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Elizabeth A. McClanahan was elected by the Virginia General Assembly as a Justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia in 2011. She retired from the Court in the fall of 2019 to serve, in her present capacity, as the Dean of the Appalachian School of Law in Grundy, VA, and as the Street Distinguished Professor of Law. Previously, she served as a Judge on the Court of Appeals of Virginia, as Virginia’s Chief Deputy Attorney General, and as a principal in the law firm of Penn, Stuart & Eskridge. Justice McClanahan has also served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Energy and Mineral Law Foundation where she is designated as an Honorary Trustee. In 2011, she was one of Virginia Lawyers Media “Influential Women of Virginia.” Justice McClanahan has served as Vice-Rector of the College of William and Mary and chairman of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. |
"During my time in law school, I not only was able to gain my Juris Doctor — I was able to leave a positive change in the community." — Student Testimonial
Aiming high — In September of 2020, ASL graduates achieved the highest Virginia bar passage rate in ASL’s history.
Aiming high — From 2019 to 2020, ASL increased its top quartile LSAT score for incoming students by more points than any other ABA-accredited law school.
