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Washington and Lee Law School

Rank 40 (USNWR 2023)
164
Median LSAT
3.66
Median GPA
32.7%
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 40 in 2023 by USNWR. Annual enrollment for Washington and Lee Law School is approximately 123.

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 159 164 166
GPA 3.47 3.66 3.78
Miscellaneous Count Percentile
# Applications 2045 66
# Admissions offers 669 -
Class size 123 19
% Accepted 32.7% 71
% Yield 17.6% 5

During the 2023 application cycle, 2,045 people applied and 669 were offered admission.

Washington and Lee University has a 1L class size of 123, and yield of 17.64%. 118 out of 669 applicants who were offered admission accepted, meaning that 17.64% 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 164. The 25th percentile LSAT is 159 and the 75th percentile LSAT is 166.

The median GPA is 3.66. The 25th percentile GPA is 3.47 and the 75th percentile GPA is 3.78.

Washington and Lee Law School LSAT & GPA graph for 2022-2023

LSD has stats for 458 applicants for the 2022-2023 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?

$54,460.00
Tuition
53rd percentile
$74,380.00
CoA
44th percentile
66.40%
Grads with debt
31st percentile
$105,520.00
Average debt
60th percentile
$80,000.00
Salary, 25th %
86th percentile
$100,000.00
Salary
80th percentile
$60,000.00
PI Salary
59th percentile
74.60%
Employment rate
88th percentile
86.70%
Bar pass rate
69th percentile

Cost of attending Washington and Lee Law School

In 2023, tuition was $54,460 and the annual cost of attending was $74,380 (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 $100,000 (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.

66.1% of law graduates from Washington and Lee University go directly to work for law firms, while 13.8% clerk for a judge. 5.5% of graduates go into public interest.

86.7% 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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Pandally
13:36
@SteelersReignSupreme: of course! I think that's great news - it's really going to help you! I've definitely been thinking of you since we both have the same top 3 i believe! You're going to get into one. Maybe we'll end up at the same place? :)
Did anyone else miss that wave that applied in early feb?
SteelersReignSupreme
16:17
@Pandally: That would be pretty neat! I am sure it will all work out how its supposed to. Rooting for you to get off the WL at W&M.
Pandally
16:56
@SteelersReignSupreme: it will! Thanks! I'm rooting for you too!
Did anyone else who was on hold not get a decision yesterday or today?
sigh this is my second year getting WL at W&L. i thought I had a better chance this time :(
Anyone just catch the hold?
ColorfulThickBullfrog
8:33
Yeah I just got the hold too
Hold 3/19
ColorfulThickBullfrog
8:39
Nvm the official email came through and I’m WL
Same^ just got it
Me too
That was weird lol
Also from previous data there is a 9.4% chance of being pulled from the waitlist. The fourth highest likelihood across all schools :)
ColorfulThickBullfrog
11:18
That is solid news @SubParApplicant
Is anybody planning on going to W+L that's Jewish? I love the school but am concerned about that aspect.
@UttermostDeliriousTank: Fellow Jew here! I have a peer that I went to undergrad with who is also Jewish and is in 3L at W&L now. Not many Jews at the school lol, but he also says anti-Semitism is non-existent at the school and in Lexington.
@UttermostDeliriousTank: Will you be at the upcoming admitted student day?
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anyone able to comment on where the school sits on the political spectrum?
and why 12 people transferred out
@WaitingAbandonedTarantula: From what I've heard it's center-left. The people I've talked to say there are very few insane people in either direction and people are usually quite civil
13:35
What does hold mean at this school?
do we think wave today?
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