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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

Can I get into Northwestern Law School with aGPA andLSAT?

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 1,667 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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the deposit email stuff should come in the next few days. congrats y’all!! can’t wait to see you guys in chicago in the fall
InsidiousCurvyCentipede
13:54
anyone get a feeler today?
12:36
Bad sign that no one seemed to get a feeler yesterday or just a holiday weekend aberration?
EducatedPreviousGriffin
23:19
im not sure when @jtwilson1214 left the message, but seemed like there were some feelers sent out last friday
EducatedPreviousGriffin
23:19
has anyone received a response at this point?
ShiveringGloriousBoba
20:23
i have received no information from nw about the waitlist and have not received a feeler email. Should I give up hope?
anyone heard a WL update?
InsidiousCurvyCentipede
13:59
y’all get that waitlist update?
InsidiousCurvyCentipede
14:22
do you think they cut people from the waitlist
My guess would be they cut based only on the waitlist interview. Was it complete, yes or no?
I stayed on the waitlist today and never submitted WL Interview. I did the initial one though.
DeadpanEquableTank
16:16
anyone hear anything from the waitlist yet since the form?
InsidiousCurvyCentipede
19:04
nope :(
13:57
I just sent another LOCI
InsidiousCurvyCentipede
16:23
when’d you send your last one?
17:09
Mid-June I think
17:09
Or start of July
17:10
Oh I guess it was in May
18:42
Just got a feeler - anyone else?
18:42
Lmao literally on day 1 of orientatino
I did too. not sure i can justify moving at this point since its so close to classes
@HeadyPunyFlamingo: when did you get a feeler?
12:50
A heads up to those still hoping: I received an offer and just withdrew my application, so there is probably at least one spot left
@SimonTWill: they sent you a feeler prior to offering admission correct? what was your response to the feeler if you don’t mind me asking
13:55
@InsidiousCurvyCentipede: Hey so I responded emphatically to the feeler, which came Monday evening. I got the offer Tuesday evening, and had til 12:00PM CT today to make a call (Wednesday)
@SimonTWill: It’s weird because I received that same feeler days before you but still
haven’t heard back from them since
northwestern plz let me in
welp it was a good run
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