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Yale Law School

Rank 1 (USNWR 2024)
175
Median LSAT
3.96
Median GPA
5.6%
Acceptance rate

Also known as

  • Yale Law School
  • Yale University
  • YALE UNIVERSITY
  • YLS

Yale Law School is a law school located in New Haven, Connecticut. The school was ranked 1 in 2024 by USNWR. Annual enrollment for Yale Law School is approximately 201.

Admissions website: https://law.yale.edu/admissions/jd-admissions

Admissions email: admissions.law@yale.edu

Admissions phone: 203-432-4995

Can I get into Yale Law School with aGPA andLSAT?

Yale Law School Key Statistics

Previous year ABA 509 data
Percentiles 25 50 75
LSAT 172 175 177
GPA 3.89 3.96 4.0
Miscellaneous Count Percentile
# Applications 4412 89
# Admissions offers 246 -
Class size 201 65
% Accepted 5.6% 100
% Yield 72.8% 99

During the 2024 application cycle, 4,412 people applied and 246 were offered admission.

Yale University has a 1L class size of 201, and yield of 72.76%. 179 out of 246 applicants who were offered admission accepted, meaning that 72.76% of the people who were offered admission ended up attending the school.

The 1L class at Yale University has a median LSAT of 175. The 25th percentile LSAT is 172 and the 75th percentile LSAT is 177.

The median GPA is 3.96. The 25th percentile GPA is 3.89 and the 75th percentile GPA is 4.0.

Yale Law School LSAT & GPA graph for 2023-2024

LSD has stats for 1,238 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 Yale Law School cost per year?

$73,865.00
Tuition
93rd percentile
$100,009.00
CoA
88th percentile
95.80%
Bar pass rate
85th percentile

*The following data belongs to previous years.

Cost of attending Yale Law School

In 2024, tuition was $73,865 and the annual cost of attending was $100,009 (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.

Yale Law School employment outcomes

95.8% of Yale University graduates pass the bar on their first try.

Some interesting facts about Yale Law School

Yale Law School is an extraordinary community in which to study law. Standing at the intersection of the worlds of thought and action, Yale seeks to promote an intellectual understanding of the law, and to sustain the moral commitments that justice requires.

Extensive student-faculty interactions and institutional flexibility are hallmarks of the Yale Law School experience. Students enjoy many opportunities for research and writing one-on-one with professors. The school’s extremely low faculty-to-student ratio allows it to offer a wide range of courses and classes. YLS has an average class size of approximately 20 students.

The school is also part of one of the world’s great research universities.

Yale Law Students get access to all the benefits of Yale University which is home to an abundance of intellectual, cultural, social, and athletic activities.

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9:18
Mine was around 9 a.m. EST
beezow-doodoo
9:56
do they always do the morning time?
Do people think we'll get more calls today/this week?
cookieCheemz
10:44
@rottenavocado: I hope so! :)
Anyone done an interview with someone who wasn’t listed on the website as an admissions officer?
SatisfyingHeartbreakingAnt
9:56
j curious.. who were u interviewed by ?
Legallynotblondeee
14:08
I interviewed with someone not in admissions, her name was Sarah Caputo
SatisfyingHeartbreakingAnt
14:32
does it mean smth to interview with someone not in admissions? or is it j random
Legallynotblondeee
14:45
I have no idea thats what I am trying to figure out. I can't imagine it is a good thing
Legallynotblondeee
14:48
The interviewer also didn't let me ask her any questions, probably bc she wouldn't have been able to answer them. Whole experience is freaking me out now.
Legallynotblondeee
14:50
I haven't found anyone who didn't interview with an admissions person until I saw that message here
SatisfyingHeartbreakingAnt
15:23
i heard this year a II is required for the A. I wonder if the interview pairings are j random or if they alr knew they wanted to admit u before the ii. regardless it is an amazing thing that u got the ii
Legallynotblondeee
15:37
I wonder why they brought in someone external
14:22
@Legallynotblondeee: I also had an external party conduct my interview
[] Legallynotblondeee
16:13
@OtakuHotGirl: omg really, how did you feel about it, I feel really bummed
[] Legallynotblondeee
16:15
@OtakuHotGirl: I'm just wondering why we got paired with external people as opposed to an admissions officer. It feel like maybe a bad sign, but I could be reading the tea leaves.
16:35
@Legallynotblondeee: I think not being able to get real answers to my questions was a bit disappointing.
16:36
But I'm trying not to read into it too much. I don't think they would waste resources (external or not) interviewing us if they weren't actually considering us. I think I'm just going to focus on being proud of myself for even getting an interview.
[] Legallynotblondeee
17:02
@OtakuHotGirl: You're right. Yeah my person also didn't give me a chance to ask questions either.
I had the same external interviewer. I personally don’t think it means much; she was taking a lot of notes, which gave me the impression that she was simply passing them on for faculty to consider as part of their review. So my read of the situation is that this is a resource issue, and not an indication of sending certain candidates to an external candidate.
Could be wrong, of course! We won’t ever know
17:37
Agreed!
[] Legallynotblondeee
17:40
thanks both this makes me feel better
10:49
No IIs for people who are catching the Yale R wave?
Did all the Yale R emails go out at the same time?
mine was 10:00 cst
[] Legallynotblondeee
11:33
@CivisRomanus: doesn't seem like it
13:43
Tough day for YLS apps
I also interviewed with Sarah and she didn't let me ask any questions. Glad to hear I wasn't alone haha
AcousticMessyBunny
14:27
just to add to people's reports - I also had an external interviewer, she was v nice and took lots of notes - she let me ask questions but warned me she might not be able to answer them v fully
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