清光緒三十二年(1906),北洋法政專門學(xué)堂開始籌辦；翌年七月二十三日，舉行成立典禮。黎浦任監(jiān)督，以造就政治通才為主旨。校址在新開河(今河北區(qū)志成道103號)
學(xué)堂分設(shè)本科6年，預(yù)、正科各3年。正科又分設(shè)政治、法律兩科。政治科設(shè)政治、經(jīng)濟(jì)專業(yè)； 法律科設(shè)本國法律、國際法專業(yè)。正科畢業(yè)后授予證書，并給予安置。另有簡易科，分紳班、職班，學(xué)制一年半。紳班為行政科，招收地方府縣保送生； 職班為司法科，專收外地在職人員。學(xué)堂有日籍教員9人。
李大釗為該校首期學(xué)生，自光緒三十三年(1907)至1913年秋，在該校度過6年學(xué)習(xí)生涯。他由3年預(yù)科，轉(zhuǎn)入3年政治?？疲瑢W(xué)完了必修的30余門課程，不僅成績優(yōu)異，而且才識過人，能詩善文，為全校之冠。同時，他積極投身愛國民主運動； 1912年冬，參加社會黨，并被選為天津支部干事；參加北洋法政學(xué)會，被選為編輯部長；主持并參加編譯了《〈支那分割之運命〉駁議》、《蒙古及蒙古人》。1913年4月，參加組織創(chuàng)辦并主編《言治》月刊，至11月，共出版6期； 他在刊物上先后發(fā)表詩、文35篇(首),充滿強(qiáng)烈的反帝反封建精神和痛心國事、關(guān)心民苦的愛國情懷。
畢業(yè)后，李大釗曾多次回母校。1923年12月30日，他應(yīng)邀來津參加母校的18周年校慶，在會上作了《十八年來的回顧》的演講，對母校的革命傳統(tǒng)給予高度評價。
1914年6月，該校與直隸高等商業(yè)學(xué)校、保定法政學(xué)校合并，更名直隸公立法政專門學(xué)校。1929年，改稱河北省立法商學(xué)院，設(shè)法、政、經(jīng)、商4個系，學(xué)制4年； 另附設(shè)高中班和高、初兩級商科職業(yè)班； 并開始招收女生。七七事變后，被日軍封閉。1947年復(fù)校。新中國成立后，分別并入北京政法學(xué)院和南開大學(xué)。

·北洋法政專門學(xué)堂

Beiyang Special School of Law started to be preparedfrom 1906 (the 32nd year of Emperor Guangxu).The founding ceremony was held in July 23 in 1907,whose tenet was to cultivate political talents. Li Pu wasappointed as the supervisor. It was located near XinkaiRiver (No. 103 Zhicheng Road in Hebei District).
The college had a 3-year preparatory course and athree-year college course. The college course includedtwo departments,political science and law. Politicalscience department had two majors,political scienceand economics. Law department had national law andinternational law majors. A student would be grantedwith a diploma after completing the college course andwould be recommended with a job. There was alsocondensed course lasting for one and a half years. Thecondensed course included that for gentries and that forin-service employees. The condensed course for gentriesmajored in administration and the students were thoserecommended by county and prefecture government.The condensed course for in-service employee majoredin law and the students were those non-local in-serviceemployees. The college had nine Japanese teachers.
Li Dazhao was the student of the first term. He hadbeen studying here for six years from 1907 (the 33rdyear of emperor Guangxu) to the autumn of 1913. Hespent three years in preparatory course and three yearsin college course. He finished more than 30 compulsorycourses with outstanding results. He was talented inmany fields. He wrote poems and was one of the bestin writing in the college. He also actively took part inpatriotic and democratic movements. In the winter of1912,he was enrolled in the Social Party and was electedas Secretary of Tianjin Branch. He joined BeiyangAcademy of Law and Political Science and was electedas the Chief Editor. He organized and participated incompiling and editing Refutation to Destiny of ChinaSeparation,Mongolia and Mongol. In April 1913,hestarted Journal on Administration and assumed the officeof Chief Editor. The journal has issued six times byNovember. Li Dazhao published on the journal 35 poemsand articles,all of which permeated his strong hostilityagainst the imperialism and feudalism as well as his loveand care and for the mass,for his motherland.
After graduation,Li Dazhao had returned to thecollege several times. In December 30,1923,he wasinvited back to attend the 18th anniversary of the college.He made a speech with the title of A 18-year Retrospectin which he had given high praise to the revolutionarytradition of the college.
In June 1914,the college was combined with ZhiliAdvanced Trade and Commerce School and BaodingLaw and Political Science School and was renamed ZhiliPublic Law and Political Science College. In 1929,it wasrenamed as Hebei Law and Commerce College. It hadfour departments with a four-year course,including law,political science,economics and commerce departments.It also had preparatory courses for the four departments.In addition,it set higher and lower vocational classesfor commerce. It began to recruit women students. Thecollege was closed by the Japanese army after the eventon July 7th in 1937. It resumed its operation in 1947.After the founding of the new China,it was combinedinto Beijing Law and Political Science College andNankai University.