University of Virginia School of Law

University of Virginia School of Law
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Parent schoolUniversity of Virginia
Established1819 (1819)
School typePublic law school
Endowment$831 million (2023)[1]
Parent endowment$13.6 billion (2023)[2]
DeanRisa Goluboff
LocationCharlottesville, Virginia, United States
USNWR ranking8th (2023)[3]
Websitelaw.virginia.edu
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The University of Virginia School of Law (Virginia Law) is the law school of the University of Virginia, a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819, Virginia Law is the second oldest continuously operating law school in the United States.

Founded by Thomas Jefferson as part of his UNESCO World Heritage "academical village", each class in the three-year J.D. programme contains approximately 300 students. The school also offers LL.M., and S.J.D. degrees in law and hosts visiting scholars, visiting researchers and a number of legal research centers.

Notable distinguished alumni include members of the U.S. Supreme Court, several of the Kennedy brothers, including Robert F. Kennedy, numerous members of both houses of U.S. Congress, and judges on federal courts throughout the United States. The school has over 20,000 alumni in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and 64 foreign countries.[4]

  1. ^ "Overview". University of Virginia School of Law. University of Virginia. February 5, 2024. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  2. ^ As of June 30, 2023. Annual Report 2023 (Report). UVIMCO. 2023. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  3. ^ "University of Virginia School of Law". Best Law Schools. U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Fast Facts About Alumni and Giving". virginia.edu. 19 April 2017. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.