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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 1,243 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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Today *could* be the day
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11:57
Has anyone received feeler calls yet?
i dont think so and i think the valiant swabian person who reported an A is inaccurate
there's still hope!
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Welp
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twas a good ride
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godspeed friends
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AverageGlisteningAxolotl
11:41
So that person from reddit...
AverageGlisteningAxolotl
11:41
Did they just like them so much that they offered a spot for next year's class?
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11:42
Must be nice
Crackeddddd
Unpopular opinion: Yale is only so competitive because the class size is so small
has a splitter ever gotten in to Yale since 2022?
19:45
Has anyone gone complete at YLS? I'm getting a bit concerned.
@ayeyoooyu yes, took 4 days between submitting on cas and hearing confirmation from them (applied in early oct)
what does gone complete mean?
boglue
9:32
applied 10/31, complete 11/1
22:27
Complete means they have all of your information and are ready to review!
Did people actually get A calls today? It looks fake
15:55
Yes, I got the call this morning. It looks like only a couple came out though.
scipiosbane
20:08
I got in today as well
20:33
Congrats! I'll see you next summer
beezow-doodoo
8:14
when eastern time did the calls come in?
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! :)
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