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Graduate School (Law) • Chicago, IL • 

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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.

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At-a-Glance

Acceptance Rate

12.8%

Tuition & Fees

$77,952

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Chicago, IL, 60637
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University of Chicago 2024 Law Program & Specialties 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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#3

Best Law Schools

Overall Score

99

Peer assessment score (out of 5)

4.5

Assessment score by lawyers/judges (out of 5)

4.6

Law School Program Rankings

Law School Specialty Rankings

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University of Chicago Law School Ranking Scores and Data

Overall Ranking Scores

Overall Score
99
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

Other rankings at this school: Colleges, Global Universities

Law School Program Admissions

N/A

US Application Deadline

Application Fee

$90

Applicants:

5,500

4,125

2,750

1,375

0

5,500

4,125

2,750

1,375

0

Applicants

Accepted

Enrolled

(first-year students)

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Law School Program Cost

$77,952

Tuition Full-Time (in-state)

Tuition Full-Time (Non-LDS Member)

$77,952

Room and board

$19,758

Books

$1,785

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Law School Program Student Population

N/A

Law School Program Total Enrollment

Enrollment (in-state)

N/A

Enrollment (out-state)

N/A

Student Diversity

Gender distribution (full-time):

Female50.3%
Male49.7%
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

0%

Pacific Islander

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Law School Program Academics

Programs/courses offered in

PROGRAM

  • 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

Joint degrees offered
N/A

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Law School Program Library

N/A

Volume equivalent microforms

Net square feet of space assigned for library purposes

N/A

Total seats available for library users

N/A

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Law School Program Careers

94.3%

% First-time bar passage

Total number of graduates

217

Employed at graduation

N/A

Employed 10 months after graduation

94.5%

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