The Washington and Lee University School of Law (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 historic 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 in Juris Doctor and Master of Laws programs and a 9.52-to-1 student to faculty ratio. W&L Law is ranked 26th out of 194 nationally in the 2014 US News and World Report Best Graduate Schools Rankings.
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