the university of nevada, las vegas (unlv) is a public land-grant research university in paradise, nevada. the campus is about east of the las vegas strip. it was formerly part of the university of nevada from 1957 to 1969. the university includes the shadow lane campus, just east of the university medical center of southern nevada, which houses both school of medicine and school of dental medicine. unlv's law school, the william s. boyd school of law, is also the only law school in the state.