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Washington and Lee Law School
Lexington, Virginia
JD Admissions & Requirements
Data from 2024 admissions cycle
Washington and Lee Law School is a prestigious JD program located in Lexington, Virginia. In the competitive 2024 law school rankings, Washington and Lee Law School was ranked 33 by US News & World Report, making it a strong option for prospective law students in the current application cycle. For the 2024 admissions cycle, Washington and Lee Law School has an entering 1L class size of approximately 125 with an acceptance rate of 31.7%, positioning it among the competitive law schools for JD applicants.
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Washington and Lee University School of Law, founded in 1849, is in Lexington, Virginia, a three-hour interstate highway drive from Washington, DC. The School of Law is fully accredited by the ABA and is a member of the AALS. Washington and Lee is known for providing its students with an academically rigorous and professionally challenging legal education in an environment characterized by a commitment to students, small classes, a very low student-to-faculty ratio, and a collegial community. The law school is among the nation’s smallest law schools, with approximately 390 total students. Members of the 2017–2018 student body hailed from 40 states, plus the District of Columbia, and 12 foreign countries.
W&L Law offers an innovative curriculum in which students are engaged in distinct yet complementary ways over the course of their three years in law school. At W&L Law, each year of law school builds upon the lessons of the year before but also presents new and different challenges. In the second and third year, students select from an array of real and simulated client-based practice experiences as well as traditional elective offering, with emphasis on preparing students for their chosen path after graduation.