Law School Admissions
Application
Director of admissions | Faye F. Shealy |
Application deadline | March 1 |
Full-time program application fee | $50 |
Part-time program application fee | N/A |
Besides the fall semester, can enter in | N/A |
Admissions & Enrollment (Overall)
Acceptance rate | 22.0% – Low |
Median undergraduate GPA for all program entrants | 3.73 |
Median LSAT score for all program entrants | 165 |
Admissions & Enrollment (Full-time)
Acceptance rate | 22.0% |
LSAT scores (25th-75th percentile) | 161-167 |
Undergraduate GPA (25th-75th percentile) | 3.46-3.82 |
Median undergraduate GPA for full-time program entrants | 3.73 |
Median LSAT score for full-time program entrants | 165 |
Admissions & Enrollment (Part-time)
Applicants | N/A |
Acceptance rate | N/A |
LSAT scores (25th-75th percentile) | N/A |
Undergraduate GPA (25th-75th percentile) | N/A |
Median undergraduate GPA for part-time program entrants | N/A |
Median LSAT score for part-time program entrants | N/A |
Law School Academics
Academic Program Details
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Students have numerous externship and clinical opportunities. They actively participate in specialized centers such as: Institute of Bill of Rights Law; Center for Legal & Court Technology; and Post-Conflict Justice Program. We offer the joint degrees: JD/MBA, JD/MPP, JD/MA in American Studies. Students can do international study in Madrid, Spain or in semester exchange programs. | ||||||||||
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Curricular Offerings (Overall)
Classroom course titles, beyond the first-year curriculum, offered last year | 128 |
Seminars | 35 |
Positions available in seminars | 548 |
Positions available in simulation courses | 639 |
Positions available in faculty-supervised clinical courses | 46 |
Student activities (as provided by the school) | |
Two of the most active student organizations are the Public Service Fund and Black Law Students Association. Students are selected to staff: Bill of Rights Journal, Business Law Review, Environmental Law & Policy Review, Journal of Women & the Law, Law Review. Through intra-school competition, students earn positions on Moot Court, National Trial or Negotiation & Client Counseling Teams. |
Curricular Offerings (Full-time)
Typical first-year full-time section size taught by full-time faculty (excludes small sections) | 75 |
Is there typically a full-time “small section” of the first-year class taught by full-time faculty (excluding Legal Writing)? | Yes |
Typical size of first-year “small section” | 16 |
Positions filled in full-time program seminars | 468 |
Positions filled in full-time program simulation courses | 569 |
Positions filled in faculty-supervised full-time program clinical courses | 43 |
Full-time students involved in field placements | 169 |
Full-time students involved in law journals | 322 |
Full-time students involved in advanced moot court or trial competitions | 161 |
Full-time students enrolled in independent study | 110 |
Curricular Offerings (Part-time)
Typical first-year part-time section size taught by full-time faculty (excludes small sections) | N/A |
Is there typically a part-time “small section” of the first-year class taught by full-time faculty (excluding Legal Writing)? | N/A |
Positions filled in part-time program seminars | N/A |
Positions filled in part-time program simulation courses | N/A |
Positions filled in faculty-supervised part-time program clinical courses | N/A |
Part-time students involved in field placements | N/A |
Part-time students involved in law journals | N/A |
Part-time students involved in advanced moot court or trial competitions | N/A |
Part-time students enrolled in independent study | N/A |
Faculty Profile (Fall 2011)
Student-faculty ratio | 13.7:1 – Medium |
Full- and part-time faculty | 77 |
Full-time minority faculty | 14.3% |
Part-time minority faculty | 8.2% |
Total faculty | 99 |
Total faculty (men) | 69.7% |
Total faculty (women) | 30.3% |
Total faculty (minorities) | 12.1% |
Class Size
Law School Ranking
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Law Ranking Scores
Score | 64 |
Peer assessment score (out of 5) | 3.3 |
Assessment score by lawyers/judges (out of 5) | 3.9 |
GPA (25th-75th percentile) | 3.46-3.82 |
Median undergraduate GPA for all program entrants | 3.73 |
LSAT scores (25th-75th percentile) | 161-167 |
Median LSAT score for all program entrants | 165 |
Acceptance rate | 22.0% – Low |
Student-faculty ratio | 13.7:1 – Medium |
Graduates known to be employed at graduation | 73.8% – Medium |
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation | 86.9% – Medium |
Bar passage rate (first-time test takers) | 91.7% – High |
State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar | VA |
Statewide bar passage rate (first-time test takers) | 77.4% |
