University of Virginia Law School
| University of Virginia School of Law | |
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| Parent school | University of Virginia |
| Established | 1819 |
| School type | Public |
| Endowment | US $ 495 million |
| Parent endowment | US $ 7.53 billion |
| Dean | Risa Goluboff |
| Location | Charlottesville, Virginia, USA |
| Enrollment | 934 |
| Faculty | 203 |
| USNWR ranking | 8 |
| Bar pass rate | 95.9% |
| Website | law.virginia.edu |
| ABA profile | officialguide.lsac.org |
The University of Virginia School of Law (Virginia Law or UVA Law) was founded in Charlottesville in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson as one of the original subjects taught at his "academical village," the University of Virginia. Virginia Law is the fourth-oldest active law school in the United States and the second-oldest continuously operating law school. The law school offers the J.D., LL.M., and S.J.D. degrees in law and hosts visiting scholars, visiting researchers and a number of legal research centers.
Virginia Law is perennially regarded as one of the 10 most prestigious law schools in the United States. U.S. News & World Report currently ranks Virginia Law as tied for eighth in the nation with UC Berkeley and Michigan, in 2017, and in 2011, ranked Virginia Law as sixth among major law firm recruiters. In the 2010 Super Lawyers Law School Rankings, Virginia Law ranks fourth in the nation. In the 2015 Above the Law rankings, Virginia Law ranked sixth in the nation. A 2013 Above the Law report also notes that Virginia is second in the number of graduates leading the nation's top 100 firms.
A study published in the Journal of Legal Education ranked Virginia Law fourth in the number of partners in the National Law Journal's top 100 firms. Virginia Law also places high in clerkships, recently ranking behind only Harvard Law School and Yale Law School.
The Princeton Review ranked Virginia Law as first in "Best Quality of Life" among the nation's law schools, along with second in "Best Professors," third in "Best Classroom Experience," fifth in "Career Prospects," and seventh in "Toughest to Get Into."
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