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The University of Richmond School of Law (T.C. Williams School of Law), a school of the University of Richmond, is located in Richmond, Virginia. Richmond Law is considered "highly selective" by US News & World Report,〔http://www.usnews.com/usnews/store/law_school_compass.htm?src=lockl&ref=/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/university-of-richmond-williams-03161〕 ''top tier'' by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers,〔see: Find the Best's Law School Guide〕 among the ''top twenty'' law schools by the ''National Jurist'',〔http://www.nationaljurist.com/law-schools/university-of-richmond〕 and one of the Princeton Review's ''Best Law Schools of 2016''.〔http://www.princetonreview.com/schools/1037682/law/university-richmond-school-law〕 One of the three highest ranked small private law schools〔http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/law-rankings/sort%2Bv_ft_enrolled/sortdir%2Basc/page+4〕—alongside Brigham Young University's J. Reuben Clark Law School and W&L Law—with approximately 150 J.D. candidates per class year, the University of Richmond School of Law has full accreditation by all recognized standardizing agencies in the United States, as a member of the Association of American Law Schools on the American Bar Association registry.〔(Accreditation – University of Richmond )〕 Richmond Law is also regionally accredited by the Virginia State Board of Bar Examiners,〔 and is the #1 alma mater of judges in the state.〔 Above the Mason–Dixon line, U of R Law's Juris Doctor degree is fully accredited by the Regents of the University of the State of New York;〔 below, Richmond Law is among Above the Law's ''top ten'' Law Schools of the South.〔http://abovethelaw.com/2013/04/comparing-the-law-schools-of-the-south/〕 Located near the border of America's cultural demarcation line, the University of Richmond campus can be found on located about six miles (10 km) west of the center of the city of Richmond, Virginia. ==Past and Present== The school was founded in 1870 as a college within the University of Richmond. In 1890, the family of the late T.C. Williams, a university trustee, donated $25,000 as the nucleus of an endowment for the law school. In recognition of this gift, the school was named The T.C. Williams School of Law in 1920. In recent years, the school has adopted the name "University of Richmond School of Law" in order to promote a unified identity for the university. In 1914, Richmond College (as the university was then known), including its law department, moved from its location downtown to the present campus. Returning servicemen from World War I created space problems for the college and the law department had to be relocated to the old Columbia Building at Grace and Lombardy streets. In 1920, the law department was reorganized as a separate School of Law within what was now the University of Richmond.〔(University of Richmond School of Law: History )〕 The current Law School building, constructed in the Collegiate Gothic architectural style, was originally opened in 1954, and it was enlarged in 1972 and 1981. In 1991, the building was significantly expanded, renovated, and refurbished. The Law School building now provides modern and technologically equipped classrooms, seminar rooms, a law library, a moot courtroom, faculty and administrative offices, faculty and student lounges, and offices for most student organizations. The Richmond School of Law was ranked 51st in the most recent ranking of law schools by U.S. News and World Report.〔()〕 According to US News, the school has 460 students with a student-to-faculty ratio of 11.4:1. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「University of Richmond School of Law」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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