Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The University of Virginia School of Law (Virginia Law or UVA Law) was founded in Charlottesville in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson as one of the original subjects taught at his "academical village," the University of Virginia. Virginia Law is the fourth-oldest active law school in the United States (second oldest in the state after W&M). The law school offers the J.D., LL.M., and S.J.D. degrees in law and hosts visiting scholars, visiting researchers and a number of legal research centers. Virginia Law is perennially regarded as one of the top 10 most prestigious and selective law schools in the United States and the world. The school is a member of the T14 law schools, a distinguished group of 14 schools that have national and international recognition, such as Georgetown, Cornell Law School, and the University of Pennsylvania. U.S. News & World Report currently ranks Virginia Law 7th in the nation, and ranks Virginia Law as 6th among major law firm recruiters. In the 2010 Super Lawyers Law School Rankings, Virginia Law ranks 4th in the nation.Virginia Law is third nationally in the number of alumni who are chairpersons and managing partners at law firms nationwide, and a survey by the National Law Journal found that the law school ranked fifth in the number of graduates hired by NLJ's top 250 firms in 2009. Additionally, Virginia Law is second only to Harvard in the number of alumni serving as general counsel at Fortune 500 companies. Alumni from Virginia Law are also at 99 of the American Lawyer top 100 law firms (as of May 2013). Virginia ranked second in the number of associates promoted to partner among the National Law Journal's top 250 firms in 2011, and in a 2010 study by Stanford Graduate School of Business professors, Virginia ranked fifth in the number of lawyers at the top 300 U.S. law firms. From 2000 to 2010, Virginia Law had the fifth-highest placement of law clerks on the United States Supreme Court (tied with Columbia), surpassed only by Yale, Harvard, University of Chicago and Stanford. Virginia is fourth in placing clerks on the U.S. Supreme Court from 2005 to 2012. Thirteen alumni from the Classes of 2008-11 have clerked or are currently clerking for the U.S. Supreme Court, and Virginia had two alumni clerk for the Supreme Court in the 2012-13 term.The Princeton Review ranked Virginia Law as 1st in "Best Quality of Life" among the nation's law schools, along with 2nd in "Best Classroom Experience," 4th in "Best Professors," 5th in "Hardest to Get Into," and 7th in "Best Career Prospects"The Law School has 18,442 alumni in all 50 states, 63 foreign countries and several U.S. protectorates, and the Law School's alumni giving rate of more than 50 percent for the past seven years is among the highest of the nation's law schools. Virginia Law recently completed an eight-year capital campaign, raising $173.9 million to enhance the student experience.. }
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- University_of_Virginia_School_of_Law abstract "The University of Virginia School of Law (Virginia Law or UVA Law) was founded in Charlottesville in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson as one of the original subjects taught at his "academical village," the University of Virginia. Virginia Law is the fourth-oldest active law school in the United States (second oldest in the state after W&M). The law school offers the J.D., LL.M., and S.J.D. degrees in law and hosts visiting scholars, visiting researchers and a number of legal research centers. Virginia Law is perennially regarded as one of the top 10 most prestigious and selective law schools in the United States and the world. The school is a member of the T14 law schools, a distinguished group of 14 schools that have national and international recognition, such as Georgetown, Cornell Law School, and the University of Pennsylvania. U.S. News & World Report currently ranks Virginia Law 7th in the nation, and ranks Virginia Law as 6th among major law firm recruiters. In the 2010 Super Lawyers Law School Rankings, Virginia Law ranks 4th in the nation.Virginia Law is third nationally in the number of alumni who are chairpersons and managing partners at law firms nationwide, and a survey by the National Law Journal found that the law school ranked fifth in the number of graduates hired by NLJ's top 250 firms in 2009. Additionally, Virginia Law is second only to Harvard in the number of alumni serving as general counsel at Fortune 500 companies. Alumni from Virginia Law are also at 99 of the American Lawyer top 100 law firms (as of May 2013). Virginia ranked second in the number of associates promoted to partner among the National Law Journal's top 250 firms in 2011, and in a 2010 study by Stanford Graduate School of Business professors, Virginia ranked fifth in the number of lawyers at the top 300 U.S. law firms. From 2000 to 2010, Virginia Law had the fifth-highest placement of law clerks on the United States Supreme Court (tied with Columbia), surpassed only by Yale, Harvard, University of Chicago and Stanford. Virginia is fourth in placing clerks on the U.S. Supreme Court from 2005 to 2012. Thirteen alumni from the Classes of 2008-11 have clerked or are currently clerking for the U.S. Supreme Court, and Virginia had two alumni clerk for the Supreme Court in the 2012-13 term.The Princeton Review ranked Virginia Law as 1st in "Best Quality of Life" among the nation's law schools, along with 2nd in "Best Classroom Experience," 4th in "Best Professors," 5th in "Hardest to Get Into," and 7th in "Best Career Prospects"The Law School has 18,442 alumni in all 50 states, 63 foreign countries and several U.S. protectorates, and the Law School's alumni giving rate of more than 50 percent for the past seven years is among the highest of the nation's law schools. Virginia Law recently completed an eight-year capital campaign, raising $173.9 million to enhance the student experience.".