University of Detroit Mercy's inaugural online class will include 25 students who will begin their studies next fall.

The program—the state's first fully online J.D.—will be part-time, allowing students to obtain a J.D. in four years.

The University of Detroit Mercy sees a market for the part-time, online JD currently taught on its Detroit campus. The University of Detroit Mercy is rolling out what it says is the first fully online ...

Colin Crawford, dean of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock's William H. Bowen School of Law, has recommended faculty pause discussion of plans to move the law school's part-time program online.