University of Richmond School of Law explained

University of Richmond
School of Law
Parent:University of Richmond
Established:1870
Type:Private law school
Dean:Wendy C. Perdue
City:Richmond
State:Virginia
Country:United States
Students:408 (Fall 2023)[1]
Faculty:137 (Fall 2022)
Ranking:66th (tie) (2024)[2]
Bar Pass Rate:79.59% (2023)[3]

The University of Richmond School of Law (abbreviated as Richmond Law) is the law school of the University of Richmond, a private liberal arts college in Richmond, Virginia. Richmond Law is ranked 66th (tie) in the US by US News,[4] among the top five value law schools by the National Jurist,[5] and one of the Princeton Review's 167 Best Law Schools of 2018.[6]

With approximately 150 J.D. candidates per class year, the University of Richmond School of Law is accredited by the American Bar Association.[7] Richmond Law's Dean, Wendy Perdue, is also a former president of the Association of American Law Schools.[8] Richmond Law is also approved by the Virginia State Board of Bar Examiners[7] and is the most common alma mater of judges in the State of Virginia.[5]

History

The school was founded in 1870 as a college within the University of Richmond. In 1890, the family of the late T. C. Williams, a university trustee, donated $25,000 as the nucleus of an endowment for the law school. In recognition of this gift, the school was named The T. C. Williams School of Law in 1920. In 2022, the school changed the official name from the "T. C. Williams School of Law" to the "University of Richmond School of Law" in keeping with its naming principle that prohibits the use of names of people who engaged in enslavement or openly advocated the enslavement of people.[9]

In 1914, Richmond College (as the university was then known), including its law department, moved from its location downtown to the present campus. Returning servicemen from World War I created space problems for the college and the law department had to be relocated to the old Columbia Building at Grace and Lombardy streets. In 1920, the law department was reorganized as a separate School of Law within what was now the University of Richmond.[10]

The current Law School building, constructed in the Collegiate Gothic architectural style, was originally opened in 1954, and it was enlarged in 1972 and 1981. In 1991, the building was significantly expanded, renovated, and refurbished. The Law School building now provides modern and technologically equipped classrooms, seminar rooms, a law library, a moot courtroom, faculty and administrative offices, faculty and student lounges, and offices for most student organizations.

The Richmond School of Law was ranked 66th in the 2024 ranking of law schools by U.S. News & World Report.[11] According to US News, the school has 408 students with a student-to-faculty ratio of 5:1.[11]

Admissions

For the class entering in 2023, the University of Richmond School of Law accepted 41.46% of applicants, with 19.45% of those accepted enrolling. The average enrollee had a 164 LSAT score and 3.75 undergraduate GPA.

Cost of attendance

The total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) at Richmond Law for the 2020–21 academic year is $67,550.[12] The Law School Transparency estimated debt-financed cost of attendance for three years, based on data from the 2020–21 academic year, is $202,650.[13] For the 2018–2019 school year, 67% of entering students received scholarships. The 50th percentile grant amount of scholarships was $35,000.[14]

Employment

According to Richmond School of Law's official 2018 ABA-required disclosures, 85% of the Class of 2018 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation.[15] Richmond's Law School Transparency under-employment score is 11%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2018 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation.[16]

Initiatives

Richmond Law has recently launched several new initiatives focusing on expanding areas of the law such as intellectual property, wrongful convictions and family law. The school is making a strong push to become a center for intellectual property law, as evidenced by the recent founding of the Intellectual Property Institute (IPI) and the offering of a joint degree program with Virginia Tech that will enable students to earn both a Bachelor of Science degree and a Juris Doctor degree in as little as six years’ time. Through the IPI, Richmond law students are able to obtain a certificate of concentration in Intellectual Property Law.

The Institute for Actual Innocence, founded in 2005, works to identify and exonerate wrongfully convicted individuals in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The institute is an academic program that partners students with local attorneys and community leaders to seek post-conviction relief for wrongfully convicted prisoners in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Three days before leaving office, President Obama commuted Dujuan Farrow's life sentence after the Institute for Actual Innocence submitted his case for clemency review.[17]

Publications

University of Richmond Law Review

The University of Richmond Law Review, founded in 1958, publishes four issues a year: the Annual Survey in November, the Symposium Issue in March, and two general issues in January and May. In addition, since 2015, the Law Review has published an online volume each year. Staff members are selected at the end of their first year of law school after participating in a journal competition, which takes into consideration students' grades and the results of a casenote and Bluebook exam.

Richmond Public Interest Law Review

The Richmond Public Interest Law Review (PILR) is a law review published by the University of Richmond School of Law. The journal, formerly known as the Richmond Journal of Law and the Public Interest, vol. 1 (1996) - vol. 19 (2016), focuses on issues pertaining to social welfare, public policy, and a broad spectrum of jurisprudence.

