Liberia College was founded in 1862, and the University of Liberia was created by the
national legislature in 1951. In addition to the transition to a university, the legislature created the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law and Government that same year at the university. In 1954, the law school began offering classes. In 1956, Anthony Barclay succeeded Grimes as dean and remained until 1961 when the school closed after conferring a total of 21 degrees. In September of the next year the school re-opened with former Attorney General
Joseph W. Garber as the dean and enrollment of 20 students. By 1966 the law school had grown to 49 students enrolled in either the full-time or part-time programs with a department of 13 faculty members overseeing the students and the publication of the twice yearly Liberian Law Journal. Since its founding, the law school along with the university have closed on several occasions due to
civil strife including in 1979, 1984, and 1990. The
United Nations Mission in Liberia donated US$17,000, computers, and law text books to the law school in May 2005. In 2007, the
American Bar Association paid for renovations to the law school. In April 2007, the school participated in an international
moot court competition in neighboring
Sierra Leone. ==Academics==