Vermont Law School Rankings

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#3849 of 14,131 In the World
#1079 of 2,597 In North America
#1008 of 2,496 In the United States
#8 of 17 In Vermont

Quick Review

Acceptance rate
80%
Graduates
653
Male:Female Ratio
30:70
Control
Private
not-for-profit
Highest Degree
Doctor's degree

Vermont Law School Acceptance rate and admissions statistics

We've calculated the 80% acceptance rate for Vermont Law School based on the ratio of admissions to applications and other circumstantial enrollment data. Treat this information as a rough guide and not as a definitive measure of your chances of admission. Different programs may have significantly varying admissions rates.

165 students enrolled in some distance education courses.

205 enrolled exclusively in distance education.

Enrollment demographics by race or ethnicity

White 428 (66%)
Hispanic 78 (12%)
Black or African American 44 (7%)
Race or Ethnicity unknown 38 (6%)
Nonresident Alien 28 (4%)
Asian 20 (3%)
Two or more races 12 (2%)

Costs per year: Tuition, Housing, Fees

Tuition and fees

Graduates
Tuition in-district $42,000
Tuition in-state $42,000
Tuition out-of-state $42,000
Fee in-district $1,300
Fee in-state $1,300
Fee out-of-state $1,300

Vermont Law School majors

Vermont Law School has granted 111 master's across 2 programs and 151 doctorate degrees in Law. Below is a table with majors that lead to degrees at Vermont Law School.

Major Master Doctoral
Law 151
Legal Professions and Studies, Other 83
American & U.S. Law & Legal Studies & Jurisprudence 28
Grand Total 111 151

Notable alumni

  1. Elizabeth MacDonough

    Elizabeth MacDonough
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Enrolled in Vermont Law School
    Graduated with Juris Doctor
    Occupations
    lawyer
    Biography

    Elizabeth MacDonough is an American lawyer and the Parliamentarian of the United States Senate since 2012. She is the first woman to hold the position. MacDonough guided the Senate through the first and second impeachment trials of Donald Trump, and she and her staff brought the Electoral College certificates to safety during the January 6 Capitol attack.

  2. Danna Azrieli

    Danna Azrieli
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1967-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    business executivebusinessperson
    Biography

    Danna Azrieli Hakim is an Israeli real-estate developer, and philanthropist. Azrieli has been Chairwoman of Azrieli Group, a publicly real estate company in Israel, since 2014. Azrieli is also Chairwoman of the Azrieli Foundation (Israel), and a member of the Azrieli Foundation (Canada), and a board member of the Weizmann Institute of Science, Tel Aviv University, and the Darca schools. She has an estimated net worth of $1.9 billion.

  3. Joe Benning

    Joe Benning
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Joseph Charles Benning is an American politician and a Republican who served as a member of the Vermont Senate representing Caledonia District from 2011 to 2023. He served as the Senate's Minority leader from January 2013 to January 2017, when he was succeeded by Dustin Allard Degree. In late 2017, Degree resigned from the Senate, and Benning was again chosen by the Senate's Republicans to serve as Minority Leader.

  4. Vincent Illuzzi

    Vincent Illuzzi
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1953-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Vincent Illuzzi, Jr. is an American lawyer and politician from Derby, Vermont who formerly served as a Republican member of the Vermont State Senate representing the Essex-Orleans senate district.

  5. Charles A. Murphy

    Charles A. Murphy
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Charles A. "Charley" Murphy is the former representative of the 21st Middlesex District to the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the Chairman of the Massachusetts House Committee on Ways and Means.

  6. Sterry R. Waterman

    Sterry R. Waterman
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1901-1984 (aged 83)
    Occupations
    judge
    Biography

    Sterry Robinson Waterman was a Vermont lawyer and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

  7. Sarah E. Buxton

    Sarah E. Buxton
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1978-.. (age 46)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Sarah E. Buxton is an American lawyer and politician from Vermont. She was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from Tunbridge.

  8. David Ross

    David Ross
    Occupations
    lawyer
    Biography

    David Patrick Ross is an American environmental and land-use lawyer who served as the Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from 2018 to 2021. Prior to his EPA role, he was a Wisconsin assistant attorney general and director of the state's environmental-protection judicial unit.

General info

Alternative names VLS
Founded 1972
Motto Law for the Community and the World
Academic calendar August to May. Also Summer Session (May - July)
Total FTE staff 155
Carnegie classification Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools

Location and contacts

Address 164 Chelsea Street
South Royalton, Vermont, 05068-0096
United States
City population 1,000
Phone 8028311000

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