PROFILE
THE CLASS OF 2023 is a diverse and accomplished group of students from across the country. The 299 students come from 39 states, the District of Columbia, Canada, Nigeria and the Bahamas, and attended 144 undergraduate institutions.
SAMIRA NEMATOLLAHI, a first-generation college student from Simpsonville, South Carolina, graduated from the University of South Carolina. “I chose UVA Law because I was impressed by its ability to provide students both an academically rigorous curricu- lum and an active student body with a strong sense of community,” she said. “This balance that the school has been able to achieve is unrivaled, and that is what made the school stand out to me.”
CLASS OF 2023 FAST FACTS AS OF AUG. 27, 2020 170 median LSAT 299 students enrolled from 5,472 applicants 164-172 25%-75% LSAT 52% women 3.90 median GPA 48% men 3.49-3.96 25%-75% GPA 33% people of color 20-37 age range 70% have postgraduate experience
STUDENTS COME FROM 39 states, the District of Columbia, Canada, Nigeria and the Bahamas. IN ADDITION TO VIRGINIA, THE FOLLOWING STATES ARE REPRESENTED BY FIVE OR MORE STUDENTS: California 24 Florida 16 Illinois 9 New Jersey 7 North Carolina 6 Alabama 5 New York 22 Maryland 16 Massachusetts 9 Pennsylvania 7 Ohio 6 Colorado 5 Texas 20 Georgia 15 Washington, D.C. 9 Arizona 6 Tennessee 6
UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOLS represented by four or more first-years: University of Virginia 23 University of Pennsylvania 6 Georgetown University 4 University of Georgia 8 Virginia Tech 6 George Washington University 4 University of Alabama 7 Brigham Young University 5 Harvard University 4 College of William & Mary 6 University of California, Los Angeles 5 Ohio State University, Columbus 4 George Mason University 6 University of Florida 5 University of California, Berkeley 4 New York University 6 University of Maryland, College Park 5 University of Pittsburgh 4 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 6 University of Texas, Austin 5 Vanderbilt University 4 University of Notre Dame 6 Arizona State University 4 PROBESE LEO, born Andover, in Nassau, Bahamas, Massachusetts, worked as a senior native LAUREN software analyst MURTAGH earned and agile scrum her degree in master at Geico English and before law school. public policy from He said he wants to the College of use his J.D. to help William & Mary. clients navigate the Murtagh said she legal system, adding was first drawn that capable legal to UVA Law representation is by the idea of crucial to having a gaining hands-on good outcome. experiences “My immigration through clinics journey in the U.S. focused on taught me this working directly lesson firsthand, as with clients. I was fortunate to “I felt that have a lawyer help studying at me through that UVA Law would process,” he said. provide me with “But I know of many the opportunity others who were to explore not so fortunate and different types struggled along the of public interest way.” law,” she said.
WHERE GRADUATES GO: Top Job Locations, Classes of 2017-19 New York 223 Texas 61 Georgia 20 Pennsylvania 14 Alabama 9 Washington, D.C. 206 California 56 North Carolina 15 Illinois 13 Virginia 75 Massachusetts 22 Delaware 14 Colorado 10
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