Valparaiso Community

The City of Valparaiso
The city of Valparaiso, with a population of approximately 31,000, offers a thriving downtown with numerous dining and entertainment options, a safe and diverse college town environment, and close proximity to Lake Michigan and the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Valparaiso Law students take advantage of numerous externship, internship, and pro bono opportunities in the city of Chicago 55 miles to the northwest, in the state capital–Indianapolis–in the summers, and in Valparaiso itself–the county seat–where the courthouse and many social service agencies are located within walking distance of the Law School. Visit the city of Valparaiso’s website at: www.valpo.us.

Child Care
Valparaiso University is partnered with the Little U Academy which extends special benefits to Valparaiso students.

Those benefits include:

  • Open enrollment for children 6 weeks to 12 years old
  • $50 discount on each child’s initial registration
  • 10 percent discount on weekly learning center programs
  • Care before and after school
  • Reserved enrollment slots and priority status

The Little U Academy is located at 751 Eastport Centre Drive in Valparaiso, approximately 3 miles from the Law School.  It offers full-day kindergarten, specially designed educational and athletic programs, degreed teachers in each classroom, and is state licensed with state-of-the-art security and safety.  Please visit www.littleuacademy.com or call 219.477.5858 for more information.

Valparaiso University Law School – Location
The Law School is located on the southwest side of the Valparaiso University campus in a park-like setting that is less than a mile from downtown Valparaiso.  Wesemann Hall, the main law school building, is located at 656 S. Greenwich Street.  The Heritage Hall Lawyering Skills Center, shown above, is a newly reconstructed building.  Located on the site of one of the University’s oldest buildings from 1879, it opened in Spring 2011.  It is surrounded by a plaza and located at 510 Freeman Street just to the north of Wesemann Hall.

Valparaiso University Law School – Directions
See Google Maps for:  656 S. Greenwich St, Valparaiso, IN 46383


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