Facts & Statistics
Facts About: Admissions | Costs
and Financial Aid | Career Services | Clerkships
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Founded: 1819 by Thomas Jefferson
in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Source of Institutional
Control: Public (with no state funding)
Academic Year Calendar: Semester
Degree Programs Offered: Juris
Doctor (J.D.), Master
of Laws (LL.M.), Master
of Laws in the Judicial Process (LL.M.), Combined-Degree Programs (J.D.-M.A., J.D.-M.B.A., J.D.-M.U.E.P.,
J.D.-M.P.H., J.D.-M.S.), External
Combined-Degree Programs (either J.D.-M.A., J.D.-M.P.A.,
J.D.-M.A.L.D.)
J.D. Application Deadline: March 1 (J.D. candidates are also offered an early
decision option.)
Graduate Studies (LL.M.) Application Deadline: January
1
Admissions Offers
Made By: April 15
Student-Faculty Ratio: 13.3:1
Class of 2007 Degrees Awarded: 366
J.D.s, 33 LL.M.s, 1 S.J.D.
Endowment: As of June 30, 2007, the market value of the endowments and quasi-endowments held for the benefit of the Law School was $344 million.
Careers:
- 61 Class of 2006 graduates obtained
clerkships. (more on clerkships)
- CASE, the Law School's online job search
system, gives students 24-hour, Web-based access to employment
opportunities and employer information and provides the vehicle
for interview sign-ups and scheduling.
- UVA
is third nationally in the number
of alumni who are chairpersons and managing partners at law
firms nationwide.
More facts on
career services
Student-Run
Academic Journals: 9
Student
Organizations: 67, at least 10 involved extensively
in public service projects
Library: More than 890,000 volumes
Charlottesville Population: 45,049
(as of 2000) - More
on Charlottesville
Charlottesville and Surrounding Counties: 200,000
ADMISSIONS
CLASS OF 2010 PROFILE (More):
Median GPA:
3.76 on a 4.0 scale
25%-75% GPA: 3.51–3.87
Median LSAT:170 (98th percentile)
25%-75% LSAT: 167-171
Average age: 23 (range is 17 to 57)
361 students enrolled from among 5,438 applicants
216 men (60%), 145 women (40%)
69 identify themselves as minority students (19%)
More |
COSTS & FINANCIAL
AID
| Tuition
and Fees: |
$36,800 |
$41,800 |
| Room, Board, and Miscellaneous: |
16,500 |
16,500 |
| Books
and Supplies: |
1,800 |
|
| Totals: |
$55,100 |
$60,100 |
For more information on J.D. costs, see Financial
Aid Information
| Tuition
and Fees: |
$41,900 |
| Room,
Board, and Miscellaneous: |
15,000 |
| Books
and Supplies: |
1,100 |
| Total: |
$58,000 |
First-Year Financial Aid, 2007-08:
Received Scholarships: 221 students, amount totaling $3.18 million
Received Loans: 300 students, amount totaling $10.36 million
Received Aid of Some Kind: 324 students, amount totaling $13.54 million
Total Financial Aid, FY 2007-08:
Received Scholarships: 695 students, amount totaling $10 million
Received Loans: 924 students, amount totaling $32.3 million

CAREER
SERVICES
Fall 2007 Recruiting
- More than 950 public- and private-sector law offices from 42 states, the District of Columbia, and six foreign countries conducted interviews
- Employers conducted more than 9,000 interviews with 2Ls and 3Ls; more than 8,500 with 2Ls alone
- 2Ls averaged more than 21 interviews
- More than 90% of the 2L class obtained employment from on-Grounds interviews.
Presence in Top Law Firms, Classes of 2004-2007
Jobs with Top 100 Firms*: 71%
Jobs with Second 100 Firms*: 12%
Jobs with Smaller Law Firms: 17%
*Rankings according to American
Lawyer 2005 survey
UVA is third nationally in the number of alumni who are chairpersons and managing partners at law firms nationwide.*
*According
to the Law Firms Yellow Book,
which profiled more than 800 law firms
around the nation, from all major cities,
and from all states except South Dakota.
A survey of 250 national law firms’ recent
hiring decisions conducted by the National Law Journal found
that University of Virginia School of Law graduates were
the second-most-favored group, with 97 of the surveyed firms
hiring Virginia students. Virginia ranked fifth in the number
of graduates hired by NLJ's top 250 firms, with
208. More
According to a 2005 study that updates the 2003 Leiter Report, a highly respected and comprehensive ranking of law school performance, the Law School is second in overall success in placing graduates at top national law firms. See Leiter Reports and the 2005 Study

CLASS
OF 2007
Jobs with Top 100 Firms*: 173
Jobs with Second 100 Firms*: 35
Jobs with Smaller Law Firms: 61
(See chart at top for
all types of '07 jobs.)
