Honors Law Program

The University of Richmond recognizes that some of its undergraduate applicants already are considering a career in law and are preparing for postgraduate study at law school. To help these individuals meet their needs, the faculty of the University of Richmond School of Law and the Office of Admission offer a special program for qualified enrolling first-year Richmond students.

These selected students, upon acceptance as first-year students for undergraduate study, automatically will be offered a place in Richmond Law for the year following their graduation from Richmond’s bachelor’s degree program.

During the undergraduate years, the only stipulations to the program are that the student achieves a cumulative 3.5 grade point average by the end of the fall semester of the senior year and is of good moral character. If the student meets these requirements, admission to the University of Richmond School of Law is guaranteed. Honors law students don’t even have to take the LSAT. (Should one elect to do so, however, it is required that the score achieved place the student at or above the median score of the previous year’s law school entering class.)