Facts and Statistics

Class of 2026 J.D. Profile

As of Aug. 21, 2024

Median LSAT:172
25%-75% LSAT:167-174
Median GPA:3.96
25%-75% GPA:3.78-4.00
Age Range:20 to 41

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Costs and Financial Aid

Total J.D. Financial Aid, 2022-23

Received Scholarships and Grants:595 students received $18.6 million (from all sources)

Received Loans:563 students received $34.4 million

J.D. Program Costs, 2024-25

J.D. Program	VIRGINIA RESIDENT	NONRESIDENT
Tuition:	$71,010	$73,328
Required Fees:	$3,690	$4,372
Total Tuition & Fees:	$74,700	$77,700

Annual Cost of Attendance Budget for J.D. Program

Graduate Program Costs, 2024-25

LL.M. Program	VIRGINIA RESIDENT	NONRESIDENT
Tuition:	$71,010	$73,328
Required Fees:	$3,690	$4,372
Total Tuition & Fees:	$74,700	$77,700

S.J.D./Research	VIRGINIA RESIDENT	NONRESIDENT
Tuition:	$5,810	$6,128
Required Fees:	$3,690	$4,372
Total Tuition & Fees:	$9,500	$10,500

Annual Cost of Attendance Budget for LL.M./S.J.D. programs

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Fast Facts About Alumni and Giving

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The UVA Law Network:The Law School has more than 20,000 graduates in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and 64 foreign countries.More

Alumni Satisfaction:44% or more of alumni have given to the Law School for each of the past 18 years.

Endowment:As of June 30, 2024, the market value of the endowments held for the benefit of the Law School was $869 million.

Capital Campaign:The Law School launched a $400 million capital campaign, Honor the Future, in October 2019.More

2023-24 Contributions:44% percent of alumni made gifts to the Law School during the 2023-24 Annual Giving Campaign. Gifts received for the year totaled $20.2 million, including $4.78 million in unrestricted funds.More

Prominent Alumni

• Corporate General Counsel
• Government
• Public Interest/Nonprofit
• Corporate Executives and Entrepreneurs
• Law Firm Presence
• Academia
• Entertainment/Sports

Employment Data for Recent Graduates
Bar Passage Data for Recent Graduates
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Prominent Alumni(by field)
Map: Where Our Graduates Go
Clerkships by Term and Location

Access to an Elite Career

The career development program at UVA Law is often described as a three-legged stool:private practice,clerkshipsandpublic service. UVA uniquely balances and excels in all three areas.

Private Sector

Graduates aren’t just getting jobs at firms — they are getting jobs at the nation’s most elite firms.

No. 1in the country for the percentage of Class of 2023 graduates (97.2%) in full-time, long-term jobs requiring bar passage, according to American Bar Association data. This metric is considered the gold standard for high-quality J.D. employment.

No. 1in Above the Law's 2024 law school rankings, which focus on employment outcomes.More

No. 2in the country in the percentage of Class of 2023 graduates who went directly to firms of 500 or more attorneys or to federal clerkships, according to American Bar Association data (based on full-time, long-term jobs).

Salariesfor the 209 students going into the private sector in the Class of 2023 reflect these outcomes:

75th percentile: $225,000
50th percentile: $225,000
25th percentile: $225,000

Any job location is within reach, and theUVA Law Networkis worldwide. The Class of 2023 obtained jobs in28states and Washington, D.C.

Not only are graduates’ immediate outcomes in the private sector excellent, but so too are their long-term career prospects.

No. 5in the number of partners in the American Lawyer top 100 firms (and the AmLaw 25, AmLaw 200 and the National Law Journal 500). (May 2024).

No. 5in the country in the number of female graduate attorneys in U.S. offices of American Lawyer 25 firms, according to Legal Compass (March 2024).

No. 5in the country in the number of lawyers in the American Lawyer top 100 firms (and the AmLaw 25, AmLaw 200 and the National Law Journal 500), according to Legal Compass (May 2024).

No. 3in the number of chief legal officers at the nation's top 500 companies, according to a 2019 survey by Chambers Associate.More

Virginia has graduates in all100of the American Lawyer top 100 firms (as of June 2024).

See more alumnicorporate executives and entrepreneurs, and alumni inentertainment and sports.

Clerkships

From federal appeals courts to the U.S. Supreme Court, Virginia helps place students in the most competitive clerkships.

Clerkships by Term and Location

No. 5in placing clerks on the U.S. Supreme Court from 2007-2023.More

No. 4in the percentage of graduates from the classes of 2019-23 going directly to federal clerkships after law school, according to ABA data.

No. 2(tied) in graduates serving as Bristow Fellows, who work in the U.S. Solicitor General’s Office, from the 2010-21 terms. Bristow Fellowships can be steppingstones to U.S. Supreme Court clerkships.More

Clerkships offer advantages to those who pursue them — intense and impactful training in a wide swath of law, access to a network of fellow clerks and, if graduates pursue private-sector work, bonuses at law firms and a salary commensurate with the experience gained. Federal appeals court clerkships are stepping stones to the Supreme Court and other prestigious jobs.More

Public Service Careers

Consider how other graduates have succeeded.

Where Students and Graduates Work in Public Service

Four senators and two representatives who graduated from UVA Law currently serve in the U.S. Congress. (No. 4in J.D. graduates in the 116th Congress;More)

Other alumniserve in governmentat the highest levels. UVA isNo. 6among law schools in the number of graduates serving as U.S. attorneys, federal judges, and state attorneys general and solicitors general. When the metric includes just state attorneys general and solicitors general, the school isNo. 5.More

According to research completed by thePublic Service Centerin December 2022, the Law School is tied forNo. 2in the number of graduates serving as state attorneys general.