Law School Student Body
Student Body (Overall)
Total Enrolled | 637 |
Student Body (Full-time)
Enrollment (full-time) | 637 |
Student Body (Part-time)
Enrollment (part-time) | N/A |
Gender distribution (part-time) | N/A |
Attrition Rates for Full- and Part-time Students (2010-2011)
First-year students discontinuing law school | 0.5% |
Second-year students discontinuing law school | 3.8% |
Third-year students discontinuing law school | 0.5% |
Fourth-year students discontinuing law school | N/A |
Male students discontinuing law school | 1.3% |
Female students discontinuing law school | 1.9% |
Law School Cost
Financial Aid Contact Information
Financial aid director | Edward P. Irish |
Financial aid phone | (757) 221-2420 |
Financial aid application deadline | February 15 |
Expenses
Tuition and fees | |
Full-time: $26,200 per year (in-state) Full-time: $35,200 per year (out-of-state) |
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Room and board | $9,272 |
Books | $1,400 |
Miscellaneous expenses | $5,128 |
Is the tuition the same for first-, second-, and third-year students? | Yes |
Does the university offer housing restricted to law students? | No |
Does the university offer graduate student housing for which law students are eligible? | Yes |
Does the university offer a public-interest scholarship program to current J.D. students? | No |
Grants (Full-time students)
Students receiving grants of less than one-half tuition | 35.9% |
Students receiving grants of one-half tuition or more but less than full | 1.3% |
Students receiving grants of full tuition | 0.0% |
Students receiving grants of more than full tuition | 0.0% |
Median grant amount | $8,000 |
Grant range (25th–75th percentile) | $5,000–$10,000 |
Full-time students receiving grants | 37.2% |
Grants (Part-time students)
Students receiving grants of less than one-half tuition | N/A |
Students receiving grants of one-half tuition or more but less than full | N/A |
Students receiving grants of full tuition | N/A |
Students receiving grants of more than full tuition | N/A |
Median grant amount | N/A |
Grant range (25th–75th percentile) | N/A |
Part-time students receiving grants | N/A |
Indebtedness
Average indebtedness of 2011 graduates who incurred law school debt | $91,797 |
Proportion who borrowed | 87.3% |
Does the school offer a loan repayment assistance program for 2011 J.D. graduates? | Yes |
Law School Library
Library Information Resources
Print titles (excluding nonbook titles) | 99,591 |
Microform titles | 90,686 |
Electronic titles | 43,638 |
Other non-book titles | 2,859 |
Total titles | 236,774 |
Volumes (excluding microforms) | 248,359 |
Volume equivalent microforms | 172,479 |
Total volumes and volume equivalents | 420,838 |
Number of volumes in the collection that are stored off site and are systematically retrievable | 0 |
Library’s online catalog or website includes links to electronic titles or databases made available by another campus library or consortia | Yes |
Library Schedule of Operation
Number of hours per week library is open on a regular schedule | 168 |
Number of hours per week professional staff are on duty on a regular schedule | 66 |
Number of hours per week only full-time support staff are on duty on a regular schedule | 1 |
Number of hours per week only students or other part-time staff are on duty on a regular schedule | 24 |
Number of hours of reference service provided per week on a regular schedule | 66 |
Number of weeks per year library operates on an abbreviated schedule | 17 |
Number of hours per week library is open on an abbreviated schedule | 168 |
Number of hours per week professional staff are on duty are on an abbreviated schedule | 45 |
Number of hours per week only full-time support staff are on duty on an abbreviated schedule | 5 |
Number of hours per week only students or other part-time staff are on duty on an abbreviated schedule | 10 |
Number of hours of reference service provided per week on an abbreviated schedule | 45 |
Number of weeks per year library operates on expanded schedule | 0 |
Information Technology
Department(s) responsible for the law school information technology operations | law school information technology department, law school library, university information technology department |
Approximate number of full-time-equivalent information technology staff (excluding hourly students and other temporary staff) | 7 |
Number of open, wired network connections available to students in the law library (excluding computer labs) | 12 |
Number of open, wired network connections available to students in classrooms | 0 |
Number of open, wired network connections available to students in computer labs | 29 |
Number of open, wired network connections available to students elsewhere in the law school | 0 |
Does the law school have a wireless network? | Yes |
