The University of Virginia was ranked No. 3 in Above the Law’s annual law school rankings, among other accolades for the UVA Law community.
The ATL rankings, which focus on employment outcomes, draw from the latest American Bar Association employment data. The online blog also factored in law school debt and costs, and regional cost of living adjustments. Duke University School of Law topped the list.
UVA Law had the highest job placement rate in the country last year for permanent, full-time jobs that require passing the bar, with more than 95% of graduates from the Class of 2022 securing such positions within 10 months of graduation. The ’22 class also had the fifth-highest rate of graduates serving in federal clerkships, at 13%.
At nine months after graduation, when the ABA collects its data, 98.5% of UVA Law’s 2022 graduates were employed and earning a median salary of $215,000.
Professor Micah Schwartzman ’05 discussed balancing civil liberties and public health regulations before a U.S. House select subcommittee on the COVID-19 pandemic on June 21. Schwartzman’s scholarship focuses on law and religion, jurisprudence, political philosophy and constitutional law. He is the Hardy Cross Dillard Professor of Law and the Roy L. and Rosamond Woodruff Morgan Professor of Law. He also co-directs the Karsh Center for Law and Democracy.
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