Richmond, Virginia
University of Richmond School of Law
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 1928
- Institution type
- Private
- J.D. formats
- Full-time J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 164
- Median GPA
- 3.81
- Resident tuition
- $57,700
- First-year class
- 146
- Bar-required jobs
- 88%
- First-time bar passage
- 91.3%
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
Certificates
Credentials a school awards for completing a defined set of courses, either alongside the J.D. or as a stand-alone program.
- Family Law CertificateSchool page for Family Law Certificate (opens in a new tab)
- Intellectual Property CertificateSchool page for Intellectual Property Certificate (opens in a new tab)
- Pro Bono CertificateSchool page for Pro Bono Certificate (opens in a new tab)
- Third-Year Practice CertificateSchool page for Third-Year Practice Certificate (opens in a new tab)
Clinics and field placements
Supervised legal work with real clients or in real legal settings, for credit.
Clinics (3)
- Access to Justice ClinicSchool page for Access to Justice Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Intellectual Property and Transactional Law ClinicSchool page for Intellectual Property and Transactional Law Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- The Jeanette Lipman Children's Defense ClinicSchool page for The Jeanette Lipman Children's Defense Clinic (opens in a new tab)
Externships and field placements (1)
- D.C. Externship ProgramSchool page for D.C. Externship Program (opens in a new tab)
Centers and institutes
Research and program centers that organize a school's teaching, scholarship and events in a field.
- Harry L. Carrico Center for Pro Bono & Public ServiceSchool page for Harry L. Carrico Center for Pro Bono & Public Service (opens in a new tab)
- Institute for Actual InnocenceSchool page for Institute for Actual Innocence (opens in a new tab)
- Intellectual Property InstituteSchool page for Intellectual Property Institute (opens in a new tab)
- Merhige Center for Environmental StudiesSchool page for Merhige Center for Environmental Studies (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
134
Clinic positions available
99
57 filled
Field placements filled
73
Simulation course seats
522
Co-curricular offerings
6
Full-time faculty
60
128 total faculty
Clinic and simulation seat counts are only mapped from report layouts that define them unambiguously (2025 onward).
