University of Chicago

Graduate School (Law) • Chicago, IL •

Graduate School (Law) • Chicago, IL

University of Chicago Law School Overview

The Law School at University of Chicago has an application deadline of March 1. The full-time program application fee at the Law School at University of Chicago is $90. Its tuition is full-time: $77,952. The student-faculty ratio is 4.8:1.

University of Chicago 2024 Rankings

University of Chicago is ranked No. 3 out of 196 in Best Law Schools. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence.

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University of Chicago Law School Ranking Scores and Data

Overall Ranking Scores

Overall Score

Peer assessment score (out of 5)

4.5

Assessment score by lawyers/judges (out of 5)

4.6

GPA (25th-75th percentile)

3.83-3.99

Median undergraduate GPA for all program entrants

3.94

LSAT scores (25th-75th percentile)

169-175

Median LSAT score for all program entrants

173

Acceptance rate

12.8%

Student-faculty ratio

4.8:1

Full-credit outcomes 10 months after graduation

97.7%

% First-time bar passage

94.3%

Average first-time bar passage among states

73%

Ultimate Bar Passage rate for 2020 graduating class

99.8%

Student per library staff

87.1

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University of Chicago Law School Data

Application

Director of admissions

Ann Killian Perry

Application deadline

March 1

Full-time program application fee

$90

Part-time program application fee

Admissions phone

(773) 702-9484

Admissions email

Admissions@law.uchicago.edu

Application website

Website

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Virtual Tour URL

N/A

Website

Admissions & Enrollment (Overall)

Applicants:

5,500

4,125

2,750

1,375

5,500

4,125

2,750

1,375

Applicants

Accepted

Enrolled

(first-year students)

Acceptance rate

12.8%

GPA (25th-75th percentile)

3.83-3.99

Median undergraduate GPA for all program entrants

3.94

Percent of new entrants providing LSAT scores

96%

LSAT scores (25th-75th percentile)

169-175

Median LSAT score for all program entrants

173

Percent of new entrants providing GRE scores

Median GRE scores for all program entrants

N/A

Median GRE analytical writing score for all program entrants

N/A

Admissions & Enrollment (Full-time)

Applicants:

5,500

4,125

2,750

1,375

5,500

4,125

2,750

1,375

Applicants

(full-time)

Accepted

(full-time)

Enrolled

(full-time)

Acceptance rate

12.8%

Undergraduate GPA (25th-75th percentile)

N/A

Median undergraduate GPA for full-time program entrants

3.94

Percent of new entrants providing LSAT scores

96%

LSAT scores (25th-75th percentile)

N/A

Median LSAT score for full-time program entrants

173

Percent of new entrants providing GRE scores

Median GRE scores for full-time program entrants

N/A

Median GRE analytical writing score for full-time program entrants

N/A

Academic Program Details

Academic calendar

Quarter

Joint degrees offered

N/A

Special programs offered to J.D. students

As provided by the school.

Over 15 clinics/labs give students litigation, corporate and advocacy experience. The Doctoroff Business Leadership Program gives students strong business training and the Kapnick Leadership & Professionalism Initiative teaches valuable practical career skills. Law& Economics, Constitutional Law Institute Project and other centers encourage students and faculty to engage in interdisciplinary work.

Programs/courses offered in:

clinical training
dispute resolution
environmental law
health care law
intellectual property law
international law
tax law
trial advocacy
business/corporate law
constitutional law

contracts/commercial law
criminal law
writing

AND 3 MORE

Curricular Offerings (Overall)

Classroom course titles, beyond the first-year curriculum, offered last year

218

Seminars

120

Positions available in seminars

2,409

Positions available in simulation courses

720

Student activities

As provided by the school.

Student-edited journals include University of Chicago Law Review, Chicago Journal of Intl Law, Legal Forum, and UChicago Business Law Review. Students participate in internal and external moot courts. There are over sixty student groups ranging from the Public Interest Law Society to the Federalist Society to the Musical to the Black Law Students Association, as well as a student government.

