Educational Goals and Outcomes - University of Richmond

Publish date: 2024-05-09

Consistent with the University’s mission and the strategic plan’s focus on providing students with the academic resources they need to support their educational journey, the University’s student achievement measures for students enrolled in the Law School are focused on key outcomes essential to the educational journey of these professional students — bar passage, which is required for the practice of law, and 10-month employment outcomes.

Ultimate Bar Passage

Ultimate bar passage is measured by passage for graduates who sat for a bar exam in any jurisdiction within two years of graduation. The Law School sets an ambitious ultimate bar passage goal of 90%, recognizing that the majority of its graduates will wish to pass the bar and become licensed as attorneys within two years of graduating from law school.

Ultimate Bar Passage

Ultimate Bar Passage

2016 Grads

2017 Grads

2018 Grads

2019 Grads

2020 Grads

Richmond Actual

92%

90%

92%

93%

96%

Goal: 90%

Employment Outcomes

In assessing its success in student employment outcomes 10 months after graduation, the Law School includes students in any field of employment and includes those students who have chosen to continue their education with a complementary graduate school enrollment. The University has set a goal of 85% employment within ten months of graduation.

10-month employment (all jobs or graduate school)               

10-Month Employment (all jobs/grad school)

2018 Grads

2019 Grads

2020 Grads

2021 Grads

2022 Grads

Richmond Actual

91%

94%

93%

94%

94%

Goal: 85%

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