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Columbia Law School

Rank 8 (USNWR 2024)
173
Median LSAT
3.9
Median GPA
12.2%
Acceptance rate

Also known as

  • Columbia Law School
  • Columbia University
  • COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
  • CLS CU

Columbia Law School is a law school located in New York City, New York. The school was ranked 8 in 2024 by USNWR. Annual enrollment for Columbia Law School is approximately 415.

Admissions website: https://www.law.columbia.edu/admissions

Admissions email: admissions@law.columbia.edu

Admissions phone: 212.854.2674

Can I get into Columbia Law School with aGPA andLSAT?

Columbia Law School Key Statistics

Previous year ABA 509 data
Percentiles 25 50 75
LSAT 169 173 175
GPA 3.81 3.9 3.97
Miscellaneous Count Percentile
# Applications 7754 98
# Admissions offers 948 -
Class size 415 98
% Accepted 12.2% 97
% Yield 38.3% 86

During the 2024 application cycle, 7,754 people applied and 948 were offered admission.

Columbia University has a 1L class size of 415, and yield of 38.29%. 363 out of 948 applicants who were offered admission accepted, meaning that 38.29% of the people who were offered admission ended up attending the school.

The 1L class at Columbia University has a median LSAT of 173. The 25th percentile LSAT is 169 and the 75th percentile LSAT is 175.

The median GPA is 3.9. The 25th percentile GPA is 3.81 and the 75th percentile GPA is 3.97.

Columbia Law School LSAT & GPA graph for 2023-2024

LSD has stats for 2,108 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 Columbia Law School cost per year?

$81,292.00
Tuition
100th percentile
$113,711.00
CoA
99th percentile
93.70%
Bar pass rate
71st percentile

*The following data belongs to previous years.

Cost of attending Columbia Law School

In 2024, tuition was $81,292 and the annual cost of attending was $113,711 (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.

Columbia Law School employment outcomes

93.7% of Columbia University graduates pass the bar on their first try.

Some interesting facts about Columbia Law School

Columbia Law School is especially committed to educating students of differing perspectives, from diverse backgrounds, and with varied life experiences.

Professional prospects for Columbia Law School graduates are quite extraordinary. Our graduates proceed to productive careers in every conceivable arena of practice, business, and advocacy. While Columbia-trained attorneys are especially well-regarded for their work in corporate law and finance, an high number also serve in every other aspect of the law. CLS alumni contribute to the shaping of US culture at large.

With an exceptionally talented student body and faculty and a strong tradition of encouraging students with specialized interests to develop those interests in depth, Columbia Law School provides a legal education that gives students a singular capacity for imagination, originality, and high responsibility in their professional lives.

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BurlyEnchantedBoar
13:03
other than that, no
PunyHealthyCyclops
9:56
At some point there should be a WL>R wave but who knows when
AverageGlisteningAxolotl
12:43
A couple of acceptances today
Lotsa of Rs today
BurlyEnchantedBoar
17:13
anyone on reserve not get the R today?
17:24
I’m on the reserve list (got the “special group” language) and haven’t heard anything back, and there are no updates in my tracker
alas
19:07
Same
LivelySimpleOstrich
22:42
Did anyone on the select reserve also get an R too?
I got the R today
LivelySimpleOstrich
4:11
Oh im sorry - thanks for sharing!
Haven’t gotten anything yet
Probably everyone else at this point is just gonna get rolled forward to whenever they check the reserve list in July
do you know if it's absolutely necessary to interview before getting off the waitlist?
i saw someone on reddit got a ii and i haven't been rejected yet
alas
2:51
did everyone still on the reserve get the second reserve email? i didnt and wondering if i should expect an r today....
it wasn't an email
its a new letter update on ur Columbia portal
what does it say
i didnt get an email or a second reserve letter on my portal
LivelySimpleOstrich
23:50
I wonder how full they are :(
LegalUsername
18:37
Anyone on the second reserve think there might be something tomorrow?
@GreenGoddess222: so sorry didnt see this, its an updated letter and it starts off saying like we've decided to postpone ur final decision bc we are unsure of our numbers or something confirm ur spot on the reserve blah blah
Just got my waitlist R! I had already accepted this would be the outcome, best of luck to everyone else!
This was on 07/23/24 btw
Anyone else get the special waitlist (or worded like that) but hasn’t heard back anything yet since being WL?
i didnt get an email but they completed my application -- will they send a confirmation soon?
Someone on reddit says they got in today... (10/23/24) is that legit? Does Columbia start sending out As this early?
im scared guys!!!!!
did anyone get an email confirming they got your application? lowkey freaking out that I missed ED deadline or something (submitted on the 14th)
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