Grundy, Virginia
Appalachian School of Law
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 2001
- Institution type
- Private
- J.D. formats
- Full-time J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 146
- Median GPA
- 3.20
- Resident tuition
- $41,000
- First-year class
- 92
- Bar-required jobs
- 53.5%
- First-time bar passage
- 54.8%
J.D. program formats
- Full-time J.D.
- Offered. Full-time first-year students were reported to the ABA.
- Part-time J.D.
- Not on the ABA Council’s part-time list.
- Distance-education J.D.
- Not on the ABA Council’s distance-education J.D. list.
Formats come from the ABA Council’s published lists, not from the school’s marketing. What each format means
Programs published by the school
Clinics and field placements
Supervised legal work with real clients or in real legal settings, for credit.
Clinics (2)
- Appellate Advocacy ClinicSchool page for Appellate Advocacy Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Public Defender ClinicSchool page for Public Defender Clinic (opens in a new tab)
Externships and field placements (1)
- First Year Summer Externship ProgramSchool page for First Year Summer Externship Program (opens in a new tab)
Journals and advocacy programs
Student-edited publications and competitive advocacy programs.
- Appellate Advocacy ProgramSchool page for Appellate Advocacy Program (opens in a new tab)
Curriculum & faculty (2025 ABA report)
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Curricular Offerings (2025)
- Covers
- Report year 2025
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
Course titles beyond 1L
65
Clinic positions available
50
10 filled
Field placements filled
48
Simulation course seats
375
Co-curricular offerings
2
Full-time faculty
16
27 total faculty
Clinic and simulation seat counts are only mapped from report layouts that define them unambiguously (2025 onward).
