Early Life, Education
Judge Rebecca Beach Smith was born in Hopewell, Virginia. She received a B.A. degree from The College of William & Mary in 1971, and then received a M.A. degree from the University of Virginia in 1973. After she worked as a planning analyst for Enviro-Med, Inc. (1973-1974) and research associate at the National Academy of Science (1974-1977), Smith attended law school and received her J.D. degree from The College of William & Mary Law School in 1979. She was executive editor of the William and Mary Law Review, graduated first in her law school class and was awarded membership in the Order of the Coif. In 1997, Judge Smith received The College of William and Mary Alumni Medallion, the highest award the William and Mary Alumni Association can bestow on a graduate of the College of William and Mary.
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