Publishing three annual volumes, PILR posts its articles and other related content online to reach the widest audience possible. Of these annual publications, two volumes specifically attempt to confront prominent and difficult issues raised by modern society:

Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

The Richmond Journal of Law and Technology (JOLT) is a law review published by the School of Law. It was the first student-edited law review in the world to be published exclusively online.[18]

First published on April 10, 1995, the journal focused on the impact of computer-related and other emerging technologies on the law. Today, JOLT publishes four issues per year containing a variety of technology-related articles including traditional intellectual property issues, telecommunication law, biotechnology, computer law, and emerging areas of constitutional law.

Notable faculty

Notable alumni

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Notes and References

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  2. https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/university-of-richmond-03161
  3. Web site: Consumer Bar Passage 2023 - Richmond, University of . . April 12, 2024 .
  4. https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/university-of-richmond-03161
  5. Web site: University of Richmond School of Law .
  6. Web site: University of Richmond - School of Law Admissions, Average Test Scores & Tuition The Princeton Review . www.princetonreview.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150419162610/http://www.princetonreview.com/schools/1037682/law/university-richmond-school-law . 2015-04-19.
  7. Web site: Accreditation – University of Richmond. 13 August 2023.
  8. Web site: AALS Announces 2018 Leadership .
  9. Web site: Board Action on School of Law Name . 23 September 2022 . University of Richmond Board of Trustees . 14 October 2022 .
  10. Web site: University of Richmond School of Law: History. 13 August 2023.
  11. Web site: University of Richmond - Best Law Schools . US News . 9 April 2024 .
  12. Web site: Cost of Attendance - Law - Financial Aid - University of Richmond. financialaid. 13 August 2023.
  13. Web site: University of Richmond Profile. 13 August 2023.
  14. Web site: Scholarships and Financial Aid - School of Law - University of Richmond. law. 13 August 2023.
  15. Web site: Employment Summary for 2018 Graduates. 13 August 2023.
  16. Web site: University of Richmond Profile. 13 August 2023.
  17. News: Frank . Green . UR Law School students help win presidential commutation of life sentence . 4 February 2019 . . 29 January 2017 . en.
  18. Web site: About. 14 March 2012 . University of Richmond School of Law/. 28 April 2016.
  19. Web site: School of Law – University of Richmond .
  20. Deputy Attorney General James B. Comey The White House. (no date). Retrieved May 18, 2007
  21. Web site: School of Law – University of Richmond .
  22. Web site: Watkins Moorman Abbitt. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. 3 January 2013.
  23. Web site: WARD LYNN ARMSTRONG'S BIOGRAPHY. Project Vote Smart . January 1, 2013.
  24. Web site: Leon M. (Leon Maurice) Bazile Papers, 1826–1967MSS1 B3483 a FA2. Virginia Historical Society . January 1, 2013.
  25. News: University of Richmond School of Law. Miller. Hsiaolei. Above the Law. 2017-05-09. en-US.
  26. News: Powell . Mickey . Clarke supervisor Mary Daniel appointed to be a general district court judge . 28 November 2021 . Winchester Star . March 9, 2020.
  27. News: Peters. Jeremy W.. Feuer. Alan. 2020-12-03. How Is Trump's Lawyer Jenna Ellis 'Elite Strike Force' Material?. en-US. The New York Times. 2020-12-03. 0362-4331.
  28. Web site: Alumni News . Richmond The Alumni Magazine . January 1, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130617051556/http://magazine.richmond.edu/Fall_06/alumni_news/index.html . June 17, 2013 .
  29. Web site: Attorney General Biography. Office of the Attorney General of Virginia. February 6, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20110709114257/http://www.oag.state.va.us/About%20The%20Attorney%20General/Bio.html. July 9, 2011. dead. mdy-all.
  30. Web site: The Honorable Lawrence L. Koontz – University of Richmond School. University of Richmond . January 1, 2013.
  31. Web site: REPRESENTATIVE G. MANOLI LOUPASSI'S BIOGRAPHY. Project Vote Smart . January 1, 2013.
  32. Web site: Biographical Directory of Federal Judges: Merhige, Robert Reynold Jr.. Federal judicial Center . January 1, 2013.
  33. Web site: Nathan H. Miller. Virginia House of Delegates . January 1, 2013.
  34. Web site: Faculty Resources – Faculty Recognition: The A. L. Philpott Adjunct Chair in Law. University of Richmond . January 1, 2013.
  35. Web site: PICKETT, Owen Bradford, (1930 – 2010) . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. January 1, 2013.
  36. Web site: ROBERTSON, Absalom Willis, (1887 – 1971) . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. January 1, 2013.
  37. Web site: Biographical Directory of Federal Judges: Schlesinger, Harvey Erwin. Federal judicial Center . January 1, 2013.
  38. Web site: Scholarships Awarded by the School of Law. Richmond School of Law . January 1, 2013.
  39. Web site: Tony Pham's story: From refugee to head of ICE. McConnell, Jim. September 16, 2020. Chesterfield Observer.

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