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University of Virginia School of Law

“We have seen ... a big decline in Virginia [bar exam] test takers between 2012 and 2024, with larger declines than are consistent with the declines in enrollment,” says University of Richmond School of Law Dean Wendy Collins Perdue. Photo courtesy University of Richmond
Apr 30, 2026

Law firms, schools hope new bar exam stems Virginia talent drain

Virginia law schools face a decline in graduates taking the Virginia Bar Exam, linked to the state's delay in adopting the Uniform Bar Exam until 2028.

Law 2023: RISA L. GOLUBOFF
Aug 30, 2023

Law 2023: RISA L. GOLUBOFF

As dean and Arnold H. Leon Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law, Goluboff has a deep legacy of scholarship and teaching on U.S. constitutional and civil rights law, especially its historical development in the last century. Her second book, “Vagrant Nation: Police Power, Constitutional Change, and the Making of the […]

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