Law schools have been toying with online education. Earlier this week, Above The Law posted The Best Online Law School Programs In America (2026) from University Magazine. As Jeremy Paul blogged last month, here are the Top 10 online legal education programs on that list:

1. Northeastern University School of Law – Flex JD Program
2. Syracuse University College of Law – JD Interactive Program
3. Suffolk University Law School – Hybrid Online JD Program
4. Albany Law School – Flex JD Program
5. University of Hawaii at Manoa – Online JD Flex Program
6. Seattle University School of Law – Flex JD Program
7. South Texas College of Law – Online JD Program
8. Southwestern Law School – Part-Time Evening Hybrid JD Program
9. Case Western Reserve University School of Law – Online JD Program
10. Vermont Law and Graduate School – Online Hybrid JD

There obviously been movement on the online law school market. My sense is that the pandemic opened up law faculty members’ minds to possibilities for online instruction. Before the pandemic hit, many law professors had no idea what ZOOM was I I confess that I was one of them) and what its possibilities and potential were. The accreditors at the American Bar Association have been more open to online legal education. Might we be seeing a transformation of legal education that we will come to fruition in the coming years? Or will online instruction be a fad that passes with time? I tend to think that some form of online education is here to stay.