Thank you for your interest in Washington and Lee Law and congratulations on your admission - we look forward to getting to know you better in the coming months! We know you have a number of attractive options for law study, and we stand ready to assist you as you evaluate your choices. We've assembled some of the information you may need on this webpage; should you have any questions, or need additional information, please feel free to contact us. We are happy to help!
Submit your Deposit. Please see our Accepting Our Offer of Admission webpage for instructions on how to accept your seat (including the link to our online payment page) as well as information on deferred enrollment.
Schedule an Individual Visit: Visiting is easily the best way to experience all that our law school and Lexington have to offer. If you are unable to attend one of our Admitted Students Weekends, we urge you to make an individual visit to W&L Law. For more information about available visitation times for the semester, please see our Visit Schedule. Once you've identified a day and time that works with your schedule, please contact the Office of Admissions, at LawAdmissions@wlu.edu or (540) 458-8503 to arrange an appointment.
Need Restaurant Recommendations for your time in Lexington? Click here to see our suggestions for breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner and dessert
Participate in the W&L Law Alumni Interview Program (AIP). The AIP is designed to encourage connections between W&L Law alumni and admitted students. Please take this opportunity to sign up for an interview with a W&L Law alum in your home region.
Join our Facebook Group. We have a Facebook group for Admitted Students. The closed group is entitled "Washington and Lee Univeristy School of Law - Admitted Students," and the page will be monitored throughout the coming months by our Law Ambassadors and Kirgis Fellows. Join our group and begin connecting with current and future W&L Law students.
Connect With our Current Students and Student Organizations. Our Affinity Form allows you to get to know our many extracurricular options here at W&L Law, while providing an introduction to current students. Complete the Affinity Form today.
Got Questions? Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for Incoming Students for answers to common Admitted Student questions.
Financing Your Legal Education. Our first round of merit scholarship awards will be mailed out in mid-January. Approximately 60 - 70% of our current students received merit scholarship awards. Educational loans are our only form of need-based aid. For more information about tuition, fees, the merit scholarship award process and educational loans, please see the following webpages:
Tuition and Fees
Financial Aid
Merit Scholarships
Scholarship Data Webpage
Additional Scholarships. We are occasionally notified by outside parties of additional scholarship opportunities available to matriculating law students. A listing of scholarship opportunities is available below. We will be updated this list as we are made aware of additional scholarships:
Third-Party Scholarship Listing
Alder Pollock & Sheehan Diversity Scholarship
Documentary Requirements for Matriculating Students. Click here for information on the documents you must submit before you matriculate.
Orientation. W&L Law's Orientation typically starts in mid- to late-August. More information regarding Orientation, as well as a tentative schedule, will be available by early summer.
Academics. For an academic survey of your three years on campus, please see our J.D. program overview. Our course descriptions for first year, as well as those for second and third year offer more detailed information regarding individual courses. For additional information about the many academic opportunities available at W&L Law, feel free to consult our Academics webpage. Students interested in learning more about our four journal offerings are encouraged to explore our Journals webpage. For additional information about our Moot Court program, as well as its five annual competitions, please review our Moot Court Program's webpage.
Third Year Curriculum: Explore our webpages on The New Third Year for background on W&L Law's innovations to the traditional third year of law school. Check out W&L Law's YouTube channel to hear participating students' reflections on their experiences. Click here to review our webpage highlighting our distinctive three-year curricular progression.
Life in Lexington. To learn more about all that Lexington and the W&L campus community has to offer please see our comprehensive review of Life in Lexington. For those law students moving to Lexington with significant others and/or families please visit our Students with Families page for an in-depth guide to living in Lexington with a family. For maps of the campus and the downtown, please consult W&L University Campus Map and the Visitor Center's map of downtown Lexington.
Housing. For more information about on-campus and off-campus housing, please see our Housing webpage. Private housing in Lexington is varied, plentiful and reasonably priced. Most law students choose this option. Click here for advice on searching for housing in Lexington!
Meal Plans. The University offers a number of meal plan options and dining locations. Visit the Dining Services webpage for details. You do NOT need a student ID number to purchase a meal plan.
Billing Information. A new online billing and payment system is now available at Washington and Lee. This new online payment system, called Generals Payment System (or "GPS"), will allow all students to view their bills and make payments online. For more information about this system, please read this letter from the Business Office. For all other billing inquiries, please consult the Business Office webpage.
Policies on Accommodating Students with Disabilities. Please see our Law School Policies on Accommodating Students with Disabilities for more information.
Still have questions? We know you have a great deal to consider in the coming months, and we are happy to help in any way we can. We are available by phone and email: Shawn D. McShay, Assistant Dean for Admissions, McShayS@wlu.edu. We can also be reached by phone at 540.458.8503.