UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW

The 'University of Virginia School of Law' was founded in Charlottesville in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson as one of the original subjects taught at his "academical village," the University of Virginia. The Law School maintains an enrollment of approximately 1,100 students in its initial degree program. The school's reputation as one of the most prestigious law schools in the nation is reflected by its perennial appearance among the "top ten" in the ''U.S. News & World Report'' rankings, where it is currently ranked 10th^[1].
The Law School receives no funding from public coffers except for in-state student tuition subsidies.^[2] Thus, the Law School depends upon the largesse of private donors, its substantial endowment and student tuition payments. In 1995-1997, the Law School used entirely donated funds to renovate and expand its buildings on the University's North Grounds to include the former facilities of the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration which built a new campus several hundred yards away. The Law School's 51% alumni giving rate is among the highest of the nation's law schools.[1]

Contents

Student organizations

Law journals

Notable Virginia Law graduates

Politics

Law

Media

Business

References

External links

Student organizations

The Law School maintains an extensive roster of student organizations, including chapters of the Federalist Society, the American Constitution Society and the Saint Thomas More Society.
The Virginia Law Weekly, the Law School's student-run weekly newspaper, has been published since 1948. The paper has been cited in several court cases including the U.S. Supreme Court case, ''Patterson v. New York''. In addition its news content, the VLW also contains student-submitted content which often includes humor and creative pieces.
Each spring over a hundred students write, direct and perform in ''The Libel Show'', a comedy and musical theatre production that was first organized in 1908. Its performers roast Law School professors, student stereotypes and life in Charlottesville throughout each of its three nightly showings.

Law journals

The Law School is host to nine academic journals, including the ''Virginia Law Review'', one of the most cited law journals in the country^[3]:

★ Journal of Law and Politics

★ Virginia Environmental Law Journal

★ Virginia Journal of International Law

★ Virginia Journal of Law & Technology

★ Virginia Journal of Social Policy & the Law

★ Virginia Law & Business Review

★ Virginia Law Review

★ Virginia Sports & Entertainment Law Journal

★ Virginia Tax Review Association

Notable Virginia Law graduates

Politics

★ George F. Allen ('77) - former U.S. Senator and former Governor of Virginia

★ Alben W. Barkley (1900) - former U.S. Senator and former U.S. Vice President

★ Evan Bayh ('81) - U.S. Senator

★ Christopher Bond - U.S. Senator

★ Rick Boucher - U.S Congressman

★ Alan Stephenson Boyd ('48) - First U.S. Secretary of Transportation

★ John Brigeland ('87) - Director, USA Freedom Corps

★ Mortimer Caplin ('40) - former Commissioner, U.S. Internal Revenue Service

★ John Cornyn ('95) - U.S. Senator

★ J. Randy Forbes ('77) - U.S. Congressman

★ James Gilmore III ('77) - former Governor of Virginia

★ Edward Kennedy ('59) - U.S. Senator

★ Robert F. Kennedy ('51) - former U.S. Senator and former U.S. Presidential candidate

★ Angus S. King, Jr. ('69) - former Governor of Maine

★ Sheila Jackson-Lee - U.S. Congresswoman

★ Thurgood Marshall, Jr. ('81) - former Cabinet Secretary under U.S. President Bill Clinton

★ Robert Mueller - Director, FBI

★ Janet Napolitano ('83) - Governor of Arizona

★ Bill Nelson ('68) - Astronaut and current U.S. Senator

★ W. Robert Pearson ('68) - U.S. Ambassador to Turkey

★ Charles Robb ('73) - former U.S. Senator and former Governor of Virginia

★ Faryar Shirzad - advisor to U.S. President George W. Bush

★ John Warner ('53) - U.S. Senator

★ Lowell Weicker ('58) - former U.S. Senator and former Governor of Connecticut

★ Sheldon Whitehouse ('82) - U.S. Senator

★ Woodrow Wilson (attended 1879) - former U.S. President

★ Frank Wisner - former head of the Office of Strategic Services and head of the Directorate of Plans of the CIA during the 1950s

Law

★ James L. Dennis - Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

★ Robert D. Durham - (1998, LL.M) - Justice, Oregon Supreme Court

★ Jerry Falwell Jr. (1987) - Chief Counsel, Liberty University

★ Fred Fielding (1964) - former White House Counsel and D.C. Bar 2004 Lawyer of the Year

★ Thomas B. Griffith (1954) - Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

★ Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr. - Justice, Missouri Supreme Court

★ J. Michael Luttig (1981) - former Judge, 4th Circuit Court of Appeals and current senior vice president and general counsel at the Boeing Co.

★ James Clark McReynolds (1884) - former Justice, United States Supreme Court

★ Diana Gribbon Motz (1968) - Judge, 4th Circuit Court of Appeals

★ Stanley Forman Reed (1908) - former Justice, United States Supreme Court

★ J. Harvie Wilkinson (1972) - Judge, 4th Circuit Court of Appeals

Media

★ David Baldacci ('86) - Novelist

★ Linda Fairstein ('72) - Novelist

★ Emily Giffin ('97) - Novelist

★ Laura Ingraham ('91) - Radio talk-show host

★ Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. ('69) - Co-host, ''Ring of Fire, Environmental Lawyer''

★ N. Scott Momaday ('59) - Novelist and Pulitzer Prize recipient

★ Andrew Scheinman ('73) - Movie producer

★ Will Shortz ('77) - Crossword Editor, New York Times

Business

★ Tim Finchem ('73) - Commissioner and CEO, PGA TOUR

★ Michael Slive ('65) - current commissioner of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and formerly the first commissioner of both Conference USA and Great Midwest Conference

★ Bob Wright ('68) - Chairman and CEO, NBC
Please see a longer list of notable U.Va. alumni.

References

1. http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/law/brief/lawrank_brief.php
2. http://www.virginia.edu/insideuva/2003/14/law_darden_strengths.html
3. http://lawlib.wlu.edu/LJ/index.aspx

External links

★ University of Virginia School of Law

★ Virginia Law Weekly