The College of William &Mary in Virginia,is a public research university in Williamsburg,Virginia. Founded in 1693 under a royal charter issued by King William III and Queen Mary II,it is the second-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and the ninth-oldest in the English-speaking world. It is classified among "R2:Doctoral Universities –High Research Activity". In his 1985 book Public Ivies:A Guide to America's Best Public Undergraduate Colleges and Universities,Richard Moll included William &Mary as one of the original eight "Public Ivies". The university is also one of the original nine colonial colleges.
The University of Mary Washington (UMW) is a public liberal arts university in Fredericksburg,Virginia. Founded in 1908 as the Fredericksburg Teachers College,the institution was named Mary Washington College in 1938 after Mary Ball Washington,mother of the first president of the United States,George Washington. The General Assembly of Virginia changed the college's name to the University of Mary Washington in 2004 to reflect the addition of graduate and professional programs to the central undergraduate curriculum,as well as the establishment of more than one campus. The university offers more than 60 graduate and undergraduate degree programs in three colleges:Arts and Sciences,Business,and Education.
The University of Chicago Law School is the law school of the University of Chicago,a private research university in Chicago,Illinois. It employs more than 180 full-time and part-time faculty and hosts more than 600 students in its Juris Doctor program,while also offering the Master of Laws,Master of Studies in Law and Doctor of Juridical Science degrees in law.
The William S. Richardson School of Law is the professional graduate law school of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Located in Honolulu,Hawaii,the school is named after its patriarch,former Hawaii State Supreme Court Chief Justice William S. Richardson,a zealous advocate of Hawaiian culture,and is Hawaii's only law school.
The Santa Clara University School of Law is the law school of Santa Clara University,a Jesuit university in Santa Clara,California,United States,in the Silicon Valley region. The School of Law was founded in 1911.
Capital University Law School is an ABA-accredited private law school located in downtown Columbus,Ohio,United States. The law school is affiliated with Capital University,the oldest university in Central Ohio and one of the oldest and largest Lutheran-affiliated universities in North America.
Notre Dame Law School is the law school of the University of Notre Dame. Established in 1869,it is the oldest continuously operating Catholic law school in the United States.
Northern Illinois University College of Law is one of four public law schools in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is one of two public law schools in the Chicago area. The College of Law was founded as the Lewis University College of Law in Glen Ellyn,Illinois,in 1975. It became part of Northern Illinois University in August 1979,and in 1982 moved to the DeKalb,Illinois,campus,taking up residence in Swen Parson Hall,the former NIU main library. The College of Law offers the Juris Doctor degree.
The Gonzaga University School of Law is the professional school for the study of law at Gonzaga University. Established in 1912,the Jesuit-affiliated law school has been fully accredited by the American Bar Association since 1951,and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools.
Wayne State University Law School is the law school of Wayne State University in Detroit. Wayne Law is located in Midtown,Detroit's Cultural Center. Founded in 1927,the law school offers juris doctor (J.D.),master of laws (LL.M.),online master of studies in law,and minors in law degree programs. Wayne Law's more than 12,000 alumni include judges,justices,law firm partners and government officials working in every major market in the United States and at least 17 countries.
The University of St. Thomas School of Law is the law school of University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis,Minnesota. It is one of three law schools in Minneapolis–Saint Paul. It currently enrolls 434 students. St. Thomas Law is accredited by the American Bar Association. It is also a member of The Association of American Law Schools. Founded in 1999,the School of Law graduated its first class in 2004.
The Washington and Lee University School of Law is the law school of Washington and Lee University,a private liberal arts college in Lexington,Virginia. It is accredited by the American Bar Association. Facilities are on the historic campus of Washington and Lee University in Sydney Lewis Hall. W&L Law has a total enrollment of approximately 365 students in the Juris Doctor program and a 6-to-1 student-to-faculty ratio.
Walter Taylor Reveley III is an American legal scholar and former lawyer. He served as the twenty-seventh president of the College of William &Mary. Formerly Dean of its law school from August 1998 to February 2008,Reveley was appointed interim president of William &Mary on February 12,2008,following Gene Nichol's resignation earlier that day,and was elected the university's 27th president by the Board of Visitors on September 5,2008. While president,Reveley continued his service as the John Stewart Bryan Professor of Jurisprudence at the law school.
William &Mary Law School,formally the Marshall-Wythe School of Law,is the law school of the College of William &Mary,a public research university in Williamsburg,Virginia. It is the oldest extant law school in the United States,having been founded in 1779 at the urging of alumnus Thomas Jefferson. As of 2023,it has an enrollment of 606 full-time students seeking a Juris Doctor (J.D.) or a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in the American Legal System,a two or three semester program for lawyers trained outside the United States.
The history of the College of William &Mary can be traced back to a 1693 royal charter establishing "a perpetual College of Divinity,Philosophy,Languages,and the good arts and sciences" in the British Colony of Virginia. It fulfilled an early colonial vision dating back to 1618 to construct a university level program modeled after Cambridge and Oxford at Henricus. A plaque on the Wren Building,the college's first structure,ascribes the institution's origin to "the college proposed at Henrico." It was named for the reigning joint monarchs of Great Britain,King William III and Queen Mary II. The selection of the new college's location on high ground at the center ridge of the Virginia Peninsula at the tiny community of Middle Plantation is credited to its first President,Reverend Dr. James Blair,who was also the Commissary of the Bishop of London in Virginia. A few years later,the favorable location and resources of the new school helped Dr. Blair and a committee of 5 students influence the House of Burgesses and Governor Francis Nicholson to move the capital there from Jamestown. The following year,1699,the town was renamed Williamsburg.
Duke University School of Law is the law school of Duke University,a private research university in Durham,North Carolina. One of Duke's 10 schools and colleges,the School of Law is a constituent academic unit that began in 1868 as the Trinity College School of Law. In 1924,following the renaming of Trinity College to Duke University,the school was renamed Duke University School of Law.
James W. Ely Jr. is an American historian and legal scholar who serves as the Milton R. Underwood Professor of Law Emeritus and Professor of History Emeritus at Vanderbilt University. He received his Ph.D. in history from the University of Virginia and his L.L.B. from Harvard University. Ely is a property rights expert,a legal historian,and an author and editor of several books that have received critical acclaim from legal scholars and historians.
