Regent Law Named the #3 Best Value Private Law School in the Nation in preLaw Magazine
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA (Oct. 7, 2024) – The National Jurist’s preLaw Magazine Fall 2024 cover story recognized Regent Law as the 3rd best-value private law school in the United States—trailing only Brigham Young University and Wake Forest. It rose nine places from when it debuted in the best-value rankings last year as the 12th best-value private law school in the country. The magazine bases its evaluation on employment outcomes, bar passage rates, and cost.
The cover story noted “Regent Law’s high employment rate” and quoted Brad Lingo, dean of Regent University School of Law, explaining Regent’s strong employment outcomes: “At Regent Law, we believe finding employment is downstream from finding purpose. So, we work with each student individually to find their unique call to the law.”
Regent Law’s emphasis on practical skills training, experiential learning, and bar preparation also received praise. So, too, did Regent Law’s commitment to “professor accessibility, teaching quality, and a supportive community where students are known and cared for as individuals.” As Dean Lingo explained, “When those values become part of a law school’s culture, as they have at Regent Law, strong bar and employment outcomes follow.”
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This accolade comes as the latest of several recent honors for Regent Law. Earlier this year, additional “Best of” rankings featured Regent Law in the following categories:
- Tied 1st in the Nation for Public Policy by preLaw Magazine, 2024
- Tied 2nd in the Nation for Professor’s Accessibility by The Princeton Review, 2024
- Tied 9th in the Nation for Teaching Quality by The Princeton Review, 2024
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About Regent Law
More than 3,500 Regent Law graduates practice law in 49 states and over 20 countries, including 38 currently sitting judges. The School of Law ranked 35th in the nation for obtaining judicial clerkships and 16th for first-time bar passage in 2023. The school offers the Juris Doctor (J.D.) in three-year and part-time formats, an online M.A. in Law, an online M.A. in Financial Planning & Law, an on-campus and online LL.M. in Human Rights, an on-campus and online LL.M. in American Legal Studies, and an online B.A. in Law.
About Regent University
Founded in 1977, Regent University is America’s premier Christian university, with more than 13,000 students studying on its 70-acre campus in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and online around the world. The university offers associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in more than 150 areas of study, including business, communication and the arts, counseling, cybersecurity, divinity, education, government, law, leadership, nursing, healthcare, and psychology. Regent University has been ranked the #1 Best Accredited Online College in the United States (Study.com, 2020), the #1 Safest College Campus in Virginia (YourLocalSecurity, 2021), and the #1 Best Online Bachelor’s Program in Virginia for 13 years in a row (U.S. News & World Report, 2025).
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