University of California—Irvine Law School - Admissions, Stats & Reviews

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JD Admissions & Requirements

Data from 2023 admissions cycle

167

LSAT

3.72

GPA

18.2%

Admit Rate

UC Irvine Law is a prestigious JD program located in Irvine, California. In the competitive 2024 law school rankings, UC Irvine Law was ranked 42 by US News & World Report, making it a strong option for prospective law students in the current application cycle. For the 2023 admissions cycle, UC Irvine Law has an entering 1L class size of approximately 151 with an acceptance rate of 18.2%, positioning it among the most selective law schools for JD applicants.

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Law School Applications

2629

JD application volume in 2023 cycle

JD Acceptance Rate

18.2%

88th percentile

JD Program Size

151

39th percentile

JD Tuition Cost

$132k

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Law School Admission Chances at UC Irvine Law

About UC Irvine Law

Located in sunny Orange County, California, UC Irvine School of Law (PDF) opened its doors to students in August 2009, the first new public law school in California in more than 40 years. UCI Law seeks to create the ideal law school for the twenty-first century by doing the best job of training lawyers for the practice of law at the highest levels of the profession. Recruited from prestigious schools, the faculty has been nationally recognized for its scholarly impact. The school’s innovative curriculum stresses hands-on learning, interdisciplinary study, and public service.

The law school has received tremendous recognition for its clinical training and intellectual property law programs, as well as for student diversity and its student-to-faculty ratio.

Other accolades include

national recognition for placement of our students in government and public interest jobs,

recognition as one of the country’s best schools for practical training,

the vast majority of our students rating their entire law school educational experience as “excellent” in a recent survey, and

recognition for student placement in prestigious federal judicial clerkships.

UCI Law prides itself on a commitment to public service, an innovative curriculum that features experiential learning, and its culture of civility. Take a look at how UCI Law’s inaugural class helped establish these foundations.

UC Irvine Law Law School Admissions Data & Statistics

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Showing 556 applications (110 accepted, 99 waitlisted, 35 rejected)

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JD Admission Requirements & Application Statistics

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Showing 556 applications (110 accepted, 99 waitlisted, 35 rejected)

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For law school applicants interested in the 2024 admissions cycle at UC Irvine Law, 2629 candidates submitted JD applications and 478 received acceptance letters. The law school application process here is highly competitive for prospective students with an acceptance rate of 18.2%.

The JD program at UC Irvine Law enrolls a first-year class of 151 law students each year, with an admissions yield rate of 30.54%. This means that of the 478 applicants who received law school acceptance letters, 146 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 Irvine Law, 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	164	167	169
	87th percentile
GPA	3.49	3.72	3.84
	68th percentile

	Value
Applications	2629
	76th percentile
Admission Offers	478
Class Size	151
	39th percentile
Acceptance Rate	18.2%
	88th percentile
Yield Rate	30.54%
	55th percentile

The above statistics show that UC Irvine Law typically admits students with LSAT scores ranging from 164 (25th percentile) to 169 (75th percentile), with a median of 167.

For GPA, admitted students typically have undergraduate GPAs ranging from 3.49 to 3.84, with a median of 3.72.

With an acceptance rate of 18.2%, UC Irvine Law is considered a highly competitive 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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