Wireless network is available | in the law library, in classrooms, in computer labs, in administrative/faculty offices and work areas, elsewhere in the law school |
Does the school require entering students to own a computer? | No |
Physical Library Facilities
Net square feet of space assigned for library purposes | 53,400 |
Total seats available for library users | 568 |
Details about the library and other facilities (as provided by the school) | The Law School physical plant lies between the Graduate Housing Complex and Tennis Center and the National Center for State Courts. We are a short walk from historic Colonial Williamsburg and an easy drive to the metropolitan areas of Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Richmond and Washington, DC. |
Law School Careers
Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2010 administrations)
State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar | VA |
Bar passage rate (first-time test takers) | 91.7% – High |
Statewide bar passage rate (first-time test takers) | 77.4% |
Class of 2010 Graduates
Total graduates | 214 |
Graduates known to be employed at graduation | 73.8% |
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation | 86.9% |
Class of 2010 Graduates-Class Breakdown at Graduation
Graduates whose employment status is unknown | 1.9% |
Graduates whose employment status is known | 98.1% |
Graduates known to be employed at graduation | 73.8% |
Graduates known to be enrolled in a full-time degree program | 3.7% |
Graduates known to be unemployed and seeking work | 19.2% |
Graduates known to be unemployed and not seeking work | 1.4% |
Class of 2010 Graduates-Class Breakdown at Nine Months
Graduates whose employment status is unknown | 3.7% |
Graduates whose employment status is known | 96.3% |
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation | 86.9% |
Graduates known to be enrolled in a full-time degree program | 3.7% |
Graduates known to be unemployed and seeking work | 4.2% |
Graduates known to be unemployed and not seeking work | 1.4% |
Starting Salaries of Graduates Employed Full-time (Class of 2010)
25th percentile private sector starting salary | $66,000 |
Median private sector starting salary | $105,000 |
75th percentile private sector starting salary | $140,000 |
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information | 68% |
Median public service starting salary | $50,093 |
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2010)
Percent employed in academia | 1.6% |
Percent employed in business and industry | 9.7% |
Percent employed in government | 22.0% |
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships | 21.0% |
Percent employed in law firms | 40.9% |
Percent employed in public interest | 4.8% |
Percent employed in an unknown field | 0.0% |
Employment Location (Class of 2010)
Graduates employed in-state | 46% |
Graduates employed out-of-state | 52.0% |
Graduates employed in foreign countries | 1% |
Number of states where graduates are employed | 29 |
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT) | 2.0% |
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA) | 10.0% |
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI) | 4.0% |
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD) | 2.0% |
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV) | 68.0% |
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN) | 2.0% |
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX) | 4.0% |
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA) | 4.0% |
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY) | 2.0% |
Employment location unknown | 1.0% |
Career Services
(Data appear as originally submitted by this school)
Career services operations | Our core missions are to: *partner with students and alumni to help them explore career options, learn about and obtain employment opportunities, further long-term professional development, and achieve career satisfaction; *cultivate constructive, mutually beneficial relationships with employers. |
Job Type
Bar admission required/anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks) | 88.0% |
Bar admission required/anticipated – percent employed in full-time positions | 98.8% |
J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent) | 6.0% |
J.D. preferred – percent employed in full-time positions | 81.8% |
Professional other (jobs that require professional skills or training but for which a J.D. is neither preferred nor particularly applicable; e.g., accountant, teacher, business manager, nurse) | 5.0% |
Professional other – percent employed in full-time positions | 90.0% |
Non-professional other (job that does not require any professional skills or training or is taken on a temporary basis and not viewed as part of a career path) | 1.0% |
Non-professional other – percent employed in full-time positions | 100.0% |