*Rankings according to American
Lawyer 2005 survey
Top Job Locations, Classes of 2004-2007
- Washington, D.C. (321 graduates)
- New York City (256)
- Atlanta (71)
- Richmond (46)
- San Francisco Bay area (45)
- Boston (41)
- Chicago (39)
- Los Angeles (35)
- Philadelphia (30)
The Classes of 2004-2007 saw at least five
graduates accept jobs in each of 39 major cities. Over that period, our students reported
1,375 jobs at graduation for a rate of more than 95 percent
of the class. These jobs include 1,008 with law firms, 25
with corporations or consulting firms, 99 with government
or public-interest groups, and 218 judicial clerkships.
Class
of 2007 Graduates Employed at Graduation: More
than 93 percent
CLASS OF 2007 GRADUATES AT AMERICAN
LAWYER TOP 100 LAW FIRMS
| RANK |
FIRM/LOCATION |
| 1 |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
New York, Wilmington, Delaware |
| 2 |
Latham & Watkins
Chicago, New York, Silicon Valley, Washington, D.C. |
| 3 |
Baker & McKenzie
New York, Washington, D.C. |
| 4 |
Jones Day
Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Washington, D.C. |
| 5 |
Sidley Austin
Los Angeles, New York, Washington, D.C. |
| 6 |
White & Case
Los Angeles, New York, Washington, D.C. |
| 7 |
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
New York |
| 8 |
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw
New York |
| 9 |
Kirkland & Ellis
Chicago |
| 10 |
DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary
San Diego, Washington, D.C. |
| 11 |
Sullivan & Cromwell
London, New York |
| 12 |
Greenberg Traurig
Miami, New York |
| 13 |
Shearman & Sterling
New York |
| 15 |
O'Melveny & Myers
Washington, D.C. |
| 16 |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. |
| 17 |
McDermott Will & Emery
Los Angeles, New York, Washington, D.C. |
| 19 |
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Los Angeles, New York |
| 20 |
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
New York, Palo Alto |
| 21 |
Hogan & Hartson
Denver, Washington, D.C. |
| 23 |
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker
Atlanta, Los Angeles, San Francisco |
| 24 |
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Dallas, Washington, D.C. |
| 25 |
Foley & Lardner
Milwaukee |
| 26 |
Davis Polk & Wardwell
New York, Paris |
| 30 |
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Palo Alto |
| 32 |
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
New York |
| 34 |
Ropes & Gray
Boston, New York, Washington, D.C. |
| 35 |
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Sacramento, Washington, D.C. |
| 38 |
King & Spalding
Atlanta, Washington, D.C. |
| 39 |
Vinson & Elkins
Houston |
| 40 |
Cravath, Swaine & Moore
New York |
| 41 |
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
New York |
| 42 |
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
New York |
| 43 |
Hunton & Williams
Richmond |
| 43 |
Heller Ehrman
Seattle |
| 45 |
Kilpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis
Washington, D.C. |
| 46 |
Arnold & Porter
Washington, D.C. |
| 47 |
Proskauer Rose
New York |
| 49 |
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
New York |
| 51 |
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae
New York, Washington, D.C. |
| 52 |
Baker Botts
Washington, D.C. |
| 53 |
Goodwin Procter
Boston |
| 54 |
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
San Diego, Washington, D.C. |
| 56 |
Bryan Cave
Washington, D.C. |
| 57 |
Alston & Bird
Atlanta; Charlotte, North Carolina; New York; Washington, D.C. |
| 59 |
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
Washington, D.C. |
| 60 |
Katten Muchin Rosenman
Chicago, Washington, D.C. |
| 62 |
Kaye Scholer
New York |
| 63 |
Covington & Burling
New York, Washington, D.C. |
| 64 |
Nixon Peabody
Boston, New York, Washington, D.C. |
| 65 |
McGuireWoods
Richmond |
| 66 |
Seyfarth Shaw
Atlanta |
| 67 |
Schulte Roth & Zabel
New York |
| 69 |
Perkins Coie
Menlo Park, California; Washington, D.C. |
| 70 |
Cooley Godward
Palo Alto, Reston, Virginia |
| 72 |
Jenner & Block
Chicago |
| 73 |
Baker & Hostetler
New York, Washington, D.C. |
| 76 |
Blank Rome
Philadelphia |
| 77 |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
Century City, California |
| 78 |
Steptoe & Johnson
Washington, D.C. |
| 82 |
Kilpatrick Stockton
Atlanta |
| 84 |
Fish & Richardson
Dallas |
| 86 |
Venable
Baltimore, Washington, D.C. |
| 90 |
Pepper Hamilton
Philadelphia |
| 94 |
Cahill Gordon & Reindel
New York |
| 95 |
Andrews & Kurth
Austin, Houston |
| 96 |
Drinker Biddle & Reath
Philadelphia |
| 97 |
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan
Washington, D.C. |
1L
Summer Job Stats
ALUMNI/Law
Foundation
Alumni: The Law School has
17,000 alumni in all 50 states and 35 countries.
