University of California (Hastings) Law School - Admissions, Stats & Reviews

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JD Admissions & Requirements

Data from 2024 admissions cycle

160

LSAT

3.63

GPA

37.5%

Admit Rate

UC Law San Francisco is a prestigious JD program located in San Francisco, California. In the competitive 2025 law school rankings, UC Law San Francisco was ranked 88 by US News & World Report, making it a strong option for prospective law students in the current application cycle. For the 2024 admissions cycle, UC Law San Francisco has an entering 1L class size of approximately 390 with an acceptance rate of 37.5%, positioning it among the competitive law schools for JD applicants.

https://www.uchastings.edu/admissions/

admissions@uchastings.edu

(415) 565-4623

Also known as

CALIFORNIA-HASTINGS, UNIVERSITY OF UCHastings

Law School Applications

3696

JD application volume in 2024 cycle

JD Acceptance Rate

37.5%

59th percentile

JD Program Size

390

94th percentile

JD Tuition Cost

$113k

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About UC Law San Francisco

Established in 1878 as the original law department of the University of California, UC Hastings is the oldest law school in California and the first law school established west of the Rocky Mountains. UC Hastings’ legacy of producing highly skilled practitioners of the bench and bar is a matter of record within the legal profession.

Location

UC Hastings’ location is one of its greatest assets. Few law schools, if any, provide the variety of legal, judicial, political, and entrepreneurial entities within such close proximity of their classrooms, giving Hastings students a relevancy to their legal education that is usually hard to achieve on a college or university campus.

The law school’s location provides the opportunity to study the law in the very forum where it is practiced and determined. Situated in the heart of San Francisco, on the border of the city’s Civic Center and Tenderloin neighborhoods, the law school occupies three buildings on McAllister Street. The Civic Center is the legal epicenter of the American West, with four major courthouses, as well as San Francisco’s City Hall, the San Francisco Federal Building, and United Nations Plaza concentrated within a four-block radius of the law school. Many of San Francisco’s law firms are situated in the Financial District, located just two stops away from UC Hastings via the city’s extensive public transportation system. San Francisco is also widely regarded as the technology hub of the United States. Twitter’s world headquarters, for instance, is a short walk from the law school’s campus and many other tech companies and start-ups, such as Zynga and Airbnb, operate in the nearby South of Market (SOMA) neighborhood.

UC Law San Francisco Law School Admissions Data & Statistics

2023-2024 Cycle Overview

495 applicants

Accepted

21 / 130

Waitlisted

Rejected

Withdrawn

127

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Showing 457 applications (201 accepted, 123 waitlisted, 77 rejected)

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JD Admission Requirements & Application Statistics

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For law school applicants interested in the 2025 admissions cycle at UC Law San Francisco, 3696 candidates submitted JD applications and 1386 received acceptance letters. The law school application process here is selective for prospective students with an acceptance rate of 37.5%.

The JD program at UC Law San Francisco enrolls a first-year class of 390 law students each year, with an admissions yield rate of 27.78%. This means that of the 1386 applicants who received law school acceptance letters, 385 chose to enroll. Understanding these law school admission statistics can help prospective JD applicants evaluate their chances and plan their application strategy.

For a competitive law school application to UC Law San Francisco, students should aim to meet or exceed the median statistics shown below. Meeting these GPA and LSAT targets significantly improves your chances of admission.

LSAT & GPA Statistics
	25th	50th	75th
LSAT	157	160	162
	65th percentile
GPA	3.43	3.63	3.77
	50th percentile

	Value
Applications	3696
	85th percentile
Admission Offers	1386
Class Size	390
	94th percentile
Acceptance Rate	37.5%
	59th percentile
Yield Rate	27.78%
	39th percentile

The above statistics show that UC Law San Francisco typically admits students with LSAT scores ranging from 157 (25th percentile) to 162 (75th percentile), with a median of 160.

For GPA, admitted students typically have undergraduate GPAs ranging from 3.43 to 3.77, with a median of 3.63.

With an acceptance rate of 37.5%, UC Law San Francisco is considered a selective law school in terms of admissions.

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Percentiles: The 25th/50th/75th percentiles show the distribution of scores among admitted students.
Applications: Total number of people who applied to this law school.
Acceptance Rate: Percentage of applicants who received offers (lower = more selective).
Yield Rate: Percentage of admitted students who enrolled (higher = more desirable).

* Indicates data is from a previous year when current year data is unavailable.

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