Washington and Lee University School of Law

The Washington and Lee University School of Law (also known as W&L Law) is a private American Bar Association-accredited law school located in Lexington in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia. Facilities are currently on the campus of Washington and Lee University in Sydney Lewis Hall. W&L Law is known as one of the smallest top law schools in the country, with a total enrollment of approximately 400 students and a 9.52-to-1 student to faculty ratio. The Lexington Law School, the precursor to W&L Law, was founded in 1849 by Judge John White Brockenbrough and is the 17th oldest law school in the United States. The Law School was not integrated into Washington and Lee University (then known as Washington College) until after the...