 In 2016, "National Jurist" included W&L Law on its list of one of the twelve best value private law schools in the United States.W&L's Virginia bar passage rate on the July 2017 exam was 86.67% (the state average was 76.43%); W&L had the highest combined average passage rate among Virginia schools for the July 2014 and 2015 exams.W&L's New York bar passage rate on the July 2015 exam was 92.86% (the state average for ABA law school graduates was 79%).