The Washburn University School of Law, is a public law school located on the main campus of Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. Washburn Law was founded in 1903. The school has 79 faculty members and 445 students. The school has been accredited by the American Bar Association since 1923 and has been a member of the Association of American Law Schools since 1905.The 2010 edition of US News and World Report's Best Law Schools ranked Washburn in the third tier for ABA accredited schools, and ranked its Legal Writing program 17th among all law schools in the country. In the 2010 edition of the National Jurist Best value law schools Washburn Law was ranked 31st overall.