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Washington and Lee Law School
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 36 in 2025 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
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 2025 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 166. The 25th percentile LSAT is 159 and the 75th percentile LSAT is 167.
The median GPA is 3.73. The 25th percentile GPA is 3.42 and the 75th percentile GPA is 3.83.
Washington and Lee Law School LSAT & GPA graph for 2023-2024
LSD has stats for 456 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.
How much does Washington and Lee Law School cost per year?
*The following data belongs to previous years.
Cost of attending Washington and Lee Law School
In 2025, 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 $170,000 (median) upon graduation if they work in the private sector. If they go into the public sector, a grad can expect to make $60,000.
59.4% of law graduates from Washington and Lee University go directly to work for law firms, while 16.0% clerk for a judge. 8.5% of graduates go into public interest.
83.3% 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.