Annual Report - William & Mary Law - College of William and Mary

Ambassador Jaime Alemán Healy,
and two former Solicitors General of
the United States, Paul Clement and
Walter Dellinger.
ADMISSIONS
The J.D. Class of 2013, 217 strong,
was chosen from a pool of 6,292
applicants, a record for the Law
School and an increase of more than
26% from the prior year. The Class’s
median undergraduate GPA of 3.70 is
the highest in our history; the Class’s
median LSAT of 165 (92nd percentile)
has been equaled by only two prior
entering classes.
Nineteen students joined us as
members of the 2011 LL.M. degree
class. These students are from Canada,
China, the Czech Republic, Georgia,
India, Japan, Mexico, Pakistan, Sweden,
Thailand, and the United Kingdom.
TUITION AND
FINANCIAL AID
Tuition and fees for 2010–11 are
$23,800 (for VA Residents) and
$33,800 (for non-residents).
Fifty-seven percent of the student
body in the 2010–11 academic year
is receiving financial aid in the form
of scholarships or fellowships; the
total value of these scholarships
and fellowships is approximately
$5.5 million.
PUBLIC SERVICE
Twelve alumni received 2010
awards from the Law School’s Loan
Repayment Assistance Program. The
The J.D. Class of 2013 was chosen from a pool of 6,292 applicants, a record
for the Law School and an increase of more than 26% from the prior year.
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Program has provided forgivable loans
totaling $189,500 to 52 graduates
since 2005.
The Law School awarded $300,000 in
Summer Public Service Fellowships
to 109 rising second- and third-year
students. This was the most money
ever awarded and the largest number of
students to receive summer fellowships
in the program’s history. Students
worked at 91 non-profit organizations
and government agencies in 18 states,
DC, and seven other countries.
Our law students contributed more
than 68,000 hours to community
and public service activities in the
2009–10 academic year. These
endeavors included service via
community legal outreach, nonprofit/
government externships and clinics,
the Community/Pro Bono Service
Program, Street Law, Wills for Seniors,
public service fellowships, and the
Student Hurricane Network. These
hours are in addition to the substantial
service students provided through
their organizations and their own
individual efforts.
CAREER SERVICES
As of Feb. 15, 2010, 97.9% of the Class
of 2009 who reported their status to
the Office of Career Services and who
were seeking employment had jobs or
were pursuing advanced degrees. These
graduates were located in 28 states,
DC, East Timor, and Nigeria.
Among members of the Class of 2009
who reported their yearly salaries, the
median starting salary was $92,000.
Among leading employment areas:
private practice (56.4%), government
(17.9%), judicial clerkships (15.1%),
corporations/businesses (6.7%), and
public interest (2.9%).
RANKINGS
William & Mary remains among the
nation’s best law schools, retaining its
rank of 28 th in the U.S. News & World
Report 2010 survey. The Law School
tied at 28 th with Boston College, UC
– Davis, University of Georgia, UNC
– Chapel Hill, and the University of
Wisconsin – Madison.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Retired Supreme Court Justice and
W&M Chancellor Sandra Day
O’Connor received the 2009–10
Marshall-Wythe Medallion. The
medallion is the highest honor
conferred by the faculty and recognizes
members of the legal community
who have demonstrated exceptional
leadership and accomplishment. Justice
O’Connor also delivered the May 2010
Commencement address.
Carol M. Rose, the Ashby Lohse
Chair in Water and Natural Resources
at the University of Arizona James E.
Rogers College of Law, received the
2010 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights
Prize at a dinner held in conjunction
with the 7th annual Brigham-Kanner
Property Rights Conference. The 2009
prize was awarded to Professor Richard
E. Pipes of Harvard.
For a list of awards conferred at
graduation, see page 9.
Public Service: Members of the Student Hurricane Network
helped residents of New Orleans over spring break.