William & Mary Law is great. But you should know this. ‘Legal Skills’ is awful. Dreadful, really. Luckily, it will be undergoing significant changes in the coming years. The Dean and the administration are phenomenal. They care, a lot. The Dean has hosted numerous town-halls with students and is a great ambassador for the law school. Professors are accessible, have had lunch with some on multiple occasions. They are mostly kind and accomodating. Student body is generally kind, although very clique oriented. Not many gunners, but quite a bit of over-anxious types. The facilities are nice, the law library is among the best looking law libraries you may encounter. Career Services is disappointing. Lame is perhaps the best way to describe them, and not in a teenager ‘this party is lame’ kind of way, but in a literal ‘horse that can’t walk’ kind of lame. Overall, it’s a great place to be. But it’s not without fault.

1L

Professors are fantastic, and the library is top-notch. Everything else kind of blows.

2L

OCS has an open-door policy and is generally very helpful in trying to hook students up with jobs

2L

For anyone from a big city, this will seem like the middle of nowhere (even though it is more like suburbs), so don’t come here and then complain that you have no social life – there is plenty to do if you look for it, but we are not (contrary to ATL reports) a partying school unless you live in the GradPlex and act like a high schooler. / / Students here are more passive than active (though all are very smart) so don’t expect loud debates or opinions from multiple people, and expect the same 20 people to run most of the organizations in the school. / / Everyone here is super nice – you will not meet nicer, kinder, or more helpful people anywhere else. Gunners, you will be mocked. / / Don’t expect to get an A unless you plan to work 80-120 hours per week. Be prepared to choose between an overall experience (running clubs, a social life, getting average grades) or being obsessive about school work. Don’t expect to skate. / With a large population from BYU, non-drinkers and non-partiers are just as welcome at W&M as everyone else. / The LGBT population is growing, and our LGBT group is one of the most active groups on campus this year. However, if you are LGBT, don’t expect to find a date at W&M Law – though you might find one on the undergrad campus.

2L

Absolutely amazing community environment. This combined with the Honor Code creates such a welcoming environment.

1L

Excellent quality of life in Williamsburg. That W&M is a relatively lower cost state school is something of a well kept secret.

2L