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Washington and Lee Law School

Rank 33 (USNWR 2024)
165
Median LSAT
3.72
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 33 in 2024 by USNWR. Annual enrollment for Washington and Lee Law School is approximately 125.

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 159 165 166
GPA 3.4 3.72 3.8
Miscellaneous Count Percentile
# Applications 2023 67
# Admissions offers 636 -
Class size 125 23
% Accepted 31.4% 74
% Yield 19.5% 9

During the 2024 application cycle, 2,023 people applied and 636 were offered admission.

Washington and Lee University has a 1L class size of 125, and yield of 19.50%. 124 out of 636 applicants who were offered admission accepted, meaning that 19.50% 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 165. The 25th percentile LSAT is 159 and the 75th percentile LSAT is 166.

The median GPA is 3.72. The 25th percentile GPA is 3.4 and the 75th percentile GPA is 3.8.

Washington and Lee Law School LSAT & GPA graph for 2023-2024

LSD has stats for 453 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 Washington and Lee Law School cost per year?

$55,550.00
Tuition
57th percentile
$76,170.00
CoA
50th percentile
91.20%
Bar pass rate
85th percentile

*The following data belongs to previous years.

$90,000.00
Salary, 25th %
91st percentile
$160,000.00
Salary
91st percentile
$63,000.00
PI Salary
52nd percentile
%
Employment rate
84th percentile
%
Grads with debt
30th percentile
$108,077.00
Average debt
65th percentile

Cost of attending Washington and Lee Law School

In 2024, tuition was $55,550 and the annual cost of attending was $76,170 (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 $160,000 (median) upon graduation if they work in the private sector. If they go into the public sector, a grad can expect to make $63,000.

60.0% of law graduates from Washington and Lee University go directly to work for law firms, while 20.9% clerk for a judge. 8.7% of graduates go into public interest.

91.2% 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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@Kilajen: I have a 15high and a 3.7low so I'm right on the edge which is why I'm nervous. Who knows tho maybe I'll see you on campus next year!
15:57
I see someone got a decision…let’s hope that means they roll out now!
Kilajen
12:06
@TenderFearlessSalamander: Hell yeah I hope to see u on campus too if we get in keep me updated
@Kilajen: Same to you!
There has not been a wave yet
I think the first wave will be 11/15
Email today 11/12: "A decision on your file will be posted later today. To access your decision, please see your Applicant Status Online (ASO). Utilize your LSAC login credentials to access your ASO"
Decision posted
Didn't get that but my file has been reviewed and my YouTube video has gotten a view :/
I haven't even been reviewed yet and I applied on 9/19 but idk if that's normal bc I'm ED
13:59
Good luck to those who got in!
Kilajen
15:16
@TenderFearlessSalamander: No worries that is normal. they said they will start to review the ED's on Dec 1st and get back to everyone on dec 15th
@Kilajen: Ty! literally saved me a minor panic attack
Kilajen
16:30
haha np np
Heyoo, congrats to everyone who was just admitted to W&L! I'm a current 1L here and I can't speak highly enough about the school. It's a fantastic community in a great town with great professors. Hope to see you next year!
Kilajen
18:44
nice im hoping!
Kilajen
18:47
@Kerfuffleuffelous: Where u WL at one point?
I was not. I was admitted in the Jan wave 2024
I applied two cycles because I decided to take an additional year off. I was a WL my first cycle. I then reapplied the next cycle and was very quickly admitted
Kilajen
14:40
@Kerfuffleuffelous: Nice! do you know anyone who ED to W&L?
Kilajen
14:40
and if so what were their stats?
Just went under review! Wishing everyone luck!
11:18
any others on hold?
i"m on hold too, above gpa 75th and at the lsat median
soyalmondoatmilk
14:38
it seems like the wave today was smaller than the one last week
EmbarrassedSmoggyRhinoceros
12:44
My fellow ED applicants, how are we feeling?
scared my application just went under review but I'm a little calmer bc I got into 2 law schools already that I like so whatever happens it will hopefully be okay :)
i hope...
17:11
Definitely nervous. did you guys do the first choice or the dean choice?
17:11
@TenderFearlessSalamander: which law schools did you get into and congrats!
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