Number of law clinics

Number of seats available in law clinics

630

Curricular Offerings (Full-time)

Typical first-year full-time section size taught by full-time faculty (excludes small sections)

Is there typically a full-time "small section" of the first-year class taught by full-time faculty (excluding Legal Writing)?

Positions filled in full-time program seminars

1,651

Positions filled in full-time program simulation courses

614

Positions filled in field placements

Full-time students involved in law journals

203

Full-time students involved in interschool skills competitions

Full-time students enrolled in independent study

Number of seats filled in law clinics (full-time)

596

Faculty Profile (Fall 2023)

Student-faculty ratio

4.8:1

Total faculty

N/A

Faculty distribution:

Full-time38%

Part-time62%

Full-time faculty gender distribution:

Female39%

Male61%

Part-time faculty gender distribution:

Female27.6%

Male71.6%

Other0.7%

Full-time minority faculty

100%

Part-time minority faculty

100%

Total faculty (men)

67.6%

Total faculty (women)

31.9%

Total faculty (minorities)

100%

Full-time faculty ethnicity distribution:

100%

Unknown

Part-time faculty ethnicity distribution:

100%

Unknown

Class Size

Number of upper-division course sections with an enrollment of:

Course

sections under 25

Course

sections 25-49

Course

sections 50-74

Course

sections 75-99

Course

sections over 100

Student Body (Overall)

Total Enrolled

N/A

In-state enrollment

N/A

Out-of-state enrollment

N/A

Student diversity:

51.7%

White

15%

Hispanic

11.3%

Asian

8.6%

Two or more races

7.4%

Black or African American

2.9%

International

2.9%

Unknown

0.3%

American Indian

Pacific Islander

Student Body (Full-time)

Enrollment (full-time)

594

Gender distribution (full-time):

Female50.3%

Male49.7%

Attrition Rates for Full- and Part-time Students (2022-2023)

First-year students discontinuing law school

1.5%

Second-year students discontinuing law school

0.5%

Third-year students discontinuing law school

N/A

Fourth-year students discontinuing law school

N/A

Male students discontinuing law school

0.6%

Female students discontinuing law school

0.7%

Financial Aid Contact Information

Financial aid director

Zachary Weber

Financial aid phone

(773) 702-9484

Financial aid application deadline

Feb. 15

Expenses

Tuition and fees:

Type

Cost

Full-time

$77,952 cost

$77,952

Room and board

$19,758

Books

$1,785

Miscellaneous expenses

$10,722

Is the tuition the same for first-, second-, and third-year students?

Yes

Does the university offer housing restricted to law students?

Does the university offer graduate student housing for which law students are eligible?

Yes

Does the university offer a public-interest scholarship program to current J.D. students?

Yes

Grants (Full-time students)

Median grant amount

$15,000

Grant range (25th-75th percentile)

$10,000-$29,221

Full-time students receiving grants

83.1%

Students receiving grants of more than full tuition

9.7%

Students receiving grants of full tuition

Students receiving grants of one-half tuition or more but less than full

6.2%

Students receiving grants of less than one-half tuition

67.2%

Indebtedness

Average indebtedness of 2023 J.D. graduates who incurred law school debt

$183,176

Proportion who borrowed

N/A

Does the school offer a loan repayment assistance program for 2023 J.D. graduates?

Yes

Library Information Resources

Volume equivalent microforms

N/A

Information Technology

Department(s) responsible for the law school information technology operations

Law school information technology department, university information technology department

Approximate number of full-time-equivalent information technology staff (excluding hourly students and other temporary staff)

Does the school require entering students to own a computer?

Yes

Physical Library Facilities

Net square feet of space assigned for library purposes

N/A

Total seats available for library users

N/A

Details about the library and other facilities

As provided by the school.

