none
Boston University (17) Adult-use (2012, 2016) Law and Regulation of Cannabis Law and Regulation of Cannabis none none
USC (20) Adult-use (1996, 2016) none none none Marijuana Cannabis Law
University of Minnesota (21) Medical (2014) none none none Cannabis Law & Policy: Past, Present and Future
University of Florida (Levin) (21) Medical (2016) Medical Marijuana Law and Policy Medical Marijuana Law and Policy Marijuana Law and Policy Medical Marijuana Law and Policy
University of Georgia (29) none From Contraband to Commodity: Regulating the New Marijuana Markets From Contraband to Commodity: Regulating the New Marijuana Markets none
Ohio State University (Moritz) (30) Medical (2016) Cannabiz: Exploring the “Legalized” Cannabis Industry Cannabiz: Exploring the “Legalized” Cannabis Industry Cannabiz: Exploring the “Legalized” Cannabis Industry Cannabiz: Exploring the Legalization of Marijuana
Ohio State University (Moritz) (30) Medical (2016) Seminar: Marijuana Law none Seminar: Marijuana Law Seminar: Marijuana Law Policy and Reform
University of California-Davis (37) Adult-use (1996, 2016) Drug Law and Policy Seminar Drug Law and Policy Seminar none none
Texas A&M University (46) Cannabis Law, Policy and Business none Cannabis Law, Policy and Business none
University of Washington (49) Adult-use (1998, 2012) Cannabis Law Seminar Cannabis Law Seminar Cannabis Law Seminar Cannabis Law Seminar
University of Colorado-Boulder (49) Adult-use (2000, 2012) The Regulation of Marijuana The Regulation of Marijuana  none Regulation of Marijuana
University of California (Hastings) (51) Adult-use (1996, 2016) none Cannabis Law Cannabis Law Cannabis Law
Yeshiva University (Cardozo) (52) Adult-use (2014, 2021) none none none Special Topics: Cannabis Law
Villanova University (56) Medical (2016) none none Cannabis Law Cannabis Law
Penn. State University–Carlisle (Dickinson) (58) Medical (2016) Agricultural Law none none none
Temple University (Beasley) (63) Medical (2016) Drug Law, Policy, and Practice: Marijuana Regulation Drug Law, Policy, and Practice: Marijuana Regulation none none
University of Connecticut (64) Adult-use (2021,2012) none none none Cannabis Law, Policy and Culture
University of Missouri (67) Medical (2018) The Regulation of Medical Marijuana Businesses none none none
Loyola Marymount University (67) Adult-use (1996, 2016) Cannabis Law Cannabis Law Cannabis Law Cannabis Business Law
Loyola University Chicago (73) Adult-use (2013, 2019) none Marijuana Law none none
Seton Hall University (73) Adult-use (2010, 2020) none none none Cannabis Law
University of Miami (73) Medical (2016) none none none Craft Alcohol Beverage and Cannabis: Regulatory and Transactional Consider-ations for Industry and Investors
University of Denver (Sturm) (78) Adult-use (2000, 2012) Representing the Marijuana Client Representing the Marijuana Client none none
University of Denver (Sturm) (78) Adult-use (2000, 2012) none none Cannabis Externship Seminar Marijuana Law and Policy
University of Denver (Sturm) (78) Adult-use (2000, 2012) Regulating Cannabis none none none
Drexel University (Kline) (78) Medical (2016) Marijuana Law none none none
University of Pittsburgh (78) Medical (2016) none none none Cannabis and the Law
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (86) Adult-use (2020, 2010) Current Legal Issues in Marijuana Regulation Current Legal Issues in Marijuana Regulation Current Legal Issues in Marijuana Regulation Current Legal Issues in Marijuana Regulation
University of Arkansas—Fayetteville (86) Medical (2016) none none none Cannabis Law and Policy
Lewis & Clark College (Northwestern) (88) Adult-use (1998, 2014) none Cannabis Law and Policy Cannabis Law and Policy Cannabis Law and Policy
Michigan State University (91) Adult-use (2008, 2018) Marijuana Law Marijuana Law Marijuana Law Marijuana Law
Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) (94) Adult-use (2013, 2019) Cannabis Law none none none
Saint Louis University (98) Medical (2018) none none Cannabis Law and Policy Cannabis Law and Policy