Endowment: As of June 30, 2007, the market value of the endowments and quasi-endowments held for the benefit of the Law School was $344 million.
Capital Campaign: The new Capital Campaign officially kicked off in 2006, with a goal of raising $150 million.
2006-2007 Contributions: At the conclusion of the 2006-2007 Annual Giving Campaign, 7,643 alumni, or over 50 percent, provided more than $9.8 million, including more than $4.5 million in unrestricted funds. The number of alumni participating was the highest in the Law School's history.
Young Alumni: 92 percent of the
Class of 2006 made a pledge to the Law School. The Class
of 2005 had a participation rate of 80 percent in their first year
as alumni.
Managing Partners: UVA
is third only to Harvard and NYU in the number of alumni
who are managing partners at law firms nationwide.*
*According to the Law Firms Yellow Book, which profiled
more than 800 law firms around the nation, from all major cities,
and from all states except South Dakota.
Other Distinguished
Alumni Include:
Seven U.S. Senators: Ted Kennedy '59 (Massachusetts); Sheldon Whitehouse '82 (Rhode Island); Kit Bond '63 (Missouri); John Warner '53 (Virginia); Bill Nelson '68 (Florida); Evan Bayh '81 (Indiana); and John Cornyn LL.M. '95 (Texas)
Seven U.S. Representatives: Rick Boucher '71 (Virginia), Thomas Davis '75 (Virginia), Randy Forbes '77 (Virginia); Luis Fortuno '85 (Puerto Rico); Virgil Goode '73 (Virginia); Bob Inglis '84 (South Carolina); Sheila Jackson-Lee '75 (Texas)
Notable government leaders:
Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano '83
Robert Mueller '73, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Kip Hawley '80, Director of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Bobby Sturgell '94, Director of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Deborah Platt Majoras '89, Chair, Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
General counsel to: 3M, Ford Motor Company, NASA, Boeing, Nationwide Insurance, The Carlyle Group, Safeway, Oppenheimer Funds, Major League Baseball, Black Entertainment Television, American Cancer Society, Citibank-Japan, CNN, Fannie Mae, Coty, Inc.
Best-selling authors: Linda Fairstein '72 (former chief prosecutor, Manhattan Sex Crimes Unit), David Baldacci '86, Philip Howard '74, Louis S. Auchincloss '41, and New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz '77
PUBLIC
SERVICE
(The following statistics are for 2007-08)
Number of Students Who Logged Public
Service Hours: 245
Total Student Hours Logged: 11,590
Number of Third-Year Students Who Completed
75 Hours of Public Service in Three Years: 60
Number of Class of 2007 Graduates
Employed in Public Service: 22 (as of May 2008)
PILA Fellowships Awarded: 72
PILA (Public Interest Law Association, a student organization)
awards fellowships to first-years and second-years who
work in public service full-time during the summer. More
Total Amount of PILA Awards: $350,000

FACULTY
Student/Faculty Ratio: 13.3:1
Resident Faculty (full-time):
- Male: 52
- Female: 18
- Total: 70, 8 of whom are minorities
Faculty from Other Disciplines: 10
Visiting Professors: 36
Adjuncts, Lecturers, and Part-time Faculty: 90
(as of fall 2007)
COMPUTING
The Law School remains on the forefront
of technology and provides:
- Wireless network access throughout
the Law Grounds.
- Access to legal research databases,
e-mail, the law and University library catalogs, the
Web, course materials, and printers.
- Seven classrooms and two seminar
rooms capable of delivering computer-generated information
and videotape.
- A budget for financial aid students
that includes $2,500 to purchase a notebook computer
(does not apply to LL.M. students). Notebooks are required
for all entering J.D. students (exams are taken on laptops).