Law school in the United States
School offering post-graduate education in law
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| 2025 | Adam Chilton becomes the current dean of the University of Chicago Law School, starting his term in 2025. |
| 2025 | Loyola Law School drops in U.S. News & World Report rankings to 71st position. |
| 2025 | Just Security, housed by the Reiss Center, began a Substack publication to provide analysis of U.S. national security law and policy. |
| 2024 | UVA Law ranked first in the nation in the Above the Law rankings, which focus on employment outcomes. |
| 2024 | U.S. News & World Report ranked Marquette University Law School 71st nationally and 11th for its part-time program in their Best Law Schools rankings. |
| 2024 | U.S. News & World Report ranked UVA Law as fourth in the nation. |
| 2024 | Leslie Kendrick takes over as Dean, beginning her tenure in 2024. |
| 2024 | Ranked 12th hardest law school to get into by U.S. News & World Report out of 198 ABA accredited law schools in the United States. |
| 2024 | U.S. News & World Report ranked the Antonin Scalia Law School at 28th overall in the United States and 11th among public law schools nationwide. |
| 2023 | Ranked first in the U.S. for best professors and best for federal clerkships by the Princeton Review. |
| 2023 | 88.12% of graduates obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation, according to ABA-required disclosures. |
| 2023 | New York Times report highlighted the law school's strategic efforts to build connections with Republican-appointed U.S. Supreme Court justices, positioning itself as a prominent center for conservative legal scholarship. |
| 2023 | The school was ranked second among U.S. law schools for lowest debt-to-earnings ratio by The National Jurist, only behind Harvard Law School. |
| 2023 | Received 2,303 applications for the Juris Doctor (J.D.) class, admitting 14% with 97 law students enrolling. |
| 2023 | For the 2023-24 academic year, Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University reported total attendance costs of $62,196 for in-state full-time students and $78,044 for non-resident full-time students. |
| August 2023 | Marquette University Law School enrolled 195 students for the fall J.D. class, including 189 full-time and 6 part-time students, and maintained approximately 40 student organizations. |
| August 2023 | The LL.M. Program admitted approximately 40-50 international law students who obtained their first law degrees in their home countries, allowing them to take classes alongside J.D. students and engage fully in the law school community. |
| August 2023 | University of Virginia School of Law admitted its Class of 2026, consisting of 305 students from 40 states and the District of Columbia, representing 144 undergraduate institutions. The class demographics included an age range of 20-34, average age of 24, 53.1% female, 46.6% male, and 36.1% identifying as people of color. |
| August 2023 | The Fall 2023 entering class had a median LSAT score of 171, with 53.1% female students, 46.6% male students, and 36.1% identifying as people of color. |
| August 2023 | LL.M. Program admitted approximately 40-50 international lawyers to pursue an American legal education, with students taking classes alongside J.D. students. |
| July 2023 | Loyola Law School achieved an 80% bar passage rate for first-time takers of the California Bar Exam, surpassing the 76% average for ABA-approved law schools. |
| July 2023 | Achieved a 90.7% passage rate for first-time takers of the Virginia bar exam, ranking third among Virginia's eight law schools. |
| 2022 | Loyola Law School's class of 2022 achieved a 93% employment rate, with 80% securing jobs requiring bar admission and 97% finding long-term employment in 2023. |
| 2022 | In the Class of 2022, 95.4% of UVA Law graduates obtained non-school funded full-time, long-term, JD-required employment ten months after graduation. |
| 2022 | 95.4% of the graduating class obtained non-school funded full-time, long-term, JD-required employment ten months after graduation, according to official ABA-required disclosures. |
| 2022 | The Class of 2022 achieved a 95.4% employment rate, securing non-school funded full-time, long-term, JD-required positions ten months after graduation. |
| September 2022 | Loyola Law School's faculty restructured the Evening Program to introduce a hybrid schedule, requiring students to be on campus one night a week and one night remotely. |
| 2021 | Law school enrolled 175 students from a highly competitive applicant pool of 6,514, with an acceptance rate of 11.91%. |
| 2021 | Ranked second in the U.S. for scholarly impact in a study by Gregory Sisk et al. |
| 2021 | Ranked fourth in the world by Times Higher Education World University Rankings. |
| 2021 | Ranked third in the U.S. for highest-earning graduates by Forbes. |
| 2021 | Ranked first in the U.S. by Above the Law and second by Business Insider. |
| 2021 | Bloomberg published a report highlighting the 'revolving door' phenomenon between Global Antitrust Institute (GAI) faculty members and positions at the Federal Trade Commission, revealing potential conflicts of interest with corporate donors. |
| 2020 | University of Chicago Law School reported receiving approximately 1,000 applications for 80 available positions. |
| 2020 | Ranked third globally among law schools by the Academic Ranking of World Universities. |
| 2020 | Loyola Law School's trial advocacy and moot court programs were ranked No. 4 nationally in U.S. News & World Report's 'Best Graduate Schools' rankings. |
| 2020 | The Princeton Review ranked UVA Law No. 1 in Best Classroom Experience, Best Professors, and Best Quality of Life. |
| 2020 | Glen Sturtevant concludes his service as a member of the Senate of Virginia. |
| 2020 | Colleen Kiko became chairman of the United States Federal Labor Relations Authority under President Donald Trump, continuing under President Joe Biden. |
| 2019 | A Law.com analysis placed UVA Law second for employment outcomes, with 92.64% of graduates obtaining employment within ten months. |
| 2019 | Law.com conducted an employment outcomes analysis, ranking the University of Virginia School of Law second in employment rates, with 92.64% of graduates obtaining employment within ten months of graduation. |
| 2019 | Above the Law rankings placed UVA Law first in the nation for employment outcomes. |
| 2019 | Law school received a $50 million gift from the estate of Allison and Dorothy Rouse to fund chairs promoting conservative principles of governance and constitutional study. |
| 2018 | Loyola Law School reported that 90% of its 2018 graduating class was employed within 10 months of graduation, with approximately 85% securing full-time, long-term positions requiring bar admission or offering JD-advantage opportunities. |
| 2018 | Concludes a 13-year period where UVA Law maintained the fourth-highest placement of law clerks on the United States Supreme Court. |
| 2018 | John Whitbeck concludes his term as chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia. |
| 2017 | Total cost of attendance (tuition, fees, and living expenses) was reported at $93,414 for the academic year. |
| 2017 | Ranked second in the U.S. for best career prospects by Forbes. |
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