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Northwestern Law School

Rank 10 (USNWR 2023)
171
Median LSAT
3.89
Median GPA
15.0%
Acceptance rate

Also known as

  • Northwestern Law School
  • Northwestern University
  • NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
  • NU Pritzker

Northwestern Law School is a law school located in Evanston, Illinois. The school was ranked 10 in 2023 by USNWR. Annual enrollment for Northwestern Law School is approximately 238.

Admissions website: https://www.law.northwestern.edu/admissions/

Admissions email: admissions@law.northwestern.edu

Admissions phone: (312) 503-8465

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Northwestern Law School Key Statistics

Previous year ABA 509 data
Percentiles 25 50 75
LSAT 166 171 172
GPA 3.63 3.89 3.95
Miscellaneous Count Percentile
# Applications 6247 94
# Admissions offers 940 -
Class size 238 80
% Accepted 15.1% 92
% Yield 24.4% 22

During the 2023 application cycle, 6,247 people applied and 940 were offered admission.

Northwestern University has a 1L class size of 238, and yield of 24.36%. 229 out of 940 applicants who were offered admission accepted, meaning that 24.36% of the people who were offered admission ended up attending the school.

The 1L class at Northwestern University has a median LSAT of 171. The 25th percentile LSAT is 166 and the 75th percentile LSAT is 172.

The median GPA is 3.89. The 25th percentile GPA is 3.63 and the 75th percentile GPA is 3.95.

Northwestern Law School LSAT & GPA graph for 2022-2023

LSD has stats for 1,639 applicants for the 2022-2023 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 Northwestern Law School cost per year?

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Cost of attending Northwestern Law School

In 2023, tuition was $72,212 and the annual cost of attending was $99,648 (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.

Northwestern Law School employment outcomes

95.1% of Northwestern University graduates pass the bar on their first try.

Some interesting facts about Northwestern Law School

Located in downtown Chicago, Northwestern Law is an innovative institution that empowers students to meet the complex challenges of the ever-changing legal and business worlds.

Northwestern is renowned for recruiting students with exceptional academic ability and strong interpersonal skills. Northwestern Law’s faculty is among the nation’s most interdisciplinary and focuses on a team-oriented curriculum to prepare students for work outside of law school.

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FriendlyEarsplittingPanda
23:01
Love that for you
FriendlyEarsplittingPanda
23:01
Also has anyone who submitted in Feb heard anything?
I applied in December and haven't heard anything lol
casafromtx
15:15
no calls today?
MountainousRedundantBee
15:48
I think NU is done with acceptances - financial aid application deadline and ASW is next week and they aren’t extending that
FriendlyEarsplittingPanda
19:33
I don’t think financial aid application has anything to do w that. I had a March 1st deadline for a school and got accepted over a month later.
FriendlyEarsplittingPanda
19:33
American^
FriendlyEarsplittingPanda
19:33
Maybe I’m delulu and hoping I still get accepted I also haven’t seen anyone from Feb get decisions.
MadlyDangerousSkater
11:09
anyone know if calls are happening today? this is the last school for me to hear from and I just want to know a result even though at this point I know I'm probs not going
TanSwankyCorgi
12:42
anyone do the WL interview yet?
14:14
has anyone who applied in february heard back yet?
inthesunsunhavinfun
17:46
I applied in December and have not :(
I applied jan and havent either ^
MadlyDangerousSkater
17:00
Applied in nov and still havent either
applied dec and nada
ClassyPleasantHeron
11:10
Probably hearing back now.
about to ask for my app fee back
when is the last time nu released a's
MoaningSynonymousMerperson
15:10
Just got an email saying that they have my decision letter, but the login for that isn't working :(
ElusiveErnie
13:41
Anyone else losing their minds this week
applied 12/31, do we know what is up with timelines and such?
from where?
oh didnt realize the gc I was in haha sorry
Im losing my mind
9:40
are we expecting an A wave anytime soon
kitten246
13:38
i hope so, i want to die
kitten246
13:38
applied dec 1
NU has accepted people that applied around feb 15th already
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