UVA Law School

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JD Admissions & Requirements

169

LSAT

3.89

GPA

11.5%

Admit Rate

UVA Law School is a prestigious JD program located in Charlottesville, Virginia. In the competitive 2024 law school rankings, UVA Law School was ranked 4 by US News & World Report, making it a top-tier law school for admissions-focused applicants. For the current admissions cycle, UVA Law School has an entering 1L class size of approximately 320 with an acceptance rate of 11.5%, positioning it among the most selective law schools for JD applicants.

https://www.law.virginia.edu/admissions

admissions@law.virginia.edu

(434) 924-7351

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VIRGINIA, UNIVERSITY OF UVA

Law School Applications

5631

JD application volume in 2024 cycle

JD Acceptance Rate

11.5%

98th percentile

JD Program Size

320

91st percentile

JD Tuition Cost

$131k*

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

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About UVA Law School

Founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819, the University of Virginia School of Law is the second-oldest continuously operating law school in the nation. UVA Law is a world-renowned training ground for distinguished lawyers and public servants, instilling in them a commitment to leadership, integrity, and community service.

Virginia is justly famous for its collegial environment that bonds students and faculty, and student satisfaction is consistently cited as among the highest in American law schools. UVA Law has been recognized as a leader in providing a high quality of life as well as some of the best professors, classroom experiences, and career prospects for its students. LLM students not only get to know other LLM students from all over the world, but also the JD students and our outstanding faculty as well. The same faculty—leading scholars and acknowledged experts in all aspects of public and private law—teach LLM and JD students. At Virginia, law students share their experiences in a cooperative spirit, both in and out of the classroom, and build a network that lasts well beyond their time here.

For foreign law graduates, the LLM program is designed to provide both a broad introduction to American law and legal theory, and advanced training in specialized areas of law that are relevant to the individual student’s planned career in private practice, academics, or public service. Because Virginia offers more than 270 courses each year in an array of topics, students in the program also have wide latitude to plan courses of study that are tailored to their individual interests and career objectives.

UVA Law School Law School Admissions Data & Statistics

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For law school applicants interested in the 2024 admissions cycle at UVA Law School, 5631 candidates submitted JD applications and 863 received acceptance letters. The law school application process here is highly competitive for prospective students with an acceptance rate of 11.5%.

The JD program at UVA Law School enrolls a first-year class of 320 law students each year, with an admissions yield rate of 34.88%. This means that of the 863 applicants who received law school acceptance letters, 301 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 UVA Law School, 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	163	169	171
	97th percentile
GPA	3.59	3.89	3.97
	99th percentile

	Value
Applications	5631
	96th percentile
Admission Offers	863
Class Size	320
	91st percentile
Acceptance Rate	11.5%
	98th percentile
Yield Rate	34.88%
	77th percentile

The above statistics show that UVA Law School typically admits students with LSAT scores ranging from 163 (25th percentile) to 171 (75th percentile), with a median of 169.

For GPA, admitted students typically have undergraduate GPAs ranging from 3.59 to 3.97, with a median of 3.89.

With an acceptance rate of 11.5%, UVA Law School is considered a highly competitive law school in terms of admissions.

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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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