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Washington and Lee Law School

Rank 35 (USNWR 2022)
164
Median LSAT
3.61
Median GPA
31.4%
Acceptance rate

Also known as

  • Washington and Lee Law School
  • Washington and Lee University
  • WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY
  • W&L wnl

Washington and Lee Law School is a law school located in Lexington, Virginia. The school was ranked 35 in 2022 by USNWR. Annual enrollment for Washington and Lee Law School is approximately 151.

Admissions website: https://law.wlu.edu/admissions

Admissions email: LawAdm@wlu.edu

Admissions phone: 540-458-8503

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Washington and Lee Law School Key Statistics

Previous year ABA 509 data
Percentiles 25 50 75
LSAT 159 164 166
GPA 3.41 3.61 3.78
Miscellaneous Count Percentile
# Applications 2293 68
# Admissions offers 721 -
Class size 151 30
% Accepted 31.4% 68
% Yield 20.5% 7

During the 2022 application cycle, 2,293 people applied and 721 were offered admission.

Washington and Lee University has a 1L class size of 151, and yield of 20.53%. 148 out of 721 applicants who were offered admission accepted, meaning that 20.53% of the people who were offered admission ended up attending the school.

The 1L class at Washington and Lee University has a median LSAT of 164. The 25th percentile LSAT is 159 and the 75th percentile LSAT is 166.

The median GPA is 3.61. The 25th percentile GPA is 3.41 and the 75th percentile GPA is 3.78.

Washington and Lee Law School LSAT & GPA graph for 2021-2022

LSD has stats for 457 applicants for the 2021-2022 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 Washington and Lee Law School cost per year?

$53,400.00
Tuition
63rd percentile
$73,100.00
CoA
57th percentile
64.70%
Grads with debt
23rd percentile
$96,721.00
Average debt
33rd percentile
$68,000.00
Salary, 25th %
49th percentile
$142,000.00
Salary
82nd percentile
$56,400.00
PI Salary
35th percentile
71.40%
Employment rate
80th percentile
92.60%
Bar pass rate
79th percentile

Cost of attending Washington and Lee Law School

In 2022, tuition was $53,400 and the annual cost of attending was $73,100 (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.

Washington and Lee Law School employment outcomes

JD graduates from Washington and Lee University make $142,000 (median) upon graduation if they work in the private sector. If they go into the private sector, a grad can expect to make $56,400.

51.1% of law graduates from Washington and Lee University go directly to work for law firms, while 27.8% clerk for a judge. 3.0% of graduates go into public interest.

92.6% of Washington and Lee University graduates pass the bar on their first try.

Some interesting facts about Washington and Lee Law School

Washington and Lee University School of Law, founded in 1849, is in Lexington, Virginia, a three-hour interstate highway drive from Washington, DC. The School of Law is fully accredited by the ABA and is a member of the AALS. Washington and Lee is known for providing its students with an academically rigorous and professionally challenging legal education in an environment characterized by a commitment to students, small classes, a very low student-to-faculty ratio, and a collegial community. The law school is among the nation’s smallest law schools, with approximately 390 total students. Members of the 2017–2018 student body hailed from 40 states, plus the District of Columbia, and 12 foreign countries.

W&L Law offers an innovative curriculum in which students are engaged in distinct yet complementary ways over the course of their three years in law school. At W&L Law, each year of law school builds upon the lessons of the year before but also presents new and different challenges. In the second and third year, students select from an array of real and simulated client-based practice experiences as well as traditional elective offering, with emphasis on preparing students for their chosen path after graduation.

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Unreal yo
16:39
so did all the Holds get WL
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or R?
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WL
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or did anyone get As from Hold
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Hold WL
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email said all holds are either wl or r
16:39
is this just kicking the can down the road again lmao
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HushedCertainDachshund
16:40
hold wl
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Yeah I got WL'd too
ImportedGabagool
16:54
same
OptimalAfraidAvatar
16:54
i think everyone on hold got waitlisted or denyed
16:54
Yeah same hold----> waitlist
Hold WL as well. Not going to sit on this WL, ive waited long enough. Good Luck everyone!
Good luck!
I got an A off of hold today!!!
YouCantHandleTheTruth
17:26
hey FirstAcid, did they give you 30k/year or 30k total in scholarship
total
10 k per year
YouCantHandleTheTruth
19:00
congrats firstacid. also congrats for getting off the hold list
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19:03
Yuck
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19:04
Get out of here truly
YouCantHandleTheTruth
20:07
why
15:40
just got an unsolicited scholly increase! check ur emails!
AggressiveChiefBunny
16:18
^^ was really surprised!
16:27
That's awesome! I don't think I got anything, lol. Did get a call from a 2L this morning, asking if I have any questions though
14:48
Mine went up 1,500/year, underwhelming lol
15:31
Did they email you, or did you just see it in your portal?