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The current William & Mary Law School building opened in 1980. William & Mary Law School was founded in 1779 at the impetus of Virginia Governor Thomas Jefferson, an alumnus of the university, during the reorganization of the originally royal institution, transforming the college of William and Mary into the first university in the United States.
The College of William & Mary, located in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States, was founded in 1693 by a royal charter issued by King William III and Queen Mary II. It is a public research university and has more than 94,000 living alumni. [2] [3] Alumni of William & Mary have played important roles in shaping the United States.
St. George Tucker (July 10, 1752 – November 10, 1827) was a Bermudian-born American lawyer, military officer and professor who taught law at the College of William & Mary. He strengthened the requirements for a law degree at the college, as he believed lawyers needed deep educations. He served as a judge of the General Court of Virginia and ...
Gene Ray Nichol, Jr. (born May 11, 1951) [1] is an American lawyer and educator who served as the twenty-sixth president of the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. He succeeded Timothy J. Sullivan and officially served from July 1, 2005, to February 12, 2008. It was the shortest tenure for a William & Mary ...
The College of William & Mary (abbreviated as W&M[7]) is a public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. Founded in 1693 under a royal charter issued by King William III and Queen Mary II, it is the second-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and the ninth-oldest in the English-speaking world. [8]
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This category lists alumni of the William & Mary Law School (formerly known as the Marshall-Wythe School of Law), the law school of the College of William & Mary, and the oldest active law school in the United States.
Following is a list of deans of the William & Mary Law School, formally the Marshall-Wythe School of Law, which is the oldest extant law school in the United States, having been founded in 1779 at the urging of alumnus Thomas Jefferson. [1] [2] The law school was closed from 1861 to 1921, when it was revived.