The Honor System Rift Between Undergraduates and Law Students

Former Executive Committee members from the two groups have held divergent and incompatible views on the institution's value and aspects.

Over the last fifteen years, Washington and Lee Law students and their Executive Committee (EC) representatives have held vastly different views on the Honor System than their undergraduate counterparts, a Spectator investigation found. 

Former EC representatives from the 2010-2025 period confirmed substantial and enduring differences between undergraduate and law school representatives in interviews with The Spectator. Additionally, both interviews and survey data confirmed that many law students are unsatisfied with the current Honor System structure.