On behalf of the faculty and administrators of WCL, it is my great pleasure to welcome our new and returning students. I hope your summer was both productive and fulfilling, and that you are eager to begin the upcoming academic year. Each year, our community looks forward to providing our new and returning JD, LLM, and SJD students with the highest quality of teaching, scholarship, and service. More...

This fall, Washington College of Law welcomes 381 full-time and 93 part-time students. These students graduated from 205 different undergraduate institutions and are residents of 38 states, the District of Columbia, and eight foreign countries. They speak 33 foreign languages and were born in 31 foreign countries. Prior to entering law school, more than 36 worked on Capitol Hill, four were AmeriCorps Volunteers, eight were Peace Corps Volunteers, 144 studied abroad, and 68 worked overseas. Forty percent of the students are from ethnic or racial minority groups. Examples of professional experiences include: Officers in the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marines, and Navy; Protocol Interpreter for the Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea; Airline Pilot; Assistant Vice President for JP Morgan; High School Social Studies Teacher; Union Organizer; and Production Assistant for Al-Jazeera News. See the full admissions profile.