About Empire College School of Law

Empire College School of Law provides comprehensive legal training to aspiring lawyers and professionals of all kinds. Our coursework is taught by practicing judges and attorneys and supplemented with hands-on practicum.

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The Empire Difference

At Empire College School of Law, we take an innovative approach to legal education. For more than 50 years, we have offered rigorous evening courses to future lawyers and other professionals who benefit from an advanced understanding of the law. Currently, approximately 25 percent of the Sonoma County Bar are Empire College alumni. We are proud to say that 18 alumni from our Juris Doctor program are now judiciary members in the counties of Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino, Lake, Merced, and beyond.

We owe much of our success to our professors, a talented team of experienced judges and attorneys from the North Bay area. By teaching within their areas of practice, our instructors can easily illustrate how the law applies to everyday life. This approach also enables our faculty to build a participatory environment that is both personalized and professional.

Empire’s moot court teams have consistently performed at a high level in statewide competitions, showcasing both brief writing and oral argument skills developed during their law studies.

In addition, Empire College School of Law has a proud history of community outreach. We provide free legal counsel to elderly, disabled, and low-income citizens through six diverse law clinics. These philanthropic traditions earned us national recognition on President Obama’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for several years in a row, along with a Jefferson Award from the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors.

Our Mission

The mission of Empire College School of Law is to provide a positive learning environment to achieve a quality legal education. Taught by judges and practicing attorneys, the School of Law’s courses emphasize academic excellence and the development of practical lawyering skills. The school is dedicated to instilling students with the highest principles of professional, ethical, and moral responsibility. Students will be enabled to pursue diverse career choices through the acquisition of a thorough knowledge and understanding of the legal system.


Alicia Cronbach, Esq.

(Class of 2006)
One of the advantages of Empire as a night vs. traditional law school is the real-life experience that most students have between college and law school. Being a second-career lawyer, you bring a lot more value to the table and to a prospective employer than you may appreciate.

Jacqueline Rosario, Esq

(Class of 2014)
I wanted to be an attorney because I wanted to make a difference in this world, and I feel that I am doing that. It is very rewarding, and I am blessed to be living my dream. I recommend to everybody considering law school that if you want to do this and have the will to do it, do it.

Chris Van Nuys

Operations Manager, LEMO USA, Inc. (Class of 2019)
Empire Law School provided the instruction, guidance, and motivation that I needed to pass the California State Bar Examination on the first try, despite the rigors of managing a full-time career and family commitments in parallel. I would absolutely recommend Empire Law School to anyone looking for relevant and masterful instruction in the subjects of law.