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%)

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COSTS & FINANCIAL AID

J.D. COSTS, 2008-09	VA RESIDENT	NONRESIDENT
Tuition and Fees:	$36,800	$41,800
Room, Board, and Miscellaneous:	16,500	16,500
Books and Supplies:	1,800	1,800
Totals:	$55,100	$60,100

For more information on J.D. costs, see Financial Aid Information

MASTER OF LAWS (LL.M.) PROGRAM COSTS, 2008-09:
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).