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UC Berkeley Law School

Rank 13 (USNWR 2025)
170
Median LSAT
3.87
Median GPA
17.3%
Acceptance rate

Also known as

  • UC Berkeley Law School
  • University of California—Berkeley
  • CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY, UNIVERSITY OF
  • UCBerkeley Boalt Cal Berk

UC Berkeley Law School is a law school located in Berkeley, California. The school was ranked 13 in 2025 by USNWR. Annual enrollment for UC Berkeley Law School is approximately 339.

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

Admissions email: admissions@law.berkeley.edu

Admissions phone: 510-642-2274

Can I get into UC Berkeley Law School with aGPA andLSAT?

UC Berkeley Law School Key Statistics

Previous year ABA 509 data
Percentiles 25 50 75
LSAT 168 170 173
GPA 3.77 3.87 3.97
Miscellaneous Count Percentile
# Applications 6636 97
# Admissions offers 990 -
Class size 339 91
% Accepted 14.9% 93
% Yield 32.1% 61

During the 2025 application cycle, 6,636 people applied and 990 were offered admission.

University of California—Berkeley has a 1L class size of 339, and yield of 32.12%. 318 out of 990 applicants who were offered admission accepted, meaning that 32.12% of the people who were offered admission ended up attending the school.

The 1L class at University of California—Berkeley has a median LSAT of 170. The 25th percentile LSAT is 167 and the 75th percentile LSAT is 172.

The median GPA is 3.87. The 25th percentile GPA is 3.8 and the 75th percentile GPA is 3.95.

UC Berkeley Law School LSAT & GPA graph for 2023-2024

LSD has stats for 1,651 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 UC Berkeley Law School cost per year?

$75,031.00
Tuition
94th percentile
$62,603.00
In-state tuition
$118,229.00
CoA
98th percentile
88.20%
Bar pass rate
88th percentile

*The following data belongs to previous years.

Cost of attending UC Berkeley Law School

In 2025, tuition was $75,031 and the annual cost of attending was $118,229 (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.

UC Berkeley Law School employment outcomes

88.2% of University of California—Berkeley graduates pass the bar on their first try.

Some interesting facts about UC Berkeley Law School

Learning at Berkeley Law means joining a stimulating community that is part of a tradition of academic excellence, professional leadership, and public service. Berkeley’s is located in the San Francisco Bay Area, with influences from Silicon Valley and the Pacific Rim. Its location provides an unparalleled opportunity to study at one of the world’s leading institutions of legal education, policy, and research. The UC Berkeley Law curriculum is complemented by research centers and clinical programs that provide real client work. Berkeley Law offers a broad three-year curriculum leading to the JD degree and postgraduate programs leading to LLM and JSD degrees. The interdisciplinary Jurisprudence and Social Policy (JSP) program leads to MA and PhD degrees.

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18:04
BERKELEY A HOLY SHIT
18:04
My hometown school finally gave me a chance 😢
18:23
not me applying jan 1st and expecting to be in a wave already
scholarscientist
18:24
lol I went complete UR end of October, radio silence
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PADRES FAN OMG!!!
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CONGRATS!!! YOU DESERVE IT!
Why is berkeley law deferring so many people above median??
cali2good
18:38
I fucked up my berkeley kira
cali2good
18:38
why havent they rejected me yet lol
was there an A wave today? what about R wave? saw someone with the exact same UR date as me and they got in but no news for me :( is that a R
lawschoolbets
9:59
cali2good stats please
lawschoolbets
10:00
@HeadyInvincibleRabbit: your stats are good why are they doing this to you?!
They had a massive R wave the first week of March last year, for those of us early applicants who still haven’t heard anything (me) I wish us the best of luck
MASSIVE R wave holy
that's upsetting
I've been UR since first/second week of Jan, no updates otherwise, is that a bad sign? At or above median LSAT and above 75th gpa.
has anyone transferred into berk here?
19:51
Was there an R wave today?
15:33
UR as of today. How long it usually takes?
21:38
KEEP DA FAITH
21:38
WE ALL GON GET IN I CAN FEEL IT
holy r wave
under review still, is it by alphabetical order?
FOrLaw
20:02
berkeley movement or no??
are all the Rs released at the same time or am I still in the danger zone for today
SlipperyUrchin
11:33
Is anyone else still waiting for Berk?
19:56
does ED increase chances hella at Berk
19:56
i got a 3.69 and a 169 LSAT but hopin to try and raise it above on my 2nd attempt
19:56
im applying next cycle but really anxious considering how competitive it is now
I think you can take Viagra for ED, I don't know why it would help at Berkeley.
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