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UGA Law School

Rank 20 (USNWR 2024)
169
Median LSAT
3.83
Median GPA
14.8%
Acceptance rate

Also known as

  • UGA Law School
  • University of Georgia
  • GEORGIA, UNIVERSITY OF
  • UGA

UGA Law School is a law school located in Athens, Georgia. The school was ranked 20 in 2024 by USNWR. Annual enrollment for UGA Law School is approximately 169.

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

Admissions email: ugajd@uga.edu

Admissions phone: (706) 542-7060

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UGA Law School Key Statistics

Previous year ABA 509 data
Percentiles 25 50 75
LSAT 156 168 169
GPA 3.56 3.87 3.94
Miscellaneous Count Percentile
# Applications 2953 78
# Admissions offers 438 -
Class size 169 50
% Accepted 14.8% 93
% Yield 37.2% 80

During the 2024 application cycle, 2,953 people applied and 438 were offered admission.

University of Georgia has a 1L class size of 169, and yield of 37.21%. 163 out of 438 applicants who were offered admission accepted, meaning that 37.21% of the people who were offered admission ended up attending the school.

The 1L class at University of Georgia has a median LSAT of 169. The 25th percentile LSAT is 159 and the 75th percentile LSAT is 170.

The median GPA is 3.83. The 25th percentile GPA is 3.56 and the 75th percentile GPA is 3.95.

UGA Law School LSAT & GPA graph for 2022-2023

LSD has stats for 536 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 UGA Law School cost per year?

$0.00
Tuition
$20,866.00
CoA
93.80%
Bar pass rate
93rd percentile
$73,500.00
Salary, 25th %
68th percentile
$97,500.00
Salary
74th percentile
$53,527.00
PI Salary
23rd percentile
83.70%
Employment rate
98th percentile
60.90%
Grads with debt
11th percentile
$72,183.00
Average debt
19th percentile

Cost of attending UGA Law School

In 2024, tuition was $0 and the annual cost of attending was $20,866 (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.

UGA Law School employment outcomes

JD graduates from University of Georgia make $97,500 (median) upon graduation if they work in the private sector. If they go into the public sector, a grad can expect to make $53,527.

56.1% of law graduates from University of Georgia go directly to work for law firms, while 19.2% clerk for a judge. 9.1% of graduates go into public interest.

93.8% of University of Georgia graduates pass the bar on their first try.

Some interesting facts about UGA Law School

Since 1859, the University of Georgia (UGA) School of Law has been preparing the next generation of legal leaders. The school’s accomplished faculty includes nationally and internationally renowned scholars, and its approximately 11,000 living graduates are leading figures in law, business and public service throughout the world. Connecting students to these thought leaders and opportunities to serve state and society is central to the school’s mission.

Our LLM alumni include judges and law firm partners, leaders in governments and in intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations, CEOs and heads of corporate legal departments, and university professors and administrators.

As a member of our select class of LLM students, you will be a member of a close-knit intellectual community, pursuing a rigorous ten-month plan of study side by side with JD candidates. You’ll follow a flexible curriculum tailored to your career goals, whether they include preparing for a US bar examination, pursuing a concentration affording advancement in your home country’s legal profession or academic institutions, or completing a major academic research project under the supervision of a School of Law faculty member.

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has anyone heard back from the WL?
13:24
Just got an email asking if I wanted to get placed on the priority waitlist
14:31
@WildSplit: when did you get sent the email?
1:24
Got the Priority Waitlist email on 05/28
anyone got any update on where their class size is at ?
Does uga ask for
Lsat score for transfer applicants?
pookiebear
23:36
pretty sure for transfers at all schools they just care about 1L grades.
Got an email today that i was being taken off the waitlist ? didn't know that was something that could happen
When was this?
@SourLopsidedChimpanzee: taken off the waitlist as in you got rejected?
cat-lover444
10:07
anyone else get the email with the waitlist survey
10:13
Yes
CombativeDampOrangutan
10:51
I'm curious how many people got that email
11:45
Yes i got the waitlist survey too
11:45
someone should do a poll on reddit or smthn
CombativeDampOrangutan
12:06
someone did
CombativeDampOrangutan
12:34
did anyone on the priority waitlist receive the survey today? wondering if it was just the people who never got put on priority WL
I wonder if they are ever gonna reject people off the waitlist too
pookiebear
13:28
yeah did anyone get that survey who is already on priority waitlist?
has anyone called to see if they have any info on WL candidates
I called last week and the lady was kinda rude she just said that you’ll hear something by the end of July
I think last year the sent out decisions on july 25th
*they
so fingers crossed around then we'll see some movement
Looks like they are sending out waitlist responses
Tough got denied
Me too
15:39
Got an email asking if I want to remain on the WL today (7/18). Gonna decline.
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