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Cornell Law School

Rank 18 (USNWR 2025)
173
Median LSAT
3.89
Median GPA
23.1%
Acceptance rate

Also known as

  • Cornell Law School
  • Cornell University
  • CORNELL UNIVERSITY

Cornell Law School is a law school located in Ithaca, New York. The school was ranked 18 in 2025 by USNWR. Annual enrollment for Cornell Law School is approximately 191.

Admissions website: https://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/admissions/

Admissions email: jdadmissions@cornell.edu

Admissions phone: 607.255.5141

Can I get into Cornell Law School with aGPA andLSAT?

Cornell Law School Key Statistics

Previous year ABA 509 data
Percentiles 25 50 75
LSAT 169 172 175
GPA 3.78 3.9 3.97
Miscellaneous Count Percentile
# Applications 4368 89
# Admissions offers 843 -
Class size 191 61
% Accepted 19.3% 87
% Yield 22.2% 17

During the 2025 application cycle, 4,368 people applied and 843 were offered admission.

Cornell University has a 1L class size of 191, and yield of 22.18%. 187 out of 843 applicants who were offered admission accepted, meaning that 22.18% of the people who were offered admission ended up attending the school.

The 1L class at Cornell University has a median LSAT of 173. The 25th percentile LSAT is 169 and the 75th percentile LSAT is 175.

The median GPA is 3.89. The 25th percentile GPA is 3.73 and the 75th percentile GPA is 3.96.

Cornell Law School LSAT & GPA graph for 2023-2024

LSD has stats for 1,073 applicants for the 2023-2024 application cycle.

The graphs show applicant results plotted against GPA and LSAT. The dotted lines on the graphs represent the 25/50/75th percentiles reported by the school in their ABA 509 report from the previous year.

Each data point represents an LSD user that shared their application results for the benefit of future applicants.

Click on a data point to see that user's profile.

25th, 50th, 75th refer to percentiles from last year's admitted class

How much does Cornell Law School cost per year?

$77,508.00
Tuition
100th percentile
$104,724.00
CoA
95th percentile
94.90%
Bar pass rate
81st percentile

*The following data belongs to previous years.

Cost of attending Cornell Law School

In 2025, tuition was $77,508 and the annual cost of attending was $104,724 (tuition plus living expenses).

Cost of Attendance (CoA) is the estimated total amount you will have to spend every year to go to school. Unlike tuition, CoA includes expenses like rent, food, and insurance.

Cornell Law School employment outcomes

94.9% of Cornell University graduates pass the bar on their first try.

Some interesting facts about Cornell Law School

Cornell University is an international center of academia located in Ithaca, New York. Ithaca is known as the heart of the Finger Lakes region in Upstate New York. The Law School’s small classes, broad curriculum, and distinguished faculty make it ideal for those who value both depth and breadth in their legal studies. Cornell students find Ithaca to be a safe, supportive, and culturally rich environment in which to pursue legal studies.

Since the 1970s, clinical courses at Cornell Law School have been a mainstay and have helped students move into the world of practice. Numerous courses provide students with opportunities to assume the role of advocate on behalf of clients with real legal problems. This experiential learning is done under the supervision and mentoring of experienced faculty, who work with students to help make them into ethical professionals.

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is anyone applying ED?
14:22
anyone have a school tracking number pop up?
DoingItForTheCulture
16:04
Anyone else see a PERSON ID &TRACKING NUMBER appear and vanish ?
17:41
LFG BIG REDDD
11:13
did anyone have their substatus disappear?
Does Cornell have a true waitlist or is it just reserve?
19:13
I believe it’s reserve = waitlist, but the dean said they make around 200 acceptances from reserve so it’s a much better waitlist than others
how long after the interview should i expect to wait for a decision
16:39
crazy that having an II means you probably won't get an R. you've already almost secured an A or WL
StingraySails
15:34
cornell wave today? pls
16:43
5 people with IIs reported an R, crazy outliers. must be something from the kira
goofy-goober
18:05
@YouthfulRampantPhoenix: pretty sure they want one personal statement. I combined two prompts I wanted to answer into one essay
Just got the Reserve from Cornell a few hours ago - idk what to make of it
(Had II before, it took about 50 days before the reserve decision)
OlDirtyBtard
23:27
Hey folks, I just got into Cornell and barring an act of God I am seeing you scoundrels in September
Just got reserve from Cornell - do they prio their early admission 3+3 candidates or ED?
darthaifos33
14:26
Hi! I heard there was an admitted students discord for Cornell, any way I can join?
OlDirtyBtard
14:51
Seconding this
NewLawRainbow
14:19
Hello! I'm the mod/creator of the discord. Join here
NewLawRainbow
14:19
https://discord.gg/3tx97hnK
NewLawRainbow
14:20
@OlDirtyBtard:
NewLawRainbow
14:20
@darthaifos33:
how many more A's do we think Cornell has left to give
what the fuck is a reserve list
fancy name for waitlist
waitlist from the reserve region of France
What do we know about the timeline for reserves being accepted or not?
ParallelAgreeableOrangutan
15:52
Anyone else try to gracefully bow out of the WL, per instructions, by not submitting a LOCI---and then get hit with an R? Cornell is acting like an ex trying to win the breakup
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