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Originally established on December 21, 1949, the division of law at Florida A&M College admitted its first class in 1951. Between 1954 and 1968, the law school graduated 57 students, as the Florida Board of Control (Regents) withdrew its permission for the institution to admit law students in 1966. The doors were closed in 1968.
The 2000 Florida Legislature unanimously passed legislation establishing a law school at Florida A&M University, and on June 14, 2000, Governor Jeb Bush signed the bill into law. At a temporary location, the FAMU College of Law admitted its first class in the fall of 2002. Members of the first class of the reestablished law school had the degree of Juris Doctor conferred on April 30, 2005, in Tallahassee, Florida. In January 2006, the College of Law opened at its state-of-the-art permanent location in Orlando, Florida.
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