University of Richmond School of Law

The University of Richmond School of Law (Richmond Law) is the law school of the University of Richmond, a private liberal arts college in Richmond, Virginia. Richmond Law is ranked 52nd (tie) in the US by US News, among the top five value law schools by the National Jurist, and one of the Princeton Review's 167 Best Law Schools of 2018. With approximately 150 J.D. candidates per class year, the University of Richmond School of Law is accredited by the American Bar Association. Richmond Law's Dean, Wendy Perdue, is also a former president of the Association of American Law Schools. Richmond Law is also approved by the Virginia State Board of Bar Examiners and is the most common alma mater of judges in the state. History The school was founded in 1870 as a college within the University of Richmond. In 1890, the family of the late T. C. Williams, a university trustee, donated $25,000 as the nucleus of an endowment for the law school. In recognition of this gift, the school was named The T. C. Williams School of Law in 1920. In 2022, the school changed the official name from the "T. C. Williams School of Law" to the "University of Richmond School of Law" in keeping with its naming principle that prohibits the use of names of people who engaged in enslavement or openly advocated the enslavement of people.