William and Mary Law School, located in Williamsburg, Virginia, is the oldest law school still in operation in the United States. W&M; Law is a part of the College of William & Mary, the second-oldest college in the United States after Harvard University. The Law School maintains an enrollment of roughly 600 juris doctor degree-seeking students. Admission is highly selective and the faculty is generally well regarded according to Brian Leiter's l...
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William and Mary Law School, located in Williamsburg, Virginia, is the oldest law school still in operation in the United States. W&M; Law is a part of the College of William & Mary, the second-oldest college in the United States after Harvard University. The Law School maintains an enrollment of roughly 600 juris doctor degree-seeking students. Admission is highly selective and the faculty is generally well regarded according to Brian Leiter's law school rankings.
William and Mary Law School ranked 28th (tied with George Washington University Law School) in the 2010 U.S. News rankings of the nation's law schools. W&M; Law is the second-highest ranked law school in the Commonwealth of Virginia and ranks above peer competitor law schools Washington and Lee University and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
As a public university, W&M; Law charges relatively low tuition compared to many other Top 30 law schools. Among public law schools, W&M; Law is the 10th-highest-ranked...
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