Off-Campus Housing

Off-Campus Housing for Law Students:

Housing On-Campus (please contact the Housing Office with questions)

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90% of our students live off-campus, and the significant number of affordable apartments conveniently located to campus are likely responsible for this high number. For off-campus housing, typical monthly rent for a one-bedroom apartment can cost from $300-500, and a two bedroom apartment can rent for $500 - $900. A great many of our students live in and around downtown Lexington, no more than a 10 to 15 minute walk from the law school. Other students choose to live a few miles outside of town, in the country, and there are a number of properties in the area with beautiful views of the Blue Ridge mountains and the Maury River. In addition to the housing options in the Lexington area, the town of Buena Vista is located just under 10 minutes from Lexington.  Typically, rentals can be a less expensive there.

For those students seeking off-campus housing, we encourage you to consult the classified ads, utilize the local realtors (all of whom are located along Main Street and do not charge for their services), visit the law school (a great many apartment listings are posted on the bulletin boards in and around the building) and drive around town. Lexington is small enough that a great many landlords advertise an availability by simply posting a sign in front of the property. We encourage you to take a day or two, come to Lexington and look around. Please note that there are a number of living spaces for rent that you may consider less than suitable (admittedly there are some landlords in the Lexington area have very creative definitions of "inhabitable"). We recommend that you do not rent any property site unseen.

You may find the following useful in finding off-campus housing.  These sites are not sponsored by W&L, and neither the Law School nor the University makes any representation or warranty whatsoever regarding the properties listed. 

Newspaper rental listings can be found by visiting the Classifieds webpages of our local newspaper, The News-Gazette:  thenews-gazette.com

Online rental listings can be found by visiting this privately owned site: generalshousing.com

A list of local Realtors can be found by visiting the Membership page of the Lexington - Rockbridge Chamber of Commerce website:  lexrockchamber.com

Many rental properties in Lexington are advertised with nothing more than a yard sign, so if you're able to visit, be sure to take a drive through town.  Detailed street maps of Lexington are available in the Office of Admissions and at the Lexington Visitor's Center on Washington Street; a basic map is available here.