LMU - A University With A Mission

Lincoln Memorial University has a fascinating history. It began really in the Civil War when President Lincoln had a conversation with one of his generals, O O Howard, who fought in the Battle of Gettysburg. As the years passed, he became a prolific writer of books, a religious leader, and he was often very helpful in raising funds for a worthy cause. He was invited into the Cumberland Gap area, near the confluence of Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee, and he met a man by the name of Reverend a a Myers, who, with others in the area, believed that higher education was the most important need for the people of Southern Appalachia. And based on that conversation in 1896 a year later, Lincoln Memorial University was founded on Lincoln's birthday to honor his name and his memory.

Of course, it began as a small liberal arts school, but has grown now to a major university in East Tennessee. Their mission is primarily to offer higher education opportunities for the people of Southern Appalachia. Of course, the school has become so popular. One of the many post graduate schools that the university has sponsored in more recent years is our law school here in Knoxville, if our university is truly a living memorial for the 16th President of the United States, one first has to say that Abe Lincoln, above all else, was first a lawyer.

And of course, it is only natural that the university would want to have a thriving law school. And Knoxville is the place for it to be. It's easy to travel to, and we're very fortunate to point to perhaps the best lawyer to ever practice before the bar. Our primary target is provide a legal education for those who desire it in the southern Appalachian region. Nevertheless, we have students beyond that area, we are determined to provide an education in the law that establishes practice ready students. Lincoln memorials, Duncan School of Law is today fully accredited by the American Bar Association, and one of the more attractive schools in the southeast for students to become educated in the law.