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UC Irvine Law

Rank 42 (USNWR 2024)
167
Median LSAT
3.72
Median GPA
18.2%
Acceptance rate

Also known as

  • UC Irvine Law
  • University of California—Irvine
  • CALIFORNIA-IRVINE, UNIVERSITY OF
  • UCI

UC Irvine Law is a law school located in Irvine, California. The school was ranked 42 in 2024 by USNWR. Annual enrollment for UC Irvine Law is approximately 151.

Admissions website: https://www.law.uci.edu/admission/

Admissions email: admissions@law.uci.edu

Admissions phone: 949.824.5335

Can I get into UC Irvine Law with aGPA andLSAT?

UC Irvine Law Key Statistics

Previous year ABA 509 data
Percentiles 25 50 75
LSAT 164 167 169
GPA 3.49 3.72 3.84
Miscellaneous Count Percentile
# Applications 2629 76
# Admissions offers 478 -
Class size 151 39
% Accepted 18.2% 88
% Yield 30.5% 55

During the 2024 application cycle, 2,629 people applied and 478 were offered admission.

University of California—Irvine has a 1L class size of 151, and yield of 30.54%. 146 out of 478 applicants who were offered admission accepted, meaning that 30.54% of the people who were offered admission ended up attending the school.

The 1L class at University of California—Irvine has a median LSAT of 167. The 25th percentile LSAT is 164 and the 75th percentile LSAT is 169.

The median GPA is 3.72. The 25th percentile GPA is 3.49 and the 75th percentile GPA is 3.84.

UC Irvine Law LSAT & GPA graph for 2023-2024

LSD has stats for 557 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 UC Irvine Law cost per year?

$68,270.00
Tuition
83rd percentile
$56,025.00
In-state tuition
$105,403.00
CoA
88th percentile
84.40%
Bar pass rate
74th percentile

*The following data belongs to previous years.

Cost of attending UC Irvine Law

In 2024, tuition was $68,270 and the annual cost of attending was $105,403 (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.

UC Irvine Law employment outcomes

84.4% of University of California—Irvine graduates pass the bar on their first try.

Some interesting facts 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.

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16:39
Looks like 166 needs above a 3.6 for A
16:40
A few are below those stats but not many… slow cycle for sure
@SocalNocal: does this mean a lot more As will be coming?
1:32
Has to, not enough admits seem to have been given. Maybe later this week or even tomorrow? i think they are waiting to see how the other programs shake out first?
17:10
Admitted students discord link: https://discord.gg/s6dJwT4b9v
@SocalNocal: You called it!!!!!
soulabee
17:50
when do yall think the next wave will be?
soulabee
13:19
irvine WYA
14:37
i know this is probably a no, but it is (practically) too late to apply?
FranticDailyButterfly
21:38
You’ll do yourself a favor by applying next cycle. There’s nothing wrong with waiting
badrasmalai
16:06
Just got the A!!!
toobadsosad
20:07
I think the deadline was the the 31st.
UCI waitlist
UCI waitlist too
@CrowdedStingyMandrill: did you apply late
@HurriedNippyPirate: 1/31
toobadsosad
14:00
ouch this WL hurt
This is dumb like how is a person with a 178 getting waitlisted
UCI acceptance
UCI A wave next? How are we feeling about it?
@HurriedNippyPirate: sometimes people self report wrong data
LudicrousGrumpyWallaby
15:58
Anyone else get a waitlist interview? Any tips?
@LudicrousGrumpyWallaby: How'd your interview go?
Praying
16:02
did anyone hear back from uci recently
any movement?
A WAVE COMING IN
JUST GOT THE AAAA!!!!
anyone still oping for uci
5:04
just sent an ED application to UCI
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