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University of Chicago Law School

Rank 3 (USNWR 2024)
173
Median LSAT
3.94
Median GPA
12.8%
Acceptance rate

Also known as

  • University of Chicago Law School
  • University of Chicago
  • CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF
  • UC UChi UChicago

University of Chicago Law School is a law school located in Chicago, Illinois. The school was ranked 3 in 2024 by USNWR. Annual enrollment for University of Chicago Law School is approximately 192.

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

Admissions email: admissions@law.uchicago.edu

Admissions phone: 773-702-9484

Can I get into University of Chicago Law School with aGPA andLSAT?

University of Chicago Law School Key Statistics

Previous year ABA 509 data
Percentiles 25 50 75
LSAT 169 173 175
GPA 3.83 3.94 3.99
Miscellaneous Count Percentile
# Applications 5259 91
# Admissions offers 672 -
Class size 192 62
% Accepted 12.8% 96
% Yield 26.8% 38

During the 2024 application cycle, 5,259 people applied and 672 were offered admission.

University of Chicago has a 1L class size of 192, and yield of 26.79%. 180 out of 672 applicants who were offered admission accepted, meaning that 26.79% of the people who were offered admission ended up attending the school.

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

The median GPA is 3.94. The 25th percentile GPA is 3.83 and the 75th percentile GPA is 3.99.

University of Chicago Law School LSAT & GPA graph for 2023-2024

LSD has stats for 1,650 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 University of Chicago Law School cost per year?

$77,952.00
Tuition
99th percentile
$112,659.00
CoA
97th percentile
94.30%
Bar pass rate
98th percentile

*The following data belongs to previous years.

$215,000.00
Salary, 25th %
100th percentile
$215,000.00
Salary
100th percentile
$75,397.00
PI Salary
97th percentile
%
Employment rate
100th percentile
%
Grads with debt
20th percentile
$183,176.00
Average debt
100th percentile

Cost of attending University of Chicago Law School

In 2024, tuition was $77,952 and the annual cost of attending was $112,659 (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.

University of Chicago Law School employment outcomes

JD graduates from University of Chicago make $215,000 (median) upon graduation if they work in the private sector. If they go into the public sector, a grad can expect to make $75,397.

67.9% of law graduates from University of Chicago go directly to work for law firms, while 24.5% clerk for a judge. 3.3% of graduates go into public interest.

94.3% of University of Chicago graduates pass the bar on their first try.

Some interesting facts about University of Chicago Law School

The University of Chicago Law School is consistently ranked as one of the top law schools in the country. The University of Chicago Law School was founded in 1902. It is one of the oldest law schools in the United States and is renowned for its scholarship and research. The school has produced many notable alumni, including Chief Justice of the United States Charles Evans Hughes, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States John Paul Stevens, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Barack Obama.

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AvailableAwesomeRhino
11:03
Has anyone applied for Chicago need-based aid and received anything decent?
ThickYellowPickle
18:51
Still waiting to hear back
17:47
Does Chicago call?
ThickYellowPickle
17:59
email
10:04
ugh I really don't want to believe that they're done... Why would they interview me if they were going to ghost me??
ThickYellowPickle
10:28
When did you interview
nvm im waitlisted as of this morning!
E wave from columbia this afternoon
lawfulapplicant
17:44
they have not admitted people in a while. today was full of w and r
Question for the UChicago chat. I'm on the waitlist here. I am planning on writing a LOCI by the May 1 deadline. However, I also wanted to submit an addendum, which is not a LOCI but separate written material, but I'm not sure whether this is "allowed." I read the Waitlist FAQs page that Chicago links to in its waitlist email, but that page simply says that Chicago gives waitlisted applications the opportunity to write a supplemental 1- to 2-page document talking about why they want to go to Chicago, etc. It does not say that one is or is not permitted to write a separate addendum. So, I was wondering if anyone here knew whether this is permitted.
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@CanWeTalkAboutTerrenceMalick: what would you addendum be?
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i think just email admissions and ask Im not sure either
lawfulapplicant
14:43
is anyone also still waiting?
12:10
does anyone know when we can begin to see WL movement?
12:14
???
14:23
Based on last year, it looks like they had two waves of WL->A, May 30 and June 15
ClassyPleasantHeron
10:51
Some of us in General did some more digging. We think the reason why the waitlist offers begin at the end of May is because their deadline to apply for loans is May 31. Simply put, they have to replace admits that aren't happy with their aid package.
GroovyNonchalantFop
10:50
Does anyone know how they notify about WL -> A? Do they do feeler calls? Send an email? I am going to be travelling next couple weeks in different time zone and don't want to miss anything.
8:17
I think I received a feeler yesterday based off what I could find on old Reddit posts. It was an email with subject line: UChicago Law: Request for Updated Info
11:33
Also got a feeler (if that's what it is?). Happy with my current plans so I withdrew. Good luck to all waiting on an update!
14:55
Thanks for the data point and withdrawing since you didn’t plan to attend!
Anyone have any idea how good a chance I might have EDing with a 3.94/169?
(Or how bad?)
Anyone have a status/substatus change?
Anyone have any idea how good a chance I might have EDing with a 3.94/169?
kinda depends on what else you've got going for you. they rlly seem to like interesting applicants
16:23
Hypothetical random numbers, you may go from 5% to 7%
19:12
how good a chance would i have with 173/3.87?
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