The D'Angelo Law Library is the center of the Law School's Laird Bell Quadrangle, a group of buildings designed by Eero Saarinen. Faculty offices surround the book stacks and student study spaces. The Student Services Suite is centrally located in the library tower and is home to Admissions, Financial Aid, Student Affairs, and Career Services. The Law School completed a renovation in 2008.

Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2022 administrations)

% First-time bar passage

94.3%

Average first-time bar passage among states

73%

Bar Statistics, first-time test takers (Winter and Summer 2022)

State

Number of test takers

Number who passed

Pass rate (school)

Pass rate (all ABA school test takers)

State

Number of test takers

Number who passed

Pass rate (school)

Pass rate (all ABA school test takers)

State

Number of test takers

Number who passed

Pass rate (school)

Pass rate (all ABA school test takers)

State

Number of test takers

Number who passed

Pass rate (school)

Pass rate (all ABA school test takers)

State	Number of test takers	Number who passed	Pass rate (school)	Pass rate (all ABA school test takers)

Illinois	79	72	91.1%	74.5%
New York	53	51	96.2%	72.6%
California	24	22	91.7%	64.3%
Texas	17	17	100%	73.5%

Graduates with diploma privilege

N/A

Class of 2022 Graduates

Total number of graduates

217

Employed at graduation:

N/A

Employed 10 months after graduation:

94.5%

Employed at Graduation (excludes law school/university-funded positions)

Graduates employed in jobs that required bar passage

93.1%

Graduates employed in jobs that required bar passage (full-time, lasting a year or more)

93.1%

Graduates employed in jobs that required bar passage (full-time, lasting less than a year)

Graduates employed in jobs that required bar passage (part-time, lasting a year or more)

Graduates employed in jobs that required bar passage (part-time, lasting less than a year)

Graduates employed in jobs that required bar passage (length of employment unknown)

Graduates employed in jobs where a J.D. degree is an advantage

1.4%

Graduates employed in jobs where a J.D. degree is an advantage (full-time, lasting a year or more)

1.4%

Graduates employed in jobs where a J.D. degree is an advantage (full-time, lasting less than a year)

Graduates employed in jobs where a J.D. degree is an advantage (part-time, lasting a year or more)

Graduates employed in jobs where a J.D. degree is an advantage (part-time, lasting less than a year)

Graduates employed in jobs where a J.D. degree is an advantage (length of employment unknown)

Graduates employed in jobs that are professional positions

0.5%

Graduates employed in jobs that are professional positions (full-time, lasting a year or more)

0.5%

Graduates employed in jobs that are professional positions (full-time, lasting less than a year)

Graduates employed in jobs that are professional positions (part-time, lasting a year or more)

Graduates employed in jobs that are professional positions (part-time, lasting less than a year)

Graduates employed in jobs that are professional positions (length of employment unknown)

Graduates employed in jobs that are non-professional positions

Graduates employed in jobs that are non-professional positions (full-time, lasting a year or more)

Graduates employed in jobs that are non-professional positions (full-time, lasting less than a year)

Graduates employed in jobs that are non-professional positions (part-time, lasting a year or more)

Graduates employed in jobs that are non-professional positions (part-time, lasting less than a year)

Graduates employed in jobs that are non-professional positions (length of employment unknown)

Graduates employed in jobs that are undeterminable/unknown positions

Graduates employed in jobs that are undeterminable/unknown positions (full-time, lasting a year or more)

Graduates employed in jobs that are undeterminable/unknown positions (full-time, lasting less than a year)

Graduates employed in jobs that are undeterminable/unknown positions (part-time, lasting a year or more)

Graduates employed in jobs that are undeterminable/unknown positions (part-time, lasting less than a year)

Graduates employed in jobs that are undeterminable/unknown (length of employment unknown)

Graduates that were pursuing a graduate degree full-time

0.5%

Graduates that were unemployed and not seeking employment

0.9%

Graduates that were unemployed and seeking employment

0.9%

Graduates whose employment status was unknown

Employed 10 Months After Graduation (excludes law school/university-funded positions)

Graduates employed in jobs that require bar passage

93.5%