- AMSL receives official recognition as a Catholic Institute of Higher Learning by His Excellency, Most Reverend Frank J. Dewane, Bishop of the Diocese of Venice in Florida.
- AMSL purchases its Naples campus in the Vineyards, Naples, Florida.
- AMSL receives #1 Bar passage rate in the state of Florida for February first time bar exam takers.
- Honorary Degree Recipients: General Peter Pace, Richard L. Klaas and Dean Emeritus Eugene R. Milhizer Commencement Speaker: General Peter Pace
- Ave Maria Lecturer: Dr. John Finnis, internationally known legal scholar, author and Professor of Law and Legal Philosophy Emeritus at the University of Oxford.
