Howard University School of Law
Howard University School of Law is the law school of Howard University, a private, federally chartered historically black research university in Washington, D.C. It is one of the oldest law schools in the country and the oldest historically black law school in the United States.Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: University
- Description: law school in Washington, DC
- Also known as: “Howard University Law School”
- Historically known as: “Academy of the Holy Cross”, “Dumbarton College”, “Dunbarton College of the Holy Cross”, and “Holy Cross Academy”
- Address: 2900 Van Ness Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20008
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens and Levine School of Music.
Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens
Museum
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Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens is a decorative arts and historic house museum in Washington, D.C. The former residence of businesswoman and philanthropist Marjorie Merriweather Post, Hillwood is known for its decorative arts collection that focuses heavily on the House of Romanov, including two Fabergé eggs. Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens is situated 1,700 feet east of Howard University School of Law.
Levine School of Music
School
Levine Music is a non-profit community music center serving the Greater Washington DC metropolitan area. Levine currently operates five campuses, in Northwest DC, Southeast DC, Silver Spring, MD, N. Bethesda, MD, and Falls Church, VA. Levine School of Music is situated 680 feet east of Howard University School of Law.
Soapstone Valley Park
Nature reserve
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Soapstone Valley Park is a nature reserve.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Forest Hills and Cleveland Park.
Forest Hills
Neighborhood
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Forest Hills, also known as Van Ness, is a residential neighborhood in the northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., United States, bounded by Connecticut Avenue NW to the west, Rock Creek Park to the east, Chevy Chase to the north, and Tilden Street NW to the south.
Cleveland Park
Suburb
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Cleveland Park is a residential neighborhood in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. It is located at and bounded approximately by Rock Creek Park to the east, Wisconsin and Idaho Avenues to the west, Klingle and Woodley Roads to the south, and Rodman and Tilden Streets to the north.
North Cleveland Park
Neighborhood
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North Cleveland Park is a neighborhood in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. It is bounded by Albemarle Street NW to the north, Rodman and Quebec Streets NW to the south, Wisconsin and Nebraska Avenues NW to the west, and Connecticut Avenue to the east.
Howard University School of Law
- Categories: law school and education
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.94317° or 38° 56′ 35″ northLongitude
-77.05867° or 77° 3′ 31″ westElevation
295 feet (90 metres)Operator
Howard UniversityAbbreviation
“HUSL”Open location code
87C4WWVR+7GOpenStreetMap ID
way 66678739OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=university
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Howard University School of Law” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كلية الحقوق في جامعة هوارد”
- Catalan: “Facultat de Dret de la Universitat de Howard”
- Catalan: “HUSL”
- Chinese: “霍华德大学法学院”
- Chinese: “霍華德大學法學院”
- Hebrew: “בית הספר למשפט של אוניברסיטת הווארד”
- Japanese: “ハワード大学法科大学院”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Howard University School of Law”
- Portuguese: “Escola jurídica da Universidade Howard”
- Russian: “Школа права Говардского университета”
- Slovenian: “Howard University School of Law”
- Slovenian: “Pravna šola Howardove univerze”
- Spanish: “Escuela de Derecho Howard”
- Swedish: “Howard University School of Law”
- Ukrainian: “Школа права Говардського університету”
- Welsh: “Coleg y Gyfraith Prifysgol Howard”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Van Ness and Northwest.
Nearby Places
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