Outside of government, alumni pursue a range ofpublic interest and nonprofit careers.

Hundreds of alumni are judges, including at federal appellate courts, state supreme courts and ajudge on the World Court.

High-profile graduates have a history of public service: Alums includeRobert F. Kennedy ’51,Ted Kennedy ’59,Robert Mueller ’73, former Puerto Rico Gov.Luis Fortuño ’85, former Homeland Security SecretaryJanet Napolitano ’83, and numerous governors and state legislators.

Alumni have had notablecareers in academia— UVA PresidentJim Ryan ’92is an alum, andElizabeth Magill ’95served as UVA provost before being named president of the University of Pennsylvania. Napolitano also served as head of the University of California system.

And graduates are supported through theVirginia Loan Forgiveness Programand arange of salaried fellowships and sources of funding for summer jobs. ThePublic Service Centeralso operates analumni mentoring networkto give UVA Law students on the fast track to understanding their future field.

The UVA Law Network

UVA Law has more than 20,000 alumni in all 50 states and more than 60 countries, allowing graduates access to a network that is geographically diverse.

Where Our Graduates Go, Classes of 2021-23

• 71% firm (662)
• 17% clerkship (158)
• 10% public interest (92)
• 0.4% corporate (4)
• The Law School awarded 31 Powell and Kennedy Fellowships to graduates working for public interest and nonprofit employers.More

Law Firms

• 82% with firms in American Lawyer's top 100 by gross revenue
• 6% with firms ranked between 100 and 200
• 3% with large international firms (not ranked by American Lawyer)
• 9% with smaller and boutique firms

Clerkships

• 6 U.S. Supreme Court
• 108 U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal
• 146 U.S. District Courts and other federal courts
• 40 state courts

2021-2026 terms. Some alumni clerked at multiple courts.

Public Interest Jobs

• 18 federal government
• 16 state or local government
• 8 military
• 44 public interest groups

Top Job Locations

• New York (230)
• District of Columbia (207)
• Texas (100)
• Virginia (80)
• California (78)
• North Carolina (23)
• Pennsylvania (19)
• Georgia (18)
• Massachusetts (18)
• Illinois (14)
• Delaware (12)
• Tennessee (12)
• Ohio (11)
• Colorado (10)
• Maryland (8)

First-Year Summer Jobs, Class of 2025 (Summer 2023)

Some students held multiple positions.

• 31% firm
• 17% judicial
• 16% academic
• 17% federal government
• 12% public interest groups
• 7% corporate
• 7% state or local government

Faculty Achievement

The school’s faculty was themost cited by the U.S. Supreme Courtduring the 2016 and 2017 terms, according to a study of academic journal citations released in the fall of 2018. UVA Law professor Caleb Nelson was the most-cited scholar in the nation.More

The schoolranked No. 3in the number of professors among the top 100 faculty in the countrycited by high courtsin the judiciary, according to a 2016 study. Three professors ranked among the top 25.More

The Princeton Review rankings rated UVA Law asNo. 1inBest Professorsfor six of the past seven years. These rankings are based on student surveys.

10 professorsare members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and35are members of the American Law Institute.

Reflecting the school’s emphasison the interdisciplinary study of law,20resident faculty members hold doctoral degrees in a variety of related fields, including economics, history, philosophy and psychology.

News About Faculty

Fast Facts

Student/Faculty Ratio
6.4 to 1 (as of fall 2023)

Resident Faculty (Full-Time)
Male: 67
Female: 40
People of color: 20
Total: 107

Other Faculty:169 (adjuncts, lecturers, etc.)

Data reported to the ABA for 2022-23

Public Service

The following statistics are for 2022-23.

$789,000awarded to 162 students working in public interest jobs in the summer of 2023

Where Grantees Worked

16,284pro bono hours logged

82Class of 2023 graduates completed at least 75 hours of pro bono while in law school, completing the school'sPro Bono Challenge

6,390pro bono hours logged by197students at92organizations during winter break

Careers in Public Service

Four senators and three representatives who graduated from UVA Law currently serve in the U.S. Congress.

Other alumniserve in governmentat the highest levels. UVA isNo. 6among law schools in the number of graduates serving as U.S. attorneys, federal judges and state attorneys general and solicitors general. When the metric includes just state attorneys general and solicitors general, the school isNo. 5.More

According to research completed by the Public Service Center in July 2017, the Law School isNo. 2in the number of graduates serving as state attorneys general.

Outside of government, alumni pursue a range ofpublic interest and nonprofit careers.

Hundreds of alumni are judges, including at federal appellate courts, state supreme courts, and ajudge on the World Court.

High-profile graduates have a history of public service: Alums includeRobert F. Kennedy ’51,Ted Kennedy ’59,Robert Mueller ’73, former Puerto Rico Gov.Luis Fortuño, former Homeland Security SecretaryJanet Napolitano ’83, and numerous governors and state legislators.

Alumni have had amazingcareers in academia— UVA PresidentJim Ryan ’92is an alum, andElizabeth Magill ’95, currently dean at Stanford Law School, will serve as UVA provost. Napolitano is now the head of the University of California system.

And graduates are supported through theVirginia Loan Forgiveness Programand arange of salaried fellowships and sources of funding for summer jobs.

ThePublic Service Centeralso operates analumni mentoring networkto give UVA Law students on the fast track to understanding their future field.