Indiana University–Indianapolis (McKinney) (98) none none Marijuana Law & Policy Seminar none
Stetson University (111) Medical (2016) Comparative Analysis of Global Marijuana Laws none none none
University of Missouri–Kansas City (114) Medical (2018) none none Missouri Cannabis Law none
University of Maine (114) Adult-use (1999, 2016) none Cannabis Law, Business, and Policy Cannabis Law, Business, & Policy none
Seattle University (116) Adult-use (1998, 2012) none Cannabis Law and Policy Cannabis Law and Policy Cannabis Law and Policy
Gonzaga University (116) Adult-use (1998, 2012) none none none Cannabis Law and Policy
Hofstra University (Deane) (118) Medical (2014) Business and Law of Marijuana Business and Law of Marijuana  none Business and Law of Marijuana
University of Tulsa (118) Medical (2018) none none Cannabis Law and Policy none
Albany Law School (122) Adult-use (2014, 2021) Marijuana Law Marijuana Law  none Marijuana Law
Suffolk University (122) Adult-use (2012, 2016) Cannabis Law Seminar Cannabis Law Cannabis Law Cannabis Law
University of Baltimore (122) Medical (2014) none Marijuana Law none Marijuana Law
Cleveland State University (Cleveland-Marshall) (127) Medical (2016)  none  none Marijuana Law: Policy and Authority Marijuana Law: Policy and Authority
New York Law School (129) Adult-use (2014, 2021) none none Cannabis Law Cannabis Law
Willamette University (129) Adult-use (1998, 2014) none Cannabis Law none Cannabis Law
Santa Clara University (133) Adult-use (1996, 2016) none Drug Policy Practicum: Cannabis Law and Policy Drug Policy Practicum: Cannabis Law and Policy Drug Policy Practicum: Cannabis Law and Policy
University of the Pacific (McGeorge) (133) Adult-use (1996, 2016) none none Marijuana Law Seminar Marijuana Law
University of the Pacific (McGeorge) (133) Adult-use (1996, 2016) none none none Practice & Business of Cannabis Law
Pace University (Haub) (142) Medical (2014) none Cannabis Law: Practice & Policy Cannabis Law: Practice & Policy Cannabis Law: Practice & Policy
Quinnipiac University (147-192) Medical (2012) Symposium: Marijuana Law none none none
University of Toledo (147-192) Medical (2016) Marijuana Law and Policy none none Marijuana Law and Policy
Southwestern Law School (147-192) Adult-use (1996, 2016) Evolution of Cannabis Law Evolution of Cannabis Law Evolution of Cannabis Law Evolution of Cannabis Law
Golden Gate University (147-192) Adult-use (1996, 2016) none none none Externship: Cannabis Law Clinic
California Western School of Law (147-192) Adult-use (1996, 2016) Marijuana and the Law Marijuana and the Law Marijuana and the Law Marijuana and the Law
New England Law Boston (147-192) Adult-use (2012, 2016) Marijuana Law and Policy Perspectives in Law: Marijuana Law and Policy Perspectives in Law: Business Compliance in Marijuana Law and Policy Cannabis Law and Policy
Western New England University (147-192) Adult-use (2012, 2016) none Cannabis Law and Policy (Online) Cannabis Law and Policy Cannabis Law and Policy
Mitchell Hamline School of Law (147-192) Medical (2014) none Seminar: Marijuana and the Law Seminar: Marijuana and the Law none
Charleston School of Law (147-192) none none Cannabis Law and Policy none
Florida A&M University (147-192) Medical (2016) Marijuana Law and Policy none none Advanced Topics in Law Seminar A: Marijuana and Policy
Appalachian School of Law (147-192) Adult-use (2020, 2021) none Marijuana Law and Policy  none none
Southern University Law Center (147-192) Medical (2020) none none none Law and Medicine (Med. Marijuana)
University of Massachu-setts–Dartmouth Adult-use (2012, 2016) none none Cannabis Regulation none
Western Michigan University Adult-use (2008, 2018) none Medical Marijuana & the Law Medical Marijuana & the Law none
Arizona Summit Law School
(closed)
Adult-use (2010, 2020) Cannabis Law and Policy none none none
Thomas Jefferson School of Law (not accredited by AALS) Adult-use (1996, 2016) none The Legal Cannabis Industry and